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20160920 Late CorrespondenceCOP41 6_11 - On Friday, July 29, 2016 2:53 PM, "Rowe. Williarn@DTSCH <Wi1liarn.Rowe@dtsc.ca.qov> wrote, 7WID-1 C&A 5115-fo J Dear Ms Davidson: I was cc'd by Ms Chau with your query. As you are aware, the Governor's budge , of 2012 deleted the Registered Environmental Assessor) program. Whether an individual was previously registered as an REA is no longer pertinent to their current work. 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If you wish to discuss this, please go ahead and contact me by phone, but considering my travel require, ments, it would be best to email me first and then we can set up a time for discussion on the phone. RECEIVED FROM JS� AND MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AT THE Se�►'wS MEETING O COUNCIL MEETF Good luck I 'OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CARLA MORREALE, CITY CLERK RECENED AND MAM� ;;Et: F(D AT TIRE Nuisance Property / Short -Term R VINCI', 24> 7242 Avenida Altisima ..'==E .;+,.. �'' ' ��' f,'rY CLERK li , ,t fLl rTFY CLERK Operators: Maura Mizuguchi / Mark C leman '; a�,., „�•.., �v. All materials were obtained from their own AirBnB ad, the NextDoor Website, the AirBnB public Facebook Page and emails sent by Maura to our entire neighborhood watch. Table of Contents Pg. 1 - 4: Maura's AirBnb Ad, states there is room for 8 guests with 5 beds at different rates for each room and charges for additional guests. Pg. 5: her description in her own AirBnB Ad "this is a great place for a party" Pg. 6 - 12: ad pics showing her "panoramic" view from various rooms within her home and from her front decks. Her property overlooks a vacant steep hillside lot and looks directly into the homes on Via Borica and Via Rivera. Pg. 13: Picture from her ad she describes as "accommodating guests for a cocktail party" Pg. 14: Google maps overview of our two properties Pg. 15 - 22: Some quotes from guest reviews taken directly from her AirBnB ad: "Our photographer and cinematographer had a field day with all the amazing views and angles they were able to capture at the house" (there are many other reviews like this) "Our wedding party thoroughly enjoyed hanging out there" "More than enough space for a 50 -person wedding rehearsal dinner" "We Attempted to keep the partying and noise to a minimum, but even our loudest and most obnoxious night did not appear to bother the neighbors" - NOT TRUE, we just nothing will be done about it. "I rented out the Feng Shui Beach House for a company launch party" Pg. 23: Maura's statement from the recent Planning Commission meeting. She stated she was "surprised" that there were complaints about her AirBnB, there have been no parties and she lives at the residence (not noted in the report but stated at the meeting) with her "6" kids (includes her boyfriend, Mark Coleman, and his kids). That would be (8) family members and if that is the case where do the quests sleep? Pg. 24 - 29: NextDoor post "Short Term Rentals" (March 17, 2016), Maura self -identified in response to my description living next to such a property - thus proving there was no surprise at the recent Planning Commission meeting. Pg. 30 - 40: NextDoor Post "AirBnB" (August 4th, 2016) original poster claimed to be a guest of Maura's and was spouting her love for it. Mark self -identified in response to my description to recent events at the location. He admonished me for not coming to them with these issues, but then gave examples of (2) times when I did contact them. He also made incorrect statements about both the incidents. I contacted Maura several times regarding trimming her tree with no response, so I paid a crew and still called her for approval - the tree was trimmed to a point over the shared driveway (see pics), NOT on their property. I asked them not to let guests park in front of the multi -resident mailbox on the private drive, which is in front of their side yard and directly across from my driveway. Their house has a 3 car garage 6 car driveway and space for at least 2 vehicles in front of their house for a total of 11 spaces. I shouldn't have to ask them not to park near the multi -resident mailbox on the shared private drive. Pg. 41: Maura's complaint on the AirBnB public Facebook page stating they need to employ better screening methods for fake hosts and listings. Pg. 42 - 49: Mass emails that Maura has been sending to our entire Neighborhood Watch this past month. "SPECIAL NOTE" (pg 42) please see where she indicates that one of her AirBnB guests scared off atrespasser/possible burglar in her backyard that matched the description of the suspect from the recent Crest Rd. burglary and if it wasn't for them that he would have seen her house empty (need to verify whether incident report was made). IF this is true then that means ALL the recent burglaries/attempts within in the past few years on our street have ONLY occurred at the AirBnB's - thus proving they bring an unwanted element to our neighborhood. After the NextDoor post in March, Maura filed a retaliatory complaint against me with Code Enforcement claiming "View Impairment" caused by the hedges around my swimming pool. Not only does her house overlook a vacant lot, but she is on a more elevated lot than mine and has a reverse floorplan with the living space on top and garages on bottom. Please refer to her own AirBnB ad for pictures of her view. After two months of correspondence and home visits, it was determined by Code Enforcement that there was NO significant view impairment and there was a significant need to protect our privacy. Thank God! The thought of all the party -goers, photographers, cinematographers and strangers being able to look directly into my pool area and watch my two small children still turns my stomach. Operating a hotel in a residential neighborhood seems to be allowed at this time, even though it is zoned for single family residences. How about we make the zoning laws and ordinances regarding short-term rentals as restrictive as the view impairment codes and enforce them? Please protect our neighborhoods. Sincerely, Tracy Burns RPV Resident Feng Shui Belch Douse -Ocean Viers Rancho Palos Verdes, CA., United States U8 Frigate S Guests 5 Beds. MGM of About this listing Wake up to panoramic ocean views of the Pacific! Contact Host The Space Accommodates: 8 Bathrooms: 3.5 Bedrooms: 1 Beds: 5 Check in: Anytime after 4PM Check Out: 12PM (noon) Property type: House Room type: Private room House Rules Amenities Kitchen TV RInternet 12 Essentials + More Extra people: No Charge The Space Please read the description in its entirety and state what room(s) you are interested in. The pricing calculated on this site is for the guest room only (occupancy 2). That price is $130 per night. If you want more rooms or a different room, each room is priced differently. Master bedroom with a King bed (private bath) available for $180 per night. This room has private access to the pool and private access to the front deck of of the home. There is a pull-out double bed couch in the master bedroom should you want to lodge 4 people in the room for an additional $70 charge. Children room with two twin beds (private bath) available at an additional $80 per night. This room has private access to the pool. Guest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $130 per night. Extra guest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $105 per night. Extra persons in any of the rooms are $35 per night. When requesting a rental please state what rooms you E n LO N 00000 AT&T ^ 5:26 PM 91% =1 f Feng Shui Beach House - Ocean Views - H... X www.airbnb.com access to the pool and private access to the tront decK of of the home. There is a pull-out double bed couch in the master bedroom should you want to lodge 4 people in the room for an additional $70 charge. Children room with two twin beds (private bath) available at an additional $80 per night. This room has private access to the pool. Guest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $130 per night. Extra guest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $105 per night. Extra persons in any of the rooms are $35 per night. When requesting a rental please state what rooms you are interested in. Also indicate if you are a couple or singles and ages of children so that we can put you in the correct rooms. If you rent for just one night instead of two, there will be a cleaning fee. • / /1 • . , . . 1 1 1 I to 1 < � p (V image 1.PNG Airbnb for iOS * * * * (5,761) Open in App Non-smoking house - a fee for odor removal will be charged for non-compliance. The pool is not heated during the winter. The heating element for jacuzzi is not working properly. This is a great place for a party. However, the house is 41 on a private street. Please note that everything must be put back in its original place. Fees for clean up and re- positioning of goods and furniture will be assessed if the items are not put back in its original places. Safety Features Smoke Detector Availability Carbon Monoxide Detector X U https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/ /js/k=gmail.main.en.g1Y8o3fd2c8.0/m=m_i,t,it/am=OgsHDMD-v Page 1 of 1 9/18/2016 Gmail - Dispute Determination 99990 AT&T c 7:36 PM 7 t 45% ®l airbnb.com X ♦ W — Page 1 of 2 MIS https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view--pt&q=ara&qs=true&search=query&msg=15... 9/18/2016 Gmail - Dispute Determination Page 1 of 1 WN https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view--pt&q=ara&qs=true&search=query&msg=15... 9/18/2016 Gmail - Dispute Determination https://mail. google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5 c245e&view=pt&q=ara&qs=true&search=query&msg=15 Page 1 of 2 Gmail - Dispute Determination Page 1 of 2 M https:Hmail.google.comlmail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view=pt&q=ara&qs=true&search=query&msg=15... 9/18/2016 Gmail - Dispute Determination Page 1 of 1 https://mail.google.comlmail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view--pt&q=ara&gs--true&search=query&msg=15... 9/18/2016 Gmail - Dispute Determination Page 1 of 1 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view=pt&q=ara&qs=true&search=query&msg=15... 9/18/2016 x k7urnmailar= - A,. 2 P W FRMIMRMM �.T�.. ` 14/28: View off the deck of the master bedroom. ? 3 -Z-E- Eo k r a- d -.rcIl a Its ■ i n I_p- i 2 P,64.A . s-:rr_rnrrtr;.itdnt•sIt9 Inr o rcrL1pI co r'[ Dispute Determination - akamomma@gmail.com - Gmail Below is a sample of comment highlights from Maura's guests and her pic (titled "accommodating guests for a cocktail party") Victoria "Our photographer and cinematographer had a field day with all the amazing views and angles they were able to capture at the house." "sweeping views of the Pacific" Shayla "The house worked perfectly and there was ample space for 6 bridesmaids, a bride, a hairstylist, a makeup artist, a photographer and 2 videographers" Jess "Our wedding party thoroughly enjoyed hanging out there." Wilbur "Our photographer and videographer loved the natural lighting" "Everybody loved the style and the view of the ocean from the house." Jason "* "Accommodated a sizable group who all flew in for our wedding" "more than enough space for a 50 -person wedding rehearsal dinner that was also easy for caterers to setup/serve/prepare." "We attempted to keep the partying and noise to a minimum, but even our loudest and most obnoxious night did not appear to bother the neighbors" (Believe me, it always does bother but we've just learned it's not illegal.) Brittney "I rented out the Feng Shui Beach House for a company launch party" https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/ Page 1 of 1 9/18/2016 Victoria Maura's gorgeous home is located on a private road with sweeping views of the Pacific. It has beautiful modular and modern features and, quite frankly, was something you'd see out of Architectural Digest! It is perfect for a relaxing retreat or to spend with your loved ones. My husband (then fiancee) and I had our intimate traditional tea ceremony at the house and it served as my "bridal suite" for myself and bridesmaids to get ready before our ceremony at our outdoor wedding venuEODur photographer and cinematographer had a field day with all the amazing views and angles they were able to capture at the house! Maura has been a pleasure to deal with. She is very fast in getting back to .� emails, messages and texts#!he is communicative, pleasant and a gracious host. She takes great care of her guests as well as she does her home. Thank you, Maura. Thank you for the wonderful experience and the beautiful memories! 0 This house was absolutely stunning! Maura was actually out of town, but her parents we staying at the house and they were wonderful. I was getting married at a church nearby and wanted a place for myself and my wedding party to stay where we could be close to the church and get ready the day ot*'rhe house worked perfectly IM161 and there was ample space for 6 bridesmaids, a bride, a hairstylist, a makeup artist, a photographer and 2 videographers to do I maneuver arounAvlaura was very flexible when it came to check in and checkout times which was very, very helpful! I would definitely recommend this place to anyone and would love to stay here again! -r- W" Jess Maura's place was absolutely amazing for my bridesmaids and I our wedding weekend! She was flexible and understanding of our time schedule, as we needed to push the check out time later, and we were able to get amazing pictures while we were getting ready. Our wedding party thoroughly enjoyed hanging out here, -and everything was very clean and well - kept. Thanks for a great stay! 6 Helpful Nodoka Mm is a very gracious and attentive host. She gladly addressed any questions or concerns I had at the same time made us feel welcome at her beautiful home. We had our preparation there at the house before our wedding at wayfarers chapel. Everybody loved the style and - view of the ocean from the house. Our - photographer and videographer loved the natural lighting from the large windows and they were able to capture some amazing shots.* Highly recommended place to stay, you will not be disappointed at all! • The 7 nights we spent in Mm's PV house will go down in history as the most relaxing and memorable of our lives. We rented the entire house, aside from the host and her son staying in their massive office area, which accommodated a sizable group who all flew in for our wedding at the Wayfarer's Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes. Mm's pre -visit communication far exceeded any customer service experience that I've had, and her level of generosity certainly extended throughout our stay. The photos on the site are a little misleading, as they do NOT do the property the amount of justice it deserves! The home is by far the nicest that I have ever stayed in, and is perfect down to the smallest of luxurious detail. (ie. furniture, fixtures, towels, bedding, pool, etc,) The views and location are hard to beat, whether you're looking for relaxation, sightseeing, beachcombing, or any other exploration of the greater Los Angeles area. It is also within a hills climb to the best not appear to bother neighbors or the owner's -1. -1,,- -14-1- -t, 1 � . 1-1 JA I` - - - .1. -*.--J *_ est Ralph's grocery market ever we attempted to w- 4W Keep the partying and noise to a minimum, but even our loudest and most obnoxious nights did 4* not appear to bother neighborskr the owner's 4w r. •- although I would have never tried to find that line as the property naturally gave us a sense of respect that you would experience in your own home*The amazing pool area and Iw backyard had more than enough space for a 50- 40 person wedding rehearsal dinner that was also 4w easy for caterers to setup/serve/preparell 4W cannot say enough positive things about the home, nor can I find a negative about it. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, we appreciate Mm's hospitality and care, and will stay again when opportunity allows. From Tracy and 1, the Aussies, and all the rest who called your home our home for a week: THANK YOU for being a part of what made our trip one that we will never forget. M IL J W rented out the Feng Shui Beach House for a company launch party, Maura was really .w awesome and quick to respond to me via text ori email me on any questions or concernspi was hestitant to rent out at first because I have never used airbnb before and wasn't sure how secure it was, but Maura assured me she never skips out or bails on a reservation and accomidations were made for me to feel secure. The event went smoothly, the home recieved many compliments and the day ended with a perfect sunset! Thank Maura. Maura Mizuquchi stated she is the owner of a short-term rental on Avenida Altisima. She stated that she was quite surprised to learn about all of the complaints at a public meeting, rather than being contacted by the neighbors personally through a phone call or email. She explained she started with long-term rental of her home but found the renters to be difficult and tended to damage the property. She stated she rents rooms in her home and has two young boys at the home, who she felt have flourished with these rentals. Chairman Tomblin asked Ms. Mizuguchi if she lives in the house and rents out the rooms. Ms. Mizuguchi responded that she lives in the house and rents out rooms to short-term renters. She stated that she wished her neighbors had approached her with issues and concerns when the problems happened. She added that she has rented out the home to people who have had family gatherings, but not parties. Commissioner Leon asked Ms. Mizuguchi if she lives at the residence full time. Ms. Mizuguchi answered that she does live at the residence full time. She felt that a ban is a real tragedy, as short-term rentals provide opportunities that may not be realized. Michael Yu stated he is an Airbnb host, and that Palos Verdes is no longer the quiet community it once was, as it is now well known with Trump National Golf Course, Terranea, and other outdoor venues which make the City a destination. He agreed with all of the speakers before him and as a resident, he shared their sentiments, however he also had disagreements with some of the statements. He felt that short-term rentals are a shared economy that is now a global phenomenon. He felt a short-term rental ban is a punishment for making a mistake, noting that no education has been given by the City or by neighbors to the property owners. He felt that before any decision is made by the City there should be some type of guidance given for all short-term rental hosts, He felt that this could lead to a win -win-win situation, a win for the City, a win for the host, and a win for the neighbors. Greg Mitre did not think it was a coincidence that more and more short-term rentals are showing up in the City, since every City around Rancho Palos Verdes has banned this use. He stated he lives on Hightide Drive, and lives across the street from a short-term rental. He stated this property does not have the owner present when it is rented, and the owner is not present when the guests check in or check out. He has called the Sheriff's Department on a few occasions, and noted that they do not always respond. He stated he attended the City Council meeting when this subject was before them, and all but one Council member spoke out strongly against short-term rentals, In terms of enforcement, he explained that he is very aware of every car in his neighborhood and who should be there and who should not. He felt that involving the neighborhood in enforcement would be beneficial. Barzia Tehrani stated he lives on Sunnyside Ridge near a short-term rental. He stated that the HOA sent a letter of complaint was sent to the City, and felt that the reason the Planning Commission Minutes August 23, 2016 Page 11 A-9 �? Jim Nyman Lunada Bay My IT guys use Air 13 -and -13 in San Jose. They do their work, come home and sleep. They do not party and do not cause any trouble and no one knows they are there. If someone is causing problems then we should take action. IF not, who cares! If it is a violation of the deed restrictions then I would suggest it is not legal - otherwise I don't care (much!) If an (older) widow rents out a bedroom a few times per year why do we care? My neighbor has his two daughters, their husbands, their children, another son and a friend of the family living at their home. They never have a party, never cause noise and it is absolutely not an issue for the neighborhood. So, why should I care? My wife and I rattle around in a 5000+ square foot house - this is our style but we would not wish it on others! Jim Nyman Posted on 1/" Mar to Lunada Bay and 8 nearby Home Inbox Notifications Neighbors More Q Maura Mizuguchi, Country Club Dear Neighbors, My name is Maura Mizuguchi and I am the Airbnb property owner that Tracy Burns refers to in her posts on this site. I started renting my home through Airbnb in 2011 after the father of my children abruptly moved out of the house leaving the financial burden of maintaining the home with me. After much trepidation, I decided to use Airbnb in hopes to help defray the costs as a single mother so my children, then 12 and 10, would not have to be further disrupted by being relocated to a less costly neighborhood and ultimately to a different school. Such disruption would have been disastrous for my then 10 year old, who is autistic and struggles with change. The anxiety that wrought my thoughts of strangers in my home as a single mother with two young boys was gut wrenching. Publicly posting pictures of my intimate spaces, my bedrooms and my bathrooms, and then inviting complete strangers in my home was a leap of faith but a Home Inbox Notifications Neighbors More The anxiety that wrought my thoughts of strangers in my home as a single mother with two young boys was gut wrenching. Publicly posting pictures of my intimate spaces, my bedrooms and my bathrooms, and then inviting complete strangers in my home was a leap of faith but a necessary step to keep the calm and consistency my sons needed after a major life change. was frightened. I had to turn fear into fun. It seemed to be the only way to preserve the home and community my children were part of. As I welcomed these strangers in my home, we met people from all over the world. We all learned to coexist with diverse people with unique personalities and preferences. We've been exposed to different cultures and social graces. While at times we struggled to communicate with these strangers — we all had one thing in common. The smile. The gratification of having made positive impacts on our guests left us yearning for more. Was it possible to make friends while also making the mortgage? Was it possible that the people that my childhood taught me to label as strangers, were actually friends waiting to be discovered? MEN Home Inbox Notifications Neighbors More MEN Was it possible to make friends while also making the mortgage? Was it possible that the people that my childhood taught me to label as strangers, were actually friends waiting to be discovered? Am I helping dispel that strangers = danger? Can I help create children that are friendlier and more accepting of people who were not like them? As a family, we have welcomed the world to our doorstep with smiles on our faces and with it brought new connections, smiles, and introduced guests to appreciate our neighborhood, city, community. I watched my children develop to accept diversity in views, cultures, language, and thoughts. This has opened their minds and hearts for others. It has been an amazing journey. The marketplace is migrating to the sharing economy. Creating a connection beyond a transaction is what the sharing economy is all about. How many lives do you think uber has saved by allowing one to just push a button and get driven home? Homes are designed around the idea of privacy and separation. But what if we re -design them to be shared? What if cities embraced a culture of sliarina?_We_wo-uld become_c-ommunities ,ansa Home Inbox Notifications Neighbors More rzJ; Homes are designed around the idea of privacy and separation. But what if we re -design them to be shared? What if cities embraced a culture of sharing? We would become communities and connections instead of isolation and separation. My 17 year old has been preparing college applications. His essay highlighted his positive experiences from managing a home through Airbnb. This essay would bring tears to anyone's eyes. As we think about the perceived risks of what Airbnb has brought to those of who believe in collaborative consumption, let's think harder about the benefits to the community and future, by embracing commerce with the promise of human connection. Here is my listing on Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1655562? I welcome you to read the reviews where you can see the smiles we have created, but most importantly the trust and respect these guests imprinted on my family. -.1-am-wen to anv dialoa_ue my _n.ei-ah,bors-. who _fe.ol.----- Lem Qj Home Inbox Notifications Neighbors More Lem applications. His essay highlighted his positive experiences from managing a home through Airbnb. This essay would bring tears to anyone's eyes. As we think about the perceived risks of what Airbnb has brought to those of who believe in collaborative consumption, let's think harder about the benefits to the community and future, by embracing commerce with the promise of human connection. Here is my listing on Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1055552? s=SzmQo5N8 I welcome you to read the reviews where you can see the smiles we have created, but most importantly the trust and respect these guests imprinted on my family. I am open to any dialogue my neighbors who feel unjustly impacted by my views on this matter. Kindest regards, Maura Mizuguchi E Home Inbox Notifications Neighbors More � �� Kelly O. Johnson %,, 2 Lunada Bay I know there is a lot of controversy about Airbnb, but I hate that all the bad apples ruin it for the good apples. It's my desire that our home owners and city councils (or whoever is responsible for passing the Airbnb ordinance) would reconsider their decision. If it wasn't for Airbnb, my family would not be able to stay together during our emergency house "flood" and abatement. Nothing local was available with connecting rooms, let alone on the same floor. Our need was resolved through a local Airbnb. Maybe, instead of banning Airbnb, we could agree on some regulations for Airbnb guests and homeowners. Posted on 4 Aug to Lunada Bay and 8 nearby * THANK � REPLY Home inbox 22 THANKS 90 REPLIES Notifications Neighbors More I f 1215 AM 1 4 Adr ti pp 6j This is why" AIRBNB is peded for our family! We want & like to be together! Aj,rbnb Kelly 0. Johnson, Lunada Bay *S :-I E, P _Y Mark Colernan, Country Club Tracy as your neighbor I wish that you would come and discuss any situation that has had a negative impact on you and your family in person. I have considered us as friends, with our boys going to the same school and inviting each other over to their houses. You asked us to make sure that when friends came over that they did not park in front of our house so that you could back into your driveway, which we always make sure they comply, you asked that we allow the tree in our front yard to be cut back so that it did not get sap on your car an we allowed this, cutting it well back into our yard. We would like to know who these people are who are a nuisance so that we do not invite them back if they are friends an if they are Airbnb renters not be allowed to rent from us or any other property in the future. We have had nothing but positive experiences renting to and from other Airbnb users an would like to keep it that way for everyone. 3d a-io * THANK Home Inbox Notifications 5 THANKS Neighbors More 4 Back. to Phone 5:59 PM New iMessage 1 cr Maura Mizuguchi 97% - + Cance! I a <-, -�e rylA'-(-esi)e,(\l T j bX to our rkare� Ari ve-, 07�� Maura - your eucalyptus tree is has grown so big it is dropping specks of sap all over our cars in our driveway. Plus, a couple of branches look dried out and reedy to drop. Can you please Maura - your eucalyptus tree is has grown so big it is dropping specks of sap all over our cars in our driveway. Plus, a couple of branches look dried out and ready to drop. Can you please have the tree trimmed? Also, we had an exterminator out for ants and he found two places where the ants were coming in from the roof because our trees were touching the roof. We had them trimmed and no more ants. So, in case you are having a problem too with ants you might want the tree trimmers to check the perimeter of your house. Thanks! Maura - your eucalyptus tree is has grown so big it is dropping sap all over our cars in our o we had an exterminator out for ants and he found two places where the ants were coming in from the roof because our trees were touching the roof. We had them trimmed and no more ants. So, in case you are having a problem too with ants you might want the tree trimmers to check the perimeter of your house. Thanks! Maura - your eucalyptus tree is has grown so big it is dropping sap all over our cars in our driveway. Plus, a couple of branches look dried out and ready to drop. I contacted the city works dept in hopes it belonged to them - but no luck. Can you please have the tree trimmed? Thanks Thanks for permitting the tree to be trimmed Your Dad pulled; in as they were working, be prepared he is going to try to talk you into total removal for 500 - he loves the olive tree more. 1 image6.PNG Top Latest People Photos isMaura Mizuguchi t► Airbnb January 1 • Liiow After Airbnb took my money 8 months ago, the property manager cancels on me 2 days before my family trip. Left in the lurch Airbnb refuses to find comparable accommodations and a vacation is cancelled. I am a super host and this is the way I am treated!!! Oh and by the way, this host seems to do this to others as well. This host by the way, continued to contact me offering listings 4x the original payment! Internet scam and classic bait and switch! Vic Read the reviews and employ better screening for hosts posting fake listings!>.,O Elk] ilk Like E5 News Feed M Comr- ent 8 Comments 4 Share https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/ /js/k=gmai1.main.en.glY8o3fd2c8.0/m=m_i,t,it/am=OgsHDMD-v... Page 1 of 1 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Page 1 of 2 MGmail Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmai1.com> UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:18 PN Reply -To: Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> To: steve gordon <sgordon100@cox.net>, Jackie Johnson <jackiejohnsonusa@netscape.net>, Amar and Narinder Kapoor <simrankaro@hotmail.com>, Ann Marie Morris and Anthony Rose <annmariemorris1@aol.com>, Carolynn Petru <carolynn.petru@gmail. com>, Dana and John Lu <yideh1825@yahoo.com>, Eva and Ralph Quackenbush <getralph@cox.net>, Greg de Lamare and So Ken Kan <gdelamare@yahoo.com>, Karen and Chan Chuang <keydon@cox.net>, Kirti Celly <kirtiscelly@hotmail.com>, Lynette and Bryan Ishino <lishino@yahoo.com>, Michael and Chris Huang <CGPHARMD@cox.net>, Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail.com>, Pradip and Malika Mukerji <ohiomnm@gmail.com>, Sanjay Celly <sanjaycelly@yahoo.com>, Ted Johnson <Tedjohnson@yahoo.com>, Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> The email you sent seems to imply that there is a connection to crime since that is what Neighborhood Watch is all about. This email for law abiding citizens such as me is inappropriate. There is no support that short term rentals increase criminal activity. Are you aware that criminal statistics has actually decreased? Are you aware when the robbery on Crest took place early August, a person fitting the description of the perpertator actually entered the backyard of my property and if it wasn't for my Airbnb guests, he could have seen that my house wasty? Did you know those Airbnb guests frightened the culprit that he ran off and they assisted with informing authorities of the direction he ran? Do you realize that these guests may have prevented a robbery in my home or any of the neighbors homes?' If we want to "strange cars" as cause for concern - what do we do? Ban Uber and Lyft? Just so you know - I worked so late on Tuesday night that I could not even drive home. I had to take an Uber home from Sherman Oaks and a car service back to the office the next morning. What I found interesting in that experience is that the drivers (who are getting paid to be in our neighborhood) commented how they had never been through my city and how nice it was. I wondered to myself - what's next for Neighborhood Watch? Banning car service for me because it brings in strange cars and people who are scoping the neighborhood? I have a serious financial issue at hand and you want to make spurious claims about the dangers of short term rentals. My guests are are not here to rob houses and be a nuisance. Before they can even rent from me, they must file appropriate government issued IDs and have an online reputation such as Google plus, Linkedln, Facebook. In other words, these are people who are not hiding from the law. Many are families who need an alternative place to stay than an expensive hotel. Many have infants and need access to a kitchen and laundry. These imagined issues are disturbing and what is more disturbing is the misuse of the role of the block captains and the Neighborhood Watch lists. My youngest step son is 7 years old and we have no plans to move in the near future. I have lived in my house for 15 years. There are some on this street who are long term renters and have no interest in making an investment in this community. I support this community (you will see I have supported PEF and volunteered on many https:Hmail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Page 2 of 2 occasions to the various community events) and am active in the local charities holding leadership position. Please stop making it seem like I am a criminal. I welcome any and all calls from my neighbors so this type of messages can be cleared. 001 Regards, Maura [Quoted text hiddenl https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245 e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Page 1 of 2 MGmail Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:22 PM Reply -To: Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> To: steve gordon <sgordon 1 00@cox. net>, Jackie Johnson <jackiejohnsonusa@netscape.net>, Amar and Narinder Kapoor <simrankaro@hotmail.com>, Ann Marie Morris and Anthony Rose <annmariemorris1@aol.com>, Carolynn Petru <carolynn.petru@gmail.com>, Dana and John Lu <yideh1825@yahoo.com>, Eva and Ralph Quackenbush <getralph@cox.net>, Greg de Lamare and So Ken Kan <gdelamare@yahoo.com>, Karen and Chan Chuang <keydon@cox.net>, Kirti Celly <kirtiscelly@hotmail.com>, Lynette and Bryan Ishino <lishino@yahoo.com>, Michael and Chris Huang <CGPHARMD@cox.net>, Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail.com>, Pradip and Malika Mukerji <ohiomnm@gmail.com>, Sanjay Celly <sanjaycelly@yahoo.com>, Ted Johnson <Tedjohnson @yahoo.com>, Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail. com> Please read why I had to turn to Airbnb. I am not doing it to upset my neighbors. If I need to modify my short term rentals, please let me know. I will happy to adjust and do not need our neighborhood being at odds against me. Dear City of Rancho Palos Verdes As a middle aged single mother whose now ex had abruptly abandoned the family in late 2011 leaving me to assume all the financial responsibility of maintaining a home and care for my two children, I had two avenues to consider: selling my home in a depressed market, or renting part of my home out. My first priority at that moment was to my two young sons (ages 12 and 10 at that time); one of whom is autistic with severe special needs including extreme anxiety from change to his environment and engaged in self -injurious behavior. The best thing I could do for him was to bring calm to his "world" that was turned into a complete chaos. My son's psychologist, neurologist, and pediatrician all shared the same comment - try not to change anything further in his life. Keep further disruption to a minimum which meant figure out a way to stay in my home. After much trepidation, I initially rented my home out to long-term renters. That proved to be a mistake. They were complainers, expecting the same rights a property owner, without bearing the same costs, nor integrating into the community. My long-term renters ruined my home and furnishings. I therefore turned to Airbnb. The anxiety that wrought my thoughts of strangers in my home as a single mother with two young boys was gut- wrenching. Publicly posting pictures of my intimate spaces, my bedrooms and my bathrooms, and then inviting complete strangers into my home was an idea rejected by all my friends and family. Yet it was the necessary step to keep the calm and consistency for my sons. With butterflies in my stomach I portrayed to my young boys that short-term rental will be a fun adventure. At night, when I was alone and frightened, I knew that was the only way to preserve the home and stability that my children desperately needed. As we welcomed these strangers in my home, we met people from all over the world. I soon learned that coexisting with diverse people with unique personalities and preferences was a great experience for my children. We've been exposed to different cultures and social graces. While at times we struggled to overcome language barriers, we all had one thing in common ---the feeling of being part of a greater community. Our guests returned our warm welcome with kindness. The gratification of having made positive impacts on our guests made us better people and a better family. In many instances, people that were labeled as strangers, were actually friends waiting to be discovered. My children soon learned strangers did not always equal to danger. https:Hmail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5 c245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Page 2 of 2 I watched my children interact with guests and gradually develop to accept diversity in views, cultures, language, and ways of living. This has opened their minds and hearts to accept others, to become a more companionate and more understanding individual. The positive impact was so profound that my older son wrote his college application essay on this experience, and that essay got him placed in an elite university. His life will be forever changed because of the benefits of short- term rentals guests in our home. As for autistic son, I watched him develop and mature in ways that would not have been achievable without hosting strangers in my home. He quickly learned that having destructive tantrums was not acceptable behavior. At the start of this journey, his emotions were so volatile, that the district labeled him as "Emotionally Disturbed." After a recent school district evaluation, I am excited to share that my son is no longer tagged with that label. With his improved emotional stability, teachers are able to help him meet simple educational goals. My home is safer, clearer, calmer, and better maintained than ever before. It is understandable that people have "fears" of the new and the unknown. But for my family, opening my home to short term rental guests has not only brought economic relief to my family, it also brought a priceless benefit and a surprising gift to me --- it brought my autistic son back to me! Regards, Maura Mizuguchi 310-882-8861 On Thursday, September 8, 2016 3:36 PM, steve gordon <sgordon100@cox.net> wrote: [Quoted text hidden] https:Hmail. google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245 e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Page 1 of 4 MGmail Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:17 PM Reply -To: Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> To: steve gordon <sgordon 1 00@cox. net>, Jackie Johnson<jackiejohnson usa@netscape.net>, Amar and Narinder Kapoor <simrankaro@hotmail.com>, Ann Marie Morris and Anthony Rose <annmariemorris1@aol.com>, Carolynn Petru <carolynn.petru@gmail.com>, Dana and John Lu <yideh1825@yahoo.com>, Eva and Ralph Quackenbush <getralph@cox.net>, Greg de Lamare and So Ken Kan <gdelamare@yahoo.com>, Karen and Chan Chuang <keydon@cox.net>, Kirti Celly <kirtiscelly@hotmail.com>, Lynette and Bryan Ishino <lishino@yahoo.com>, Michael and Chris Huang <CGPHARMD@cox.net>, Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail.com>, Pradip and Malika Mukerji <ohiomnm@gmail.com>, Sanjay Celly <sanjaycelly@yahoo.com>, Ted Johnson <Tedjohnson@yahoo.com>, Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support My son Matthew Mizuguchi attended the public schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. He started kindergarten at Point Vicente and graduated in 2016 from Palos Verdes High School. The short term rental experience had such profound positive impact on my son, he wrote his college application essay on his life changing experiences. Because it demonstrated that he embraced adversity and new aged platforms, it resonated with many college admission officers. As result he is now attending Vanderbilt University, 15th ranked college in the nation for 2015, tied with Cornell, Rice, and University of Notre Dame. His colleagues at the University are mainly from expensive and prestigious college -preparatory private schools such as Marlborough and Harvard Westlake, demonstrating the considerable achievements of the public school system in the Palos Verdes. As the City of Rancho Palos Verdes produces students comparable to elite college -preparatory schools, we as a community must allow them to accomplish unique experiences outside of the classrooms. See the essay below, provided by my son, Matthew. Warm regards, Maura Mizuguchi 7242 Avenida Altisima On Sunday, September 11, 2016 7:53 PM, Matthew Mizuguchi <mattmakanamizuguchi@gmail. com> wrote: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family. Adversity to Advantage 0*1 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&vieti --pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Page 2 of 4 2011 was a year to remember. A year of change. A year of growth. Egyptian rebels protested violently to overthrow the government of Hosni Mubarak. The US launched its final shuttle for space. Outside of world events, and something more local, many of the class of 2016 were experiencing changes of its own. Changes in voice. Changes in looks. Hair. Height. All of it. Everyone going through puberty with zits galore to prove it. Perhaps lagging behind others physically, I still had a chance to grow and change in spirit. This same year, our stepfather left the family after 12 years together. His sudden absence led me to a greater role in the household. I guided my autistic brother Kapono though this tough time, watching over him far more than before. Mother was busy with work and around less often, forcing me to a more independent role inside and outside the family. With one less household income, we slashed many luxuries from our lives. No more vacations. No frivolous unnecessary expenditures. We focused on the basics. Despite these efforts, we needed a way to maintain our lifestyle in a privileged community. As a second income, we sought the services of Airbnb to rent out the extra rooms in our house. This helped Kapono and I experience the world without actually going to see the world. The world came to us. Through the years of Airbnb services, we've met people from around the world we'd have never met without it. We learned to coexist with diverse people with unique personalities and sensibilities. We've been exposed to different cultures and social graces, helping me grow more confident as a person. Talking with this wide range of people has helped me build confidence in everyday conversation. It has allowed me to speak effortlessly with total strangers who very quickly weren't strangers at all. It's given me the ability to deal with seemingly different people and showed that most of us have the same human needs. Eventually, Mom let me take the reins of managing the renters and the household. I established and maintained contact with potential renters, collect and manage the rent, and kept our visitor families comfortable and content throughout their stay. This experience and exposure has developed my business skills and sales techniques. I've been able to translate this experience into my own business. My partner Jay and I have co-founded a web development firm, Rack Labs Co. Jay and I have managed to become the fastest-growing web development and digital strategy agency in our town. With Jay's coding skills and my business development savvy, we've taken the Palos Verdes area by storm. We create websites for a collection of clientele from app developers to photographers. The Airbnb experience I gained has translated directly to easily meet clients and tell them Racks Labs story. We've generated leads, driven traffic, and increased sales. The product and customers are different, but the process is the same. In our early beginnings, we tried to land big clients that were out of our league and found little success. Eventually, we determined that our approach to the market was ineffective. I suggested that we stick with local companies due to the ample need from the outdated websites they had. At first, Jay was against the idea. But, after https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5 c245 e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Page 3 of 4 hours of discussion, persuasion, we decided that "staying local" was indeed the best course of action. After only a few clients and rave reviews, we found companies and individuals alike seeking us out for our brand of services. Although the absence of our stepdad hurt, it helped me reach a new level of confidence, business intelligence, and personal independence. Without this opportunity, I'm certain that I would not be the person I have today become. As I move forward to college, a career, and life beyond, there will be challenge and adversity every step of the way. But, with confidence, intelligence, and self-determination, I know that adversity can be turned to advantage. When we open ourselves to growth and change and never quit, the world is our oyster and the sky's no limit at all. On Thursday, September 8, 2016 3:36 PM, steve gordon <sgordon100@cox.net> wrote: From: Gail Lorenzen [mailto:rpvnw@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 11:24 AM Subject: UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS This is going to all Block Captains in the City. Please network to all residents. Many residents have called Neighborhood Watch with questions and concerns about short-term rentals in RPV. The following is a notice of an upcoming meeting with the City Council regarding that issue. Background: The RPV Planning Commission recently approved in a 4-2 vote to allow homeowners to rent one room or a guest house as long as they live on site, However, the City Council has the final say on the proposal. The neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach have all banned short-term vacation rentals without exceptions. If you have concerns, one way or the other, this is your chance to make your views known. One concern many residents have, besides the interruption to their neighborhoods, is enforcement of such a policy. Numerous articles about other cities such as Santa Monica and Brentwood have exposed the difficulty of enforcing such a policy. Enforcement exposes a big challenge regardless of a partial or outright ban. Besides the manpower of enforcing the law, there are always ways that residents will find to go around the system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. Location: Community Room at Hesse Park, located at 29301 Hawthorne Blvd, RPV Purpose of Meeting: Continue evaluation of possibility of banning short-term vacation rentals in RPV. The City Council will meet to review the recommendation of the Planning Commission concerning short-term vacation rentals. The City Council may give direction on the language of the final ordinance at this meeting. All residents are urged to show up and express their opinions on this matter. Any residents that cannot attend are encouraged to mail the City Council and Planning Department of their opinions. Please send your e-mail on or before Monday, Sept. 12, to make sure they will be included in the staff report to City Council. RPV City Council: CC@rpvca.gov - (310) 377-0360 00 https:Hmail. google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245 e&view--pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support RPV Planning Commission: PC@rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5228 For more information on this matter, please refer to the following Peninsula News article or contact the RPV Planning Deparment: http://www. pvnews. com/news/rpv-planning-commission-votes-to-allow-limited-short-term- residential/article 3d5blf04-6a56-1le6-86b0-fbf56c78f746.html Gail Lorenzen RPV Neighborhood Watch Page 4 of 4 00 https:Hmail. google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Octavio Silva From: Octavio Silva Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:36 PM To: Icityclerk@rpvca.gov' Subject: FW: Short Term Rental / Nuisance Property, 7242 Avenida Altisima Late correspondence. Thanks Octavio From: Tracy Burns [mailto:akamomma@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 3:23 PM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>; Ken Dyda <Ken.Dyda@rpvca.gov>; Susan Brooks <SusanB@rpvca.gov>; Jerry Duhovic <JerryD@rpvca.gov>; Anthony Misetich <AnthonyM@rpvca.gov> Subject: Short Term Rental / Nuisance Property, 7242 Avenida Altisima Nuisance Property/ Short -Term Rental 7242 Avenida Altisima Operators: Maura Mizuguchi / Mark Coleman All Material obtained from their own AirBnB ad, the NextDoor Website, the AirBnB public Facebook Page and emails sent by Maura to our entire neighborhood watch. Table of Contents Pg. 1 - 4: Maura's AirBnb Ad, states there is room for 8 guests with 5 beds at different rates for each room and charges for additional guests. Pg. 5 : from AirBnB Ad "this is a great place for a party" Pg. 6 - 12: ad pies showing her "panoramic" view from various rooms within her home and from her front decks. Her property overlooks a vacant steep hillside lot and looks directly into the homes on Via Borica and Via Riveria. Pg. 13: Picture from her ad she describes as "accommodating guests for a cocktail party" 1 Pg. 14: Google maps overview of our two properties Pg. 15 -22: Some quotes from guest reviews taken directly from her AirBnB ad: "Our photographer and cinematographer had a field day with all the amazing views and angles they were able to capture at the house" (there are many other reviews like this) "Our wedding party thoroughly enjoyed hanging out there" "More than enough space for a 50 -person wedding rehearsal dinner" "We Attempted to keep the partying and noise to a minimum, but even our loudest and most obnoxious night did not appear to bother the neighbors" - NOT TRUE, we just nothing will be done about it. "I rented out the Feng Shui Beach House for a company launch party" Pg. 23: Maura's statement from the recent Planning Commission meeting. She stated she was "surprised" that there were complaints about her AirBnB, there have been no parties and she lives at the residence (not noted in the report but stated at the meeting) with her "6" kids (includes her boyfriend, Mark Coleman, and his kids). That would be (8) family members and if that is the case where do the guests sleep? Pg. 24 - 29: NextDoor post "Short Term Rentals" (March 17, 2016), Maura self -identified in response to my description living next to such a property - thus proving there was no surprise at the recent Planning Commission meeting. Pg. 30 - 40: NextDoor Post "AirBnB" (August 4th, 2016) original poster claimed to be a guest of Maura's and was spouting her love for it. Mark self -identified in response to my description to recent events at the location. He admonished me for not coming to them with these issues, but then gave examples of (2) times when I did contact them. He also did made incorrect statements about both the incidents. 1 contacted Maura several time regarding trimming her tree with no response, so I paid a crew and still called her for approval - the tree was trimmed to a point over the shared driveway (see pits), NOT on their property. I asked them not to let guests park in front of the multi - resident mailbox on the private drive, which is in front of their side yard and directly across from my driveway. Their house has a 3 car garage 6 car driveway and space for at least 2 vehicles in front of their house for a total of 1 1 spaces. I shouldn't have to ask them not to park near the multi -resident mailbox on the shared private drive. Pg. 41 : Maura's complaint on the AirBnB public Facebook page stating they need to employ better screening methods for fake hosts and listings. Pg. 42 - 49: Mass emails that Maura has been sending to our entire Neighborhood Watch this past week. "SPECIAL NOTE" (pg 42) please see where she indicates that one of her AirBnB guests scared off a trespasser/possible burglar in her backyard that matched the description of the suspect from the recent Crest Rd. burglary and if it wasn't for them that he would have seen her house empty (need to verify whether incident report was made). IF this is true then that means that the recent burglaries/attempts on our street have ONLY occurred at the AirBnB's - thus proving they bring an unwanted element to our neighborhood. After the NextDoor post in March, Maura filed a retaliatory complaint against me with Code Enforcement claiming "View Impairment" caused by the hedges around my swimming pool. Not only does her house overlook a vacant lot, but she is on a more elevated lot than mine and has a reverse floorplan with the living space on top and garages on bottom. Please refer to her own AirBnB ad for pictures of her view. After two months of correspondence and home visits, it was determined by Code Enforcement that there was NO significant view impairment and there was a significant need to protect our privacy. Thank God! The thought of all the party -goers, photographers, cinematographers and strangers being able to look directly into my pool area and watch my two small children still turns my stomach. Operating a hotel in a residential neighborhood seems to allowed at this time, even though it is zoned for single family residences. How about we make the zoning and city ordinances codes regarding short -tern rentals as restrictive as the view impairment codes and enforce them? Sincerely, Tracy Burns RPV Resident IRr .t • c ;. Feng Shul* Beach House Ocean Views Rancho Prflos Verdes. (.--:A, UnItc.-d \tates (-Z,71 - Q va t cBe& 8 GLIf ""0 i') C! About this listing Wake up to panoramic ocean views of the Pacific! The Space Accommodates: 8 Bathrooms: 3.5 Bedrooms: 1 Beds: 5 Check In: Anytime after 4PM Check Out: 12PM (noon) Property type: House Room type: Private room House Rules Amenities � J Kitchen TV Ot Internet ELI Essentials Prices Extra people: No Charge The Space Please read the description in its entirety and state what room(s) you are interested in. The pricing calculated on this site is for the quest room only (occupancy 2). That price is $130 per night. If you want more rooms or a different room, each room is priced differently. Master bedroom with a King bed (private bath) available for $180 per night. This room has private access to the pool and private access to the front deck of of the home. There is a pull-out double bed couch in the master bedroom should you want to lodge 4 people in the room for an additional $70 charge. Children room with two twin beds (private bath) available at an additional $80 per night. This room has private access to the pool. Guest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $130 per night. Extra quest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $105 per night. Extra persons in any of the rooms are $35 per night. When requesting a rental please state what rooms you V s t E •0000 AT&T '—," 5:26 PM 91 % M. * Feng Shui Beach House - Ocean Views - H... , www,airbiib.com 0 X access to tne pool and private access to the front aeCK of of the home. There is a pull-out double bed couch in the master bedroom should you want to lodge 4 people in the room for an additional $70 charge. Children room with two twin beds (private bath) available at an additional $80 per night. This room has private access to the pool. Guest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $130 per night. Extra guest room with a queen bed (shared bath) at $105 per night. Extra persons in any of the rooms are $35 per night. When requesting a rental please state what rooms you are interested in. Also indicate if you are a couple or singles and ages of children so that we can put you in the correct rooms. If you rent for just one night instead of two, there will be a cleaning fee. A• r% . . I I . . . I I a I it I #1W ED 447 2 imagel.PNG AWA2,1M Airbnb for iOS , (6 � 7 6 E) Open in App, Non-smoking house - a fee for odor removal will be charged for non-compliance. The pool is not heated during the winter. The heating element for jacuzzi is not working properly. This is a great place for a party. However, the house is 41 on a private street. Please note that everything must be put back in its original place. Fees for clean up and re- positioning of goods and furniture will be assessed if the items are not put back in its original places. 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"sweeping views of the Pacific" Shayla "The house worked perfectly and there was ample space for 6 bridesmaids, a bride, a hairstylist, a makeup artist, a photographer and 2 videographers" Jess "Our wedding party thoroughly enjoyed hanging out there." Wilbur "Our photographer and videographer loved the natural lighting" "Everybody loved the style and the view of the ocean from the house." Jason *' "Accommodated a sizable group who all flew in for our wedding" "more than enough space for a 50 -person wedding rehearsal dinner that was also easy for caterers to setup/serve/prepare." "We attempted to keep the partying and noise to a minimum, but even our loudest and most obnoxious night did not appear to bother the neighbors" (Believe me, it always does bother but we've just learned it's not illegal.) Brittney "I rented out the Feng Shui Beach House for a company launch party" Page 1 of 1 https://mall.google.com/mall/u/0/ 9/18/2016 Victoria Maura's gorgeous home is located on a private road with sweeping views of the Pacific. It has beautiful modular and modern features and, quite frankly, was something you'd see out of Architectural Digest! It is perfect for a relaxing retreat or to spend with your loved ones. My husband (then fiancee) and I had our intimate traditional tea ceremony at the house and it served as my "bridal suite" for myself and bridesmaids to get ready before our ceremony at our outdoor wedding venuE#Our photographer and cinematographer had a field day with all the amazing views and angles they were able to 4W. capture at the house! Maura has been a pleasure to deal with. She is very fast in getting back to emails, messages and texts the is communicative, pleasant and a gracious host. She takes great care of her guests as well as she does her home. Thank you, Maura. Thank you for the wonderful experience and the beautiful memories! El IS) h, ay I a This house was absolutely stunning! Maura was actually out of town, but her parents we staying at the house and they were wonderful. I was getting married at a church nearby and wanted a place for myself and my wedding party to stay where we could be close to the church and get ready the day ot�The house worked perfectly wl- and there was ample space for 6 bridesmaids, a 4M bride, a hairstylist, a makeup artist, a aft photographer and 2 videographers to do OM maneuver around. Maura was very flexible when it came to check in and checkout times which was very, very helpful! I would definitely recommend this place to anyone and would love to stay here again! Helpful Jess Maura's place was absolutely amazing for my bridesmaids and I our wedding weekend! She was flexible and understanding of our time schedule, as we needed to push the check oLot; time later, and we were able to get amazing pictures while we were getting ready. Our wedding party thoroughly enjoyed hanging out h e0 reand everything was very clean and well - kept. Thanks for a great stayl. [1'-j Helpful Nodoka ME 'VIV il b u r Mm is a very gracious and attentive host. She gladly addressed any questions or concerns I had at the same time made us feel welcome al her beautiful home. We had our preparation there at the house before our wedding at wayfarers chapel'*.Everybody loved the style and view of the ocean from the house. Our photographer and videographer loved the natural lighting from the large windows and they were able to capture some amazing shots.* Highly recommended place to stay, you will not be disappointed at all! I) Helpful ,1& 0 Jason The 7 nights we spent in Mm's PV house will go down in history as the most relaxing and memorable of our lives. We rented the entire house, aside from the host and her son staying in their massive office area, which accommodated a sizable group who all flew in for our wedding at the Wayfarer's Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes. Mm's pre -visit communication far exceeded any customer service experience that I've had, and her level of generosity certainly extended throughout our stay. The photos on the site are a little misleading, as they do NOT do the property the amount of justice it deserves! The home is by far the nicest that I have ever stayed in, and is perfect down to the smallest of luxurious detail. (ie. furniture, fixtures, towels, bedding, pool, etc.) The views and location are hard to beat, whether you're looking for relaxation, sightseeing, beachcombing, or any other exploration of the greater Los Angeles area. It is also within a hills climb to the best not appear to bother neighbors or the owner's A Ralph's grocery market everWe attempted to keep the partying and noise to a minimum, but even our loudest and most obnoxious nights did not appear to bother neighborAr the owner's slumber; although I would have never tried to find that line as the property naturally gave us a sense of respect that you would experience in your own home. he amazing pool area and backyard had more than enough space for a SO - person wedding rehearsal dinner that was also easy for caterers to setup/serve/prepared cannot say enough positive things about the home, nor can I find a negative about it. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, we appreciate Mm's hospitality and care, and will stay again when opportunity allows. From Tracy and 1, the Aussies, and all the rest who called your home our home for a week: THANK YOU for being a part of what made our trip one that we will never forget. ■ Briftney !0 rented out the Feng Shui Beach House for a company launch party, Maura was really m - awesome and quick to respond to me via text orow- email me on any questions or concernspl was m,, hestitant to rent out at first because I have never used airbnb before and wasn't sure how secure it was, but Maura assured me she never skips out or bails on a reservation and accomidations were made for me to feel secure. The event went smoothly, the home recieved many compliments and the day ended with a perfect sunset! Thank Maura. d'i Helpful (0 Maura Mizuguchi stated she is the owner of a short-term rental on Avenida Altisima. She stated that she was quite surprised to learn about all of the complaints at a public meeting, rather than being contacted by the neighbors personally through a phone call or email. She explained she started with long-term rental of her home but found the renters to be difficult and tended to damage the property. She stated she rents rooms in her home and has two young boys at the home, who she felt have flourished with these rentals. Chairman Tomblin asked Ms. Mizuguchi if she lives in the house and rents out the rooms. Ms. Mizuguchi responded that she lives in the house, and rents out rooms to short-term renters. She stated that she wished her neighbors had approached her with issues and concerns when the problems happened. She added that she has rented out the home to: people who have had family gatherings, but not parties. Commissioner Leon asked Ms. Mizuguchi if she lives at the residence full time. Ms. Mizuguchi answered that she does live at the residence full time. She felt that a ban is a real tragedy, as short-term rentals provide opportunities that may not be realized. Michael Yu stated he is an Airbnb host, and that Palos Verdes is no longer the quiet community it once was, as it is now well known with Trump National Golf Course, Terranea, and other outdoor venues which make the City a destination. He agreed with all of the speakers before him and as a resident, he shared their sentiments, however he also had disagreements with some of the statements. He felt that short-term rentals are a shared economy that is now a global phenomenon. He felt a short-term rental ban is a punishment for making a mistake, noting that no education has been given by the City or by neighbors to the property owners. He felt that before any decision is made by the City there should be some type of guidance given for all short-term rental hosts, He felt that this could lead to a win -win-win situation, a win for the City, a win for the host, and a win for the neighbors. Greg Mitre did not think it was a coincidence that more and more short-term rentals are showing up in the City, since every City around Rancho Palos Verdes has banned this use. He stated he lives on Hightide Drive, and lives across the street from a short-term rental. He stated this property does not have the owner present when it is rented, and the owner is not present when the guests check in or check out. He has called the Sheriff's Department on a few occasions, and noted that they do not always respond. He stated he attended the City Council meeting when this subject was before them, and all but one Council member spoke out strongly against short-term rentals. In terms of enforcement, he explained that he is very aware of every car in his neighborhood and who should be there and who should not_ He felt that involving the neighborhood in enforcement would be beneficial, Barzia Tehrani stated he lives on Sunnyside Ridge near a short-term rental. He stated that the HOA sent a letter of complaint was sent to the City, and felt that the reason the Planning Commission Minutes August 23, 2016 Page 11 A-9 �� Jim Nyman L-Uricada 13'ay My IT guys use Air B -and -B in San Jose. They do their work, come home and sleep. They do not party and do not cause any trouble and no one knows they are there. If someone is causing problems then we should take action. IF not, who cares! If it is a violation of the deed restrictions then I would suggest it is not legal - otherwise I don't care (much!) If an (older) widow rents out a bedroom a few times per year why do we care? My neighbor has his two daughters, their husbands, their children, another son and a friend of the family living at their home. They never have a party, never cause noise and it is absolutely not an issue for the neighborhood. So, why should I care? My wife and I rattle around in a 5000+ square foot house - this is our style but we would not wish it on others! Jim Nyman I Posted on -17 Mat (o I unada -Md 8 nearby Home hdw V My name is Maura Mizuguchi and I am the Airbnb property owner that Tracy Burns refers to in her posts on this site. I started renting my home through Airbnb in 2011 after the father of my children abruptly moved out of the house leaving the financial burden of maintaining the home with me. After much trepidation, I decided to use Airbnb in hopes to help defray the costs as a single mother so my children, then 12 and 10, would not have to be further disrupted by being relocated to a less costly neighborhood and ultimately to a different school. Such disruption would have been disastrous for my then 10 year old, who is autistic and struggles with change. The anxiety that wrought my thoughts of strangers in my home as a single mother with two young boys was gut wrenching. Publicly posting pictures of my intimate spaces, my bedrooms and my bathrooms, and then inviting complete strangers in my home was a leap of faith but a Home k I hIn 'Noti t c"A io! N ei q�l The anxiety that wrought my thoughts of strangers in my home as a single mother with two young boys was gut wrenching. Publicly posting pictures of my intimate spaces, my bedrooms and my bathrooms, and then inviting complete strangers in my home was a leap of faith but a necessary step to keep the calm and consistency my sons needed after a major life change. I was frightened. I had to turn fear into fun. It seemed to be the only way to preserve the home and community my children were part of. As I welcomed these strangers in my home, we met people from all over the world. We all learned to coexist with diverse people with unique personalities and preferences. We've been exposed to different cultures and social graces. While at times we struggled to communicate with these strangers — we all had one thing in common. The smile. The gratification of having made positive impacts on our guests left us yearning for more. Was it possible to make friends while also making the mortgage? Was it possible that the people that my childhood taught me to label as strangers, were actually friends waiting to be discovered? Sigh - _f - Homy Intl,>;< iti '.f�t_;��€c}� Was it possible to make friends while also making the mortgage? Was it possible that the people that my childhood taught me to label as strangers, were actually friends waiting to be discovered? Am I helping dispel that strangers = danger? Can I help create children that are friendlier and more accepting of people who were not like them? As a family, we have welcomed the world to our doorstep with smiles on our faces and with it brought new connections, smiles, and introduced guests to appreciate our neighborhood, city, community. I watched my children develop to accept diversity in views, cultures, language, and thoughts. This has opened their minds and hearts for others. It has been an amazing journey. The marketplace is migrating to the sharing economy. Creating a connection beyond a transaction is what the sharing economy is all about. How many lives do you think uber has saved by allowing one to just push a button and get driven home? Homes are designed around the idea of privacy and separation. But what if we re -design them to be shared? What if cities embraced a culture of s.harina?. We would. b-eco,me communities and-., Horne OZ11 Homes are designed around the idea of privacy and separation. But what if we re -design them to be shared? What if cities embraced a culture of sharing? We would become communities and connections instead of isolation and separation. My 17 year old has been preparing college applications. His essay highlighted his positive experiences from managing a home through Airbnb. This essay would bring tears to anyone's eyes. As we think about the perceived risks of what Airbnb has brought to those of who believe in collaborative consumption, let's think harder about the benefits to the community and future, by embracing commerce with the promise of human connection. Here is my listing on Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1055562? s=6zmQo5N8 I welcome you to read the reviews where you can see the smiles we have created, but most importantly the trust and respect these guests imprinted on my family. ____Lam oo-en to-anv dialo,aue mv..rie..i-a h bors-wha, feel Horneo 1;1., OML !IC -1 applications. His essay highlighted his positive experiences from managing a home through Airbnb. This essay would bring tears to anyone's eyes. As we think about the perceived risks of what Airbnb has brought to those of who believe in collaborative consumption, let's think harder about the benefits to the community and future, by embracing commerce with the promise of human connection. Here is my listing on Airbnb: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1055562? s=6zmQo5N8 I welcome you to read the reviews where you can see the smiles we have created, but most importantly the trust and respect these guests imprinted on my family. I am open to any dialogue my neighbors who feel unjustly impacted by my views on this matter. Kindest regards, Maura Mizuguchi 1 11 -1 1 - I I � I - - . I I - - .. I I -- I 1 11 - I ._ - - . -- - - . - - �-11 111 11 1 SA&I lit L -J Home hlhi'X I J! i 1 ij 11 s (J I �.Kelly zEa.. I know there is a lot of controversy about Airbnb, but I hate that all the bad apples ruin it for the good apples. It's my desire that our home owners and city councils (or whoever is responsible for passing the Airbnb ordinance) would reconsider their decision. If it wasn't for Airbnb, my family would not be able to stay together during our emergency house "flood" and abatement. Nothing local was available with connecting rooms, let alone on the same floor. Our need was resolved through a local Maybe, instead of banning Airbnb, we could agree on some regulations for Airbnb guests and homeowners. V--JeC on 41 Ai,.drl to 1_t1ii'cia B'1V X11"1( n e_1 I" F --)V THANK REPLY 22 THANKS 90 REPLIES H0iTlEi t)14 ofll]II A1It�E,t)c,f"; ::1�-3 Olk, AT$AT "T' 12:15 AM 4: 4 1 P'A :V0 This is why -AIRBNB [S perfoct sib for our Tamil I We want & I I -le to be fagether.1 Airbnb �&W Tracy as your neighbor I wish that you would come and discuss any situation that has had a negative impact on you and your family in person. I have considered us as friends, with our boys going to the same school and inviting each other over to their houses. You asked us to make sure that when friends came over that they did not park in front of our house so that you could back into your driveway, which we always make sure they comply, you asked that we allow the tree in our front yard to be cut back so that it did not get sap on your car an we allowed this, cutting it well back into our yard. We would like to know who these people are who are a nuisance so that we do not invite them back if they are friends an if they are Airbnb renters not be allowed to rent from us or any other property in the future. We have had nothing but positive experiences renting to and from other Airbnb users an would like to keep it that way for everyone. 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Oh and by the way, this host seems to do this to others as well. This host by the way, continued to contact me offering listings 4x the original payment! Internet scam and classic bait and switch! Read the reviews and employ better screening for hosts posting fake listings!!! Page I of I E5 N P Ap,) s F ee d https://mail.google.com/_/scs/mail-static/ /js/k=gmail. main. en. g1Y8o3 Me 8. 0/m=m__i,t, it/am=OqsHDMD-v... 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SI TORT TERM RENTALS Page 1 of 2 mail Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:18 PM Reply -To: Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> To: steve gordon <sgordonI0o@cox.net>, Jackie Johnson<jackiejohnsonusa@netscape.net>, Amar and Narinder Kapoor <simrankaro@hotmail.com>, Ann Marie Morris and Anthony Rose <annmariemorris1@aol.com>, Carolynn Petru <carolynn.petru@gmail.com>, Dana and John Lu <yideh1825@yahoo.com>, Eva and Ralph Quackenbush <getralph@cox.net>, Greg de Lamare and So Ken Kan <gdelamare@yahoo.com>, Karen and Chan Chuang <keydon@cox.net>, Kirti Celly <kirtiscelly@hotmail.com>, Lynette and Bryan Ishino <lishino@yahoo.com>, Michael and Chris Huang <CGPHARM D@cox.net>, Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail. com>, Pradip and Malika Mukerji <ohiomnm@gmail.com>, Sanjay Celly <sanjaycelly@yahoo.com>, Ted Johnson <Tedjohnson@yahoo.com>, Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> The email you sent seems to imply that there is a connection to crime since that is what Neighborhood Watch is all about. This email for law abiding citizens such as me is inappropriate. There is no support that short term rentals increase criminal activity. Are you aware that criminal statistics has actually decreased? Are you aware when the robbery on Crest took place early August, a person fitting the description of the perpertator actually entered the backyard of my property and if it wasn't for my Airbnb guests, he could have seen that my house was ty? Did you know those Airbnb guests frightened the culprit that he ran off and they assisted with informing authorities of the direction he ran? Do you realize that these guests may have prevented a robbery in my home or any of the neighbors homes? If we want to "strange cars" as cause for concern - what do we do? Ban Uber and Lyft? Just so you know - I worked so late on Tuesday night that I could not even drive home. I had to take an Uber home from Sherman Oaks and a car service back to the office the next morning. What I found interesting in that experience is that the drivers (who are getting paid to be in our neighborhood) commented how they had never been through my city and how nice it was. I wondered to myself - what's next for Neighborhood Watch? Banning car service for me because it brings in strange cars and people who are scoping the neighborhood? I have a serious financial issue at hand and you want to make spurious claims about the dangers of short term rentals. My guests are are not here to rob houses and be a nuisance. Before they can even rent from me, they must file appropriate government issued IDs and have an online reputation such as Google plus, Linkedln, Facebook. In other words, these are people who are not hiding from the law. Many are families who need an alternative place to stay than an expensive hotel. Many have infants and need access to a kitchen and laundry. These imagined issues are disturbing and what is more disturbing is the misuse of the role of the block captains and the Neighborhood Watch lists. My youngest step son is 7 years old and we have no plans to move in the near future. I have lived in my house for 15 years. There are some on this street who are long term renters and have no interest in making an investment in this community. I support this community (you will see I have supported PEF and volunteered on many https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORTTERM RENTALS Page 2 of 2 occasions to the various community events) and am active in the local charities holding leadership position. Please stop making it seem like I am a criminal. I welcome any and all calls from my neighbors so this type of messages can be cleared. 310-882-8861 Regards, Maura [Quoted text hidden] ucf�_ https:Hmail.goggle.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5e245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Page 1 of 2 Gmail Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 5:22 PM Reply -To: Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> To: steve gordon <sgordon100@cox.net>, Jackie Johnson<jackiejohnsonusa@netscape.net>, Amar and Narinder Kapoor <simrankaro@hotmail.com>, Ann Marie Morris and Anthony Rose <annmariemorrisl@aol.com>, Carolynn Petru <carolynn.petru@gmail.com>, Dana and John Lu <yideh1825@yahoo.com>, Eva and Ralph Quackenbush <getralph@cox.net>, Greg de Lamare and So Ken Kan <gdelamare@yahoo.com>, Karen and Chan Chuang <keydon@cox.net>, Kirti Celly <kirtiscelly@hotmail.com>, Lynette and Bryan Ishino <lishino@yahoo.com>, Michael and Chris Huang <CGPHARMD@cox.net>, Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail. com>, Pradip and Malika Mukerji <ohiomnm@gmail.com>, Sanjay Celly <sanjayceily@yahoo.com>, Ted Johnson <Tedjohnson@yahoo.com>, Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> Please read why I had to turn to Airbnb. I am not doing it to upset my neighbors. If I need to modify my short term rentals, please let me know. I will happy to adjust and do not need our neighborhood being at odds against me. Dear City of Rancho Palos Verdes As a middle aged single mother whose now ex had abruptly abandoned the family in late 2011 leaving me to assume all the financial responsibility of maintaining a home and care for my two children, I had two avenues to consider: selling my home in a depressed market, or renting part of my home out. My first priority at that moment was to my two young sons (ages 12 and 10 at that time); one of whom is autistic with severe special needs including extreme anxiety from change to his environment and engaged in self -injurious behavior. The best thing I could do for him was to bring calm to his "world" that was turned into a complete chaos. My son's psychologist, neurologist, and pediatrician all shared the same comment - try not to change anything further in his life. Keep further disruption to a minimum which meant figure out a way to stay in my home. After much trepidation, I initially rented my home out to long-term renters. That proved to be a mistake. They were complainers, expecting the same rights a property owner, without bearing the same costs, nor integrating into the community. My long-term renters ruined my home and furnishings. I therefore turned to Airbnb. The anxiety that wrought my thoughts of strangers in my home as a single mother with two young boys was gut- wrenching. Publicly posting pictures of my intimate spaces, my bedrooms and my bathrooms, and then inviting complete strangers into my home was an idea rejected by all my friends and family. Yet it was the necessary step to keep the calm and consistency for my sons. With butterflies in my stomach I portrayed to my young boys that short-term rental will be a fun adventure. At night, when I was alone and frightened, I knew that was the only way to preserve the home and stability that my children desperately needed. As we welcomed these strangers in my home, we met people from all over the world. I soon learned that coexisting with diverse people with unique personalities and preferences was a great experience for my children. We've been exposed to different cultures and social graces. While at times we struggled to overcome language barriers, we all had one thing in common ---the feeling of being part of a greater community. Our guests returned our warm welcome with kindness. The gratification of having made positive impacts on our guests made us better people and a better family. In many instances, people that were labeled as strangers, were actually friends waiting to be discovered. My children soon learned strangers did not always equal to danger. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5e245e&view=pt&as_froin=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Page 2 of 2 I watched my children interact with guests and gradually develop to accept diversity in views, cultures, language, and ways of living. This has opened their minds and hearts to accept others, to become a more companionate and more understanding individual. The positive impact was so profound that my older son wrote his college application essay on this experience, and that essay got him placed in an elite university. His life will be forever changed because of the benefits of short- term rentals guests in our home. As for autistic son, I watched him develop and mature in ways that would not have been achievable without hosting strangers in my home. He quickly learned that having destructive tantrums was not acceptable behavior. At the start of this journey, his emotions were so volatile, that the district labeled him as "Emotionally Disturbed." After a recent school district evaluation, I am excited to share that my son is no longer tagged with that label. With his improved emotional stability, teachers are able to help him meet simple educational goals. My home is safer, clearer, calmer, and better maintained than ever before. It is understandable that people have "fears" of the new and the unknown. But for my family, opening my home to short term rental guests has not only brought economic relief to my family, it also brought a priceless benefit and a surprising gift to me --- it brought my autistic son back to me! Regards, Maura Mizuguchi 310-882-8861 On Thursday, September 8, 2016 3:36 PM, steve gordon <sgordon 1 00@cox. net> wrote: [Quoted text hidden] (Jq< https :Hmail.google. com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4edf5 c245 e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmai.1 - College ,Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Page 1 of 4 Gmail Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:17 PM Reply -To: Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> To: steve gordon <sgordon100@cox,net>, Jackie Johnson<jackiejohnsonusa@netscape.net>, Amar and Narinder Kapoor <simrankaro@hotmail.com>, Ann Marie Morris and Anthony Rose <annmariemorris1@aol,com>, Carolynn Petru <carolynn.petru@gmail.com>, Dana and John Lu <yideh1825@yahoo.com>, Eva and Ralph Quackenbush <getralph@cox.net>, Greg de Lamare and So Ken Kan <gdelamare@yahoo.com>, Karen and Chan Chuang <keydon@cox.net>, Kirti Celly <kirtiscelly@hotmail.corn>, Lynette and Bryan Ishino <lishino@yahoo.com>, Michael and Chris Huang <CGPHARMD@cox.net>, Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail. corn>, Pradip and Malika Mukerji <ohiomnm@gmail. cor >, Sanjay Celly <sanjaycelly@yahoo.com>, Ted Johnson <Tedjohnson@yahoo.com>, Tracy Burns <akamomma@gmail.com> College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support My son Matthew Mizuguchi attended the public schools on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. He started kindergarten at Point Vicente and graduated in 2016 from Palos Verdes High School. The short term rental experience had such profound positive impact on my son, he wrote his college application essay on his life changing experiences. Because it demonstrated that he embraced adversity and new aged platforms, it resonated with many college admission officers. As result he is now attending Vanderbilt University, 15th ranked college in the nation for 2015, tied with Cornell, Rice, and University of Notre Dame. His colleagues at the University are mainly from expensive and prestigious college -preparatory private schools such as Marlborough and Harvard Westlake, demonstrating the considerable achievements of the public school system in the Palos Verdes. As the City of Rancho Palos Verdes produces students comparable to elite college -preparatory schools, we as a community must allow them to accomplish unique experiences outside of the classrooms. See the essay below, provided by my son, Matthew. Warm regards, Maura Mizuguchi 7242 Avenida Altisima On Sunday, September 11, 2016 7:53 PM, Matthew Mizuguchi <mattmakanamizuguchi@gmail.com> wrote: Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family. Adversity to Advantage 0* https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5 c245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s__sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - College Acceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Page 2 of 4 2011 was a year to remember. A year of change. A year of growth. Egyptian rebels protested violently to overthrow the government of Hosni Mubarak. The US launched its final shuttle for space. Outside of world events, and something more local, many of the class of 2016 were experiencing changes of its own. Changes in voice. Changes in looks. Hair. Height. All of it. Everyone going through puberty with zits galore to prove it. Perhaps lagging behind others physically, I still had a chance to grow and change in spirit. This same year, our stepfather left the family after 12 years together. His sudden absence led me to a greater role in the household. I guided my autistic brother Kapono though this tough time, watching over him far more than before. Mother was busy with work and around less often, forcing me to a more independent role inside and outside the family. With one less household income, we slashed many luxuries from our lives. No more vacations. No frivolous unnecessary expenditures. We focused on the basics. Despite these efforts, we needed a way to maintain our lifestyle in a privileged community. As a second income, we sought the services of Airbnb to rent out the extra rooms in our house. This helped Kapono and I experience the world without actually going to see the world. The world came to us. Through the years of Airbnb services, we've met people from around the world we'd have never met without it. We learned to coexist with diverse people with unique personalities and sensibilities. We've been exposed to different cultures and social graces, helping me grow more confident as a person. Talking with this wide range of people has helped me build confidence in everyday conversation. It has allowed me to speak effortlessly with total strangers who very quickly weren't strangers at all. It's given me the ability to deal with seemingly different people and showed that most of us have the same human needs. Eventually, Mom let me take the reins of managing the renters and the household. I established and maintained contact with potential renters, collect and manage the rent, and kept our visitor families comfortable and content throughout their stay. This experience and exposure has developed my business skills and sales techniques. I've been able to translate this experience into my own business. My partner Jay and I have co-founded a web development firm, Rack Labs Co. Jay and I have managed to become the fastest-growing web development and digital strategy agency in our town. With Jay's coding skills and my business development savvy, we've taken the Palos Verdes area by storm. We create websites for a collection of clientele from app developers to photographers. The Airbnb experience I gained has translated directly to easily meet clients and tell them Racks Labs story. We've generated leads, driven traffic, and increased sales. The product and customers are different, but the process is the same. In our early beginnings, we tried to land big clients that were out of our league and found little success. Eventually, we determined that our approach to the market was ineffective. I suggested that we stick with local companies due to the ample need from the outdated websites they had. At first, Jay was against the idea. But, after DO https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - College Aeceptances Because of Short Term Rental Support Page 3 of 4 hours of discussion, persuasion, we decided that "staying local" was indeed the best course of action. After only a few clients and rave reviews, we found companies and individuals alike seeking us out for our brand of services. Although the absence of our stepdad hurt, it helped me reach a new level of confidence, business intelligence, and personal independence. Without this opportunity, I'm certain that I would not be the person 1 have today become. As I move forward to college, a career, and life beyond, there will be challenge and adversity every step of the way. But, with confidence, intelligence, and self-determination, I know that adversity can be turned to advantage. When we open ourselves to growth and change and never quit, the world is our oyster and the sky's no limit at all. On Thursday, September 8, 2016 3:36 PM, steve gordon <sgordon100 a cox.net> wrote: From: Gail Lorenzen [mailto:rpvnw@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 11:24 AM Subject: UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SHORT TERM RENTALS This is going to all Block Captains in the City. Please network to all residents. Many residents have called Neighborhood Watch with questions and concerns about short-term rentals in RPV. The following is a notice of an upcoming meeting with the City Council regarding that issue. Background: The RPV Planning Commission recently approved in a 4-2 vote to allow homeowners to rent one room or a guest house as long as they live on site, However, the City Council has the final say on the proposal. The neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach have all banned short-term vacation rentals without exceptions. If you have concerns, one way or the other, this is your chance to make your views known. One concern many residents have, besides the interruption to their neighborhoods, is enforcement of such a policy. Numerous articles about other cities such as Santa Monica and Brentwood have exposed the difficulty of enforcing such a policy. Enforcement exposes a big challenge regardless of a partial or outright ban. Besides the manpower of enforcing the law, there are always ways that residents will find to go around the system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. Location: Community Room at Hesse Park, located at 29301 Hawthorne Blvd, RPV Purpose of Meeting: Continue evaluation of possibility of banning short-term vacation rentals in RPV. The City Council will meet to review the recommendation of the Planning Commission concerning short-term vacation rentals. The City Council may give direction on the language of the final ordinance at this meeting. All residents are urged to show up and express their opinions on this matter. Any residents that cannot attend are encouraged to mail the City Council and Planning Department of their opinions. Please send your e-mail on or before Monday, Sept. 12, to make sure thev will be included in the staff report to Citv Council. RPV City Council: CC@rpvca.gov - (310) 377-0360 https://mail. google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5c245e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 Gmail - College Acceptances Because of Short Teem Rental Support RPV Planning Commission: PC@rpvca_gov - (310) 544-5228 For more information on this matter, please refer to the following Peninsula News article or contact the RPV Planning Deparment: http:lfwww. pvnews, com/news/rpv-planning-commission-votes-to-allow-1 imited-short-term- residential/article 3d5blfO4-6x56-11e6-86b0-fbf56c78f-/46.html Gail Lorenzen RPV Neighborhood Watch Page 4 of 4 https:llmail. google.com/mai l/u/0/?ui=2&ik=4cdf5 c245 e&view=pt&as_from=maura&as_sizeoperator=s_sl&... 9/18/2016 '=RECEIVED FROM—l" - r1► onia el ryamr AND MADE A PART OF THE RECORD AT THE Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, COUNCIL MEETING , United State OF 20 t OWNER -DESCRIBED SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CARLA MORREALAFPTY CLERK Entire home/apt 15 Guests 4 Bedrooms 5 Beds Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States *****3 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, United States * * * * * 5 0-0 Entire home/apt 15 Guests 4 Bedrooms 5 Beds 0 � Entire home/apt 6 Guests 2 Bedrooms 2 Beds What A nice view!! 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Please, inquire, or book her and upgrade when you arrive if her are rooms with private baths. medical doctors, tusinessmen from Germany, England, France and Italy. Even if AIR BNB shows NO ROOMS available, PLEASE, IN I have another house I've had many happy corporate clients stay at my studio. VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM RPV GUESTS ON AIR BNB SITE Our stay was fabulous. Perfect for our large extended family to stay for my daughters wedding. [XXX's] home is in a lovely and quiet neighborhood, with plenty of street parking. This lovely home is located in a very quite neighborhood off of busy streets. He has such a good business setup when we showed up for a full week We were 10 people from with his AIR BNB and has guests stay with all our family. We had up to age 22 to 63 coming in and out often several times 15 sleeping and still had room for a day! others. We had a change in plans for BEST SCHOOL the wedding rehearsal dinner and DISTRICT. TOP needed a place to host it. I had asked if FUTURE COLLEGE This was very it would be Acceptable to have more OPTIONS disappointing and not people over for dinner, she even consistent with price. It furnished a couple extra tables and was more of a flop house chairs. than a home. Beware I stayed with my family from my country (10 I've already been recommending this people). First time I was location to others. The home has more little bit worried if we than enough space to wander around The onlyreason I didn't stay a few can fit to house (large , Y even though you'll likely be sharing the more days is because... usually party) and enough to home with other guests booked every single day of the comfort. But it was month. perfect for us! I traveled with my dance team, staff and moms; a pretty large group; and XXX's home was absolutely perfectM The home itself is beautiful, clean and in a wonderful neighborhood location with amazing views of the cityH XXXX provided us with everything we needed including extra, super comfortable, air mattresses so that we all had plenty of space to sleep. LIU, Parking had to be in the driveway during the week, b this didn't effect us as we were there on the weekend This finitely is a full time rental- and the decor reflects this, but not in a bad way. I de MWITOU M- http://Www.latimes. com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-hotprop-party-ready®20160916®snap- story.html Home of the Party readyon the Palos Verdes Peninsula A gated drive leads to this remodeled ranch home, listed for sale in the Rolling Hills area of Palos Verdes Peninsula, for $5.95 million. (Peter McMenamin) By Bonnie McCarthy September 209 2016, 9:15 AM Sitting on more than three acres in Rolling Hills, this remodeled ranch -style hone is set up for entertaining with such amenities as a refrigerated wine room, commercial -grade appliances and a 70 -inch flat -screen 'TV in the family room® In the backyard, a circular palapa with seating for 20 accompanies a classic kidney® shaped pool® Address. 6 N. Middleridge Lane, Rolling Hills, 90274 Price. $6.96 million Built: 1953 RECEIVED FROM fAnvn So AND MADE A PART OF THE R CORD AT THE COUNCIL MEETING OFA a� OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CARLA MORREALE, CITY CLERK From: hammersmark@cox.net Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 4:00 PM To: CC Cc: Hammersmark@cox.net Subject: BAN ON SHORT TERM RENTALS We are sorry that we did not send our letter to each Commissioner. We only sent it to our City Council person. Please make each Commissioner know of our support of a Ban on Short Term Rentals. Thank you very much. Sandra and Donald Hammersmark September 10, 2016 Dear Ara Mihranian, RPV Director Community Development PLEASE PROTECT OUR CITY AND OUR HOUSE VALUES! We have a beautiful city that we have all tried to make the pride of America and it is. We have a very global population with personal visitors to our homes from all over the world. ALL of us have strived, saved and labored for many years to be able to afford to live here. Our city and our home should never be a commercial hotel, motel, residence or boarding house. Not even in a short term arrangement. Please support a LONG TERM PROHIBITION ON ALL SHORT AND LONG-TERM RENTALS other than yearlong lease rentals. Do not allow AirBnB and other commercial operations to hijack you and your Department staff's thinking for the profit of their pocket books$!$! Sincerely, Residents Sandra Seed Hammersmark and Donald Hammersmark 30097 Avenida Classica RPV, CA 90275 1 From: Madison Grant <maddiereesegrant@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 4:11 PM To: CC Subject: House on 24 Narcissa Dear Council comity, I am in intermediate school and I live around the corner from the house on 24 Narcissa. My mom, friend, and I were taking a stroll around the neighborhood when the guest started to harass my mother. These people were drinking in the streets and smoking; even though there is a no smoking sign when you enter the gate. They were also parked in the street and made it difficult for my parents to got to our house. These people where always moving their cars and driving all around the neighborhood. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Madison Grant Sent from my Whone WE CITYOF RANCHO PALOS VERDES TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: ACTING CITY CLERK DATE: SEPTEMBER 20, 2016 SUBJECT: ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material presented for tonight's meeting: Item No. Description of Material F Los Angeles Times News article O Letter from Howard Weinberg; Email exchange between Community Development Director Mihranian and Merin Dahlerbruch; Email from Kathleen Markowski SUPPORT Emails from: Yolanda Quimbayo; Jeffrey Lewis; Jack Fleming; David Gregg; Michael Yu OPPOSED Emails from: Jeannette Peterson; Dana Graham; Jim Hevener; Robert Grant; Andrew Kitto; Tony Baker; Lucy Macfarlane; Margy Bloom 2 Letter from Jennifer Taggart; Emails from: Sandra Valeri; Steve and Sherisse Emory; Exchange between Deputy City Manager Yap and Steve Shaul Respectfully submitted, Ter&g-6 Takaoka ** PLEASE NOTE: Materials attached after the color page(s) were submitted through Monday, September 19, 2016**. W:WGENDA\2016 Additions Revisions to agendas\20160920 additions revisions to agenda thru Monday.doc the estate a historic -cultural one humanitarian award. monument. "We're blessed in Los An- His wife, Dolores, died five A 2013 study by the Los geles to have a number of en- years ago at 102. Angeles Historic Resources tertainers and personalities The comedian collected Survey listed the 5.16 -acre that contribute to the fabric real estate and at one point estate as potentially historic of our diverse city. Bob Hope was one of California's larg- because of its ties to the en- is one of those personalities: est individual property own- tertainment industry. It was He is an American icon," ers, holding some 10,000 built Los Angeles Times, 9/19/16 me,, acres in the San Fernando Housing for homeless vets clears a hurdle The House votes to again allow the VA to offer leases at its West L.A. campus. Senate action is still needed. BY SARAH D. WIRE WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted last week to allow the Department of Veterans Af- fairs to again offer leases on its West Los Angeles cam- pus, authority it needs be- fore homes for disabled, fe- male and homeless veterans can be built there. . The VA announced plans in January to develop the long -neglected 387 -acre campus, the largest open parcel on the Westside. The development is part of the settlement of a lawsuit over substandard care of home- ALEX WONG Getty 1MRge5 U.B. REP. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance)co-spon- sored the measure. less veterans. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D -Calif.), along with former Rep. Henry Waxman, won passage of legislation sus- pending the VA's leasing au- thority in 2007 after years of mismanagement, and Con- gress has to approve a bill that restores it before the project can move forward. The leases will allow private companies to offer veterans such services as daycare, workforce training and healthcare on the grounds. Rep. Ted Lieu (D -Tor- rance) and Rep. Jeff Miller (R -Fla.) co-sponsored HR 5936, the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016, which the House passed by voice vote Sept. 12. "Today represents a gi- ant leap forward in restoring the property to the Old Sol- diers' Home it was always in- tended to be," Lieu said in a statement. Feinstein and Sen. Bar- bara Boxer (D -Calif.) are co- sponsoring the companion bill in the Senate, which is part of a broader measure for veterans that has yet to come up for a vote. Feinstein said in a state- ment that she is working with the leaders of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee to move the bill as quickly as possible. "Los Angeles has the highest number of veterans and homeless veterans in the country, and we need to get this bill done," she said. sarah.wire@latimes.com Twitter: @sarandwire --ri�rrxry-�x� i>�e xs�rdf, including a masterwing. Other structures include a two-bedroom guesthouse and separate staff quarters and offices. Two floors of living space in the main house afford views of landscaped grounds, which include a the tunnel," Hope si been an occupation years at least. Eve we'd open a closet, Ahh!' „ By 2015, the hot listed at $12 million. GLENN KOENIG Los COMMUNITY members at an unveiling ceremony in downtown L.A.'s Grani Park admire the 5 -ton sculpture honoring victims of the Armenian genocide, Genocide Armeni n a Monument is unvei e BY BETTINA BO%ALL Split in half, chiseled on one side and smooth on the other, the black rock memo- rializes not just the Arme- nian genocide but also sur- vival. Unveiled Saturday eve- ning as the sun set over Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, the Armenian Genocide Monument is ringed by metalbars embed- ded in the ground and etched with the words of Ar- menian American writer William Saroyan: "In the time of your life, live — so that in that won- drous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite delight and mys- tery of it." �lll�lrr "We wanted something that was uplifting and also spoke to a much broader au- dience," said photographer Levon Parian, one of a team who created the monument. The 5 -ton piece was sculpted by Glendale archi- tect Vahagn Thomasian from rock quarried from Ar- menia's Ararat Valley. The split in the monu- ment represents the disrup- tion of the 1915-18 genocide, which claimed the lives of about 1.2 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire, which became the modern republic of Turkey. The Turkish government dis- putes that a genocide took place. "The rough part resem- bles [the period] after the genocide when the Arme- nian people struggled and tried to survive," Thoz7 said. The smooth hay resents the present, 1 new generations." Southern Califol'l home to the largest ,I nian community outs Armenia. More than people of Armenian di live in Los Angeles Coll The idea for a mon! grew out of last yearl! ness installation in i Park, which marked Q tennial of the genocid huge portraits of survi County Supt; Michael Antonovich tii iWitness team that hq like a permanent meA Thomasian settled ori thing "very simple" thil he said, both less and ]I bettina.boxall @latimes.com F The Weinberg Law Group September 19, 2016 Via Email and Hand Delivery Ara Mihranian Director of Community Development City of Rancho Palos Verdes 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 Re: Vacant lot known as Elkmont Canyon (APN 7576-026-028) Case No. ZON2014-00229 Mr. Mihranian: This firm represents Mr. Lionel Perera with respect to his property that is a vacant lot in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, commonly known as Elkmont Canyon (APN 7576-026-028) (the "Property"). As you know, Mr. Perera is the applicant requesting that the City vacate a negative easement that may affect the Property, which is being considered by the City as zoning Case No. ZON2014-00229 (the "Application"). As a result of the conclusions by the City Attorney that vacating the possible negative easement is not required nor appropriate, the applicant hereby withdraws the Application and asks the City to close this matter and cease to process the Application. Accordingly, please remove this item from the Agenda (or please arrange for the City not to consider this matter) for the City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., as the City will have no jurisdiction to consider this matter at its City Council meeting. C: City Attorney Amy Seeraty, Planner Doug Willmore, City Manager Sincerely, The Wein erg La roup P Howard Weinberg, ounder i,,,io %n'.t`eJon I Sui e2 E40 From: Amy Seeraty Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:39 AM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: Elkmont canyon request for updates Late correspondence exchange Amy Seeraty Associate Planner City of Rancho Palos Verdes Community Development Department 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 www.rpvca.gov amys@rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5231 -----Original Message ----- From: Ara Mihranian Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:19 PM To: Merin Dahlerbruch <merinlmd@gmail.com>; Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov> Cc: Kathleen Markowski <kathleen.markowski@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Elkmont canyon request for updates Hi Merin, You are correct, the easement vacation item is no longer on the September 20th Council agenda. However, there is a "Receive and File" item on the September 20th Council agenda, as a consent item, regarding the City Attorney's determination. The Staff Report is available on the City's website at the following link: http://www.rpvca.gov/988/Elkmont-Canyon In terms of the next steps, while Mr. Perera works towards completing his application (submitting the required plans and information to process his request, the City will be seeking an environmental consultant to prepare the appropriate environment document. The environment document cannot be prepared until the application has been deemed complete. Once the environmental document is completed it will circulate for public comments and a public hearing will be scheduled with the Planning Commission. The access issue will be address as part of the development process. To stay informed, I suggest you and your neighbors subscribe to the list -serve to receive electronic notices at the following link: http://www.rpvca.gov/1ist.aspx Let me know if you have further questions. Ara Ara Michael Mihranian Community Development Director 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-544-5228 (telephone) 310-544-5293 (fax) aram@rpvca.gov www.rpvca.gov M Do you really need to print this e-mail? This e-mail message contains information belonging to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, which may be privileged, confidential and/or protected from disclosure. The information is intended only for use of the individual or entity named. Unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, or are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately. Thank you for your assistance and cooperation. -----Original Message ----- From: Merin Dahlerbruch [mailto:merinlmd@gmail.comj Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 1:52 PM To: Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov>; Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Cc: Kathleen Markowski <kathleen.markowski@gmail.com> Subject: Elkmont canyon request for updates Hello Amy and Ara: I hope you are well! I was notified that the hearing on the prohibition of access easement for Elkmont Canyon will not be heard on September 20 because the city attorney believes there is not technically an easement and so that avenue to remove said easement is not the correct vehicle. And, CEQA applies to Perera's request so that the Canyon project must be viewed as a whole. Moving forward I'd like for you to explain to me what the steps are for Perera to continue with his project. As mentioned numerous times, I am very concerned about the hillsides at the back of my lot as well as all of our neighbors. In the past, Perera was not honest with the city in getting a temporary encroachment permit. We are nervous! How can we make sure that we are notified if there will be work down in the canyon? I would like to formally request that I and Kathleen Markowski be notified anytime any encroachment permit is issued. Also, we don't want to have to keep coming into the city to uncover if new information is added to the Elkmont Canyon file. Is there a way for us to be copied on any correspondence/notes that go into the file short of us driving into the city every few days to check on it? Thank you, Merin Dahlerbruch From: Amy Seeraty Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:21 AM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: runoff from broken hydrant Elkmont Canyon Attachments: IMG_1365.JPG; ATT00001.txt; IMG_1366.JPG; ATT00002.txt Late correspondence. Amy Seeraty Associate Planner City of Rancho Palos Verdes Community Development Department 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 www.rpvca.gov amyl@rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5231 -----Original Message ----- From: Merin Dahlerbruch [mailto:merinlmd@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 10:05 PM To: Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov>; Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Cc: Kathleen Markowski <kathleen.markowski@gmail.com> Subject: runoff from broken hydrant Elkmont Canyon Hello Amy and Ara: These are the pictures of the canyon after a fire hydrant was hit on Silver Spur and it drained into the canyon. Please add this for the meeting and to the file. Thank you, Merin Dahlerbruch ~, st S t 1 t -srr%• yr � '%� _ �. - •��`r� �" 'ted x ��S���Ir�s� � t""-� •' �t�'� • -'(. CNI od -. _ < i �; � \rc a�r\ fa t�,�^r , I1 !(• 1 'x���+'��'.d�`�:i.��' ,+ / r` ' - ,fir• /> � a ; f `•j �.T�•.� +�.�`f.\�'�°�.�r., � , �a�4" r':.. � Y 'l � lb F tt y ,.r - • Com+. _ y ••�V ����'� 1�"": —• 1 _ .+.,/p yr ; • fir f • �` � �� From: Merin Dahlerbruch <merinlmd@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:23 AM To: Amy Seeraty; Ara Mihranian Cc: Kathleen Markowski Subject: Additional pics for Elkmont file/ meeting Dear Amy and Ara: Attached are additional pictures from the second day Perara cut down trees and was given an encroachment permit by the planning department because he claimed removal for weed abatement. It was discovered that this request was unjustified because he was past the due date for brush clearance and had been given the directive from County Weights and Measures that he didn't have to do additional clearance. As you can see, the workers continued to remove live trees from Elkmont canyon slopes. They then proceeded to cut them up with a wood chipper and left the wood chips all over the hillsides. You can see stumps left behind in some pictures. You can also see that the land has been compacted where they were driving back and forth. Thank you for adding this to notes for city meeting and the Elkmont file. Merin Dahlerbruch lot '► ,yr . e t r r all Aw WMA ff Air N� \ -` - -- r - �_ r ,. _ • .I� Vic. +ta•.. L S �.� � .i,. �,� �,r k ,�-. i' „� ` 4. w���^� ;'l. _�d: �K +fw•'�lh -. ' `���� i.•�'. r" �. .x ,;r. �♦. 7'.'.: '° r 4 ya-.': a t "`'�, ' �• � . / l �.3� Zvi , I��y TY L '`fie • NN - t ' �' � � � ���{ �. _��� tib, -►� �.,'•� �� , � ,, r� low,' T4 From: Amy Seeraty Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:21 AM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: Please add this to file and hearing on Elkmont canyon first set of pics Late Correspondence for tonight. Amy Seeraty Associate Planner City of Rancho Palos Verdes Community Development Department 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 www.ri)vca.gov amys(&-rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5231 From: Merin Dahlerbruch [mailto:merinlmd@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 10:02 PM To: Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov>; Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Cc: Kathleen Markowski <kathleen.markowski@gmail.com> Subject: Please add this to file and hearing on Elkmont canyon first set of pics Hello Amy and Ara: Please add this to the Elkmont hearing and file: Attached are pictures from the canyon. You can see the destruction of the trees and the men dragging the trees with dust kicking up. The first picture shows destruction of our plants behind our house and a beautiful tree in the bottom of the canyon that still remains because we were able to stop the destruction before he got to them! I understand that eventually Perara may get to the point of putting up silhouettes. I am formally requesting that you do not grant him permission to take out any trees or foliage if he does so. The canyon is not stable and we are very concerned about the hillsides and the floor when it rains. Losing dirt on the floor of the canyon will cause a ricochet effect and the hillsides will become more unstable. Furthermore, any grading without a geological study including driving trucks into the canyon affects the hillsides and the foliage that is so important to keeping the slopes together. We have been told that Perara removing foliage is a civil matter. In light of the reference to CEQA, this needs to be reconsidered. However, moving forward, the city needs to be aware that Perrera has not been forthright with information when it came to the foliage removal and any requests he makes should be taken with caution. We would like to be notified as well as our other Save Elkmont Canyon neighbors who border the canyon on both sides if he is issued any encroachment permits in the future as he cannot be trusted and does not have the best interests of the neighbors' hillsides in mind. I will be sending additional pictures under separate cover that should also be added to our correspondence. Thank you, Merin Dahlerbruch s 4 a ,� a. y �� l w. ' �►IWO%r XAI rl Ir 'tii - is w - ♦ +� .. • �,� ,. ♦ \ •� i� 01. ~ � •..ice ♦ t `.�-�►� � ��� �". i � .,'^ ��� �+ � ` i "'� .�`, Iy lkl , .t �'.!'� , _ � a /r ]�iL. J ♦ _ ik �tn, �t�, !ia r t' ? = ' p ' is � • �'� r{ . = y`• i a �'�';+l{h � •' l'` ~�*+k�' dam? �y � � -- .♦ .:'� �., �y� _.� ''�� `'Y'♦ � `�,' ,�c eft • I . '�'+•..�.+ • •+^s , f •, 'F" • 9 vim" \ , a ��� e. � ` •r i `• Vie. ;?+ •" ray.• •` �• r..t L — I , " � `r ji, I'L oil Rt 51 �, _ •f• n.. " - � �` 'J/ 1 "J'�'. \ q '� qty � VAO RPM I?r n � 4a � �i �� ✓ � _ � "�[..',i�yYEy.'R� , �: �. i � i i• ' � j' `����� �/. ` � r' ; �'\ _ ' �,A; '�� .. til R .� ; � • ` r / � . � \ \ �R Jrfp., 4 / ♦ \�YY• .�. _ fib. i -.� ar Sent from Merin's Whone. Please excuse typos and brevity. From: Amy Seeraty Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:21 AM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: runoff from broken hydrant Elkmont Canyon Attachments: IMG_1365.JPG; ATT00001.txt; IMG_1366.JPG; ATT00002.txt Late correspondence. Amy Seeraty Associate Planner City of Rancho Palos Verdes Community Development Department 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 www,rpvca.gov amys@rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5231 -----Original Message ----- From: Merin Dahlerbruch [mailto:merinlmd@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 10:05 PM To: Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov>; Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Cc: Kathleen Markowski <kathleen.markowski@gmail.com> Subject: runoff from broken hydrant Elkmont Canyon Hello Amy and Ara: These are the pictures of the canyon after a fire hydrant was hit on Silver Spur and it drained into the canyon. Please add this for the meeting and to the file. Thank you, Merin Dahlerbruch . xi 'rIF r � 1 r • `\ - t� � � ii�'��` M, do y From: Merin Dahlerbruch <merinlmd@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:18 AM To: Amy Seeraty; Ara Mihranian Cc: Kathleen Markowski Subject: Elkmont canyon green from fire hydrant break. This from June Davidson Hello Amy: My neighbor, June Davidson, will most likely not be at the meeting tonight. She asked me to send these pictures to you taken today from her property. You can see how green the canyon got from the run off from the fire hydrant breaking a few weeks ago up on Silver Spur. I previously sent you a picture that showed the run off before the foliage filled in. You can also clearly see tracks in the ground from a vehicle driving. Please add this to the file for Elkmont Canyon and to the city meeting tonight as added from June Davidson. Thank you, Merin Dahlerbruch prmwf� "IFF -T- -Ar 'i6 Sent from Merin's Whone. Please excuse typos and brevity. From: Amy Seeraty Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:02 PM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: Tree stumps Elkmont Late Correspondence. Amy Seeraty Associate Planner City of Rancho Palos Verdes Community Development Department 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 www.rpvca.gov amys(d-)rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5231 From: Merin Mayl Dahlerbruch [mailto:merinlmd@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:59 AM To: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov> Subject: Fwd: Tree stumps Elkmont Hello Amy: Kathleen Markowski is having technical difficulties and asked me to forward the following pictures she took to you to submit to the Elkmont file and for tonight. They show additional trees that were cut down with no regard to hillsides. Thank you, Merin Dahlerbruch Begin forwarded message: From: Kathleen Markowski<kathleen.markowski(aD-gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Tree stumps Elkmont Date: September 19, 2016 at 6:38:56 PM PDT To: Merin Dahl <merinlmd(a)-gmail.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kathleen Markowski<kathleen.markowski(a@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2016 at 6:26 PM Subject: Tree stumps Elkmont To: Jeff Broedlow <jeff(gbroedlowlewis.com> E*J Sent from my Whone Kathleen Markowski Vista Sotheby's International Realty 310-948-1888 c 310-375-9616 f BRE # 01292536 kathleen.markowski@lzmail.com TN;_3'��'"•t � �� L . , (i'? \�'� ' i•., i — - 2 , �. . .. mow` _- a..- - .+ `IJr "ate C « `� w ,Z � �� .►-' � • ., r.,"` r ` }}� 4 -�,�'.� � �' �. yrs•• � •. �; f . ww;Afo;._. � r �� —� •'-•� �..�' Via" ��� - �:�yPi„�Y y .� iii _ • ` -..��C i. '�`•• —�t� t �� � - . � dl M:1 r VA • t \17 �. �► e 8 To the City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Council I am writing to address the issue of allowing or prohibiting short term rentals in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. First, I wish to share my personal situation. I am a single mother who supports two young adult children, one of whom is partially handicapped. Both children are college students and live with me in my five bedroom five bathroom Rancho Palos Verdes home. To support myself and my family, I had to move out of the home and rent it. Unfortunately, my tenants had marital problems, stopped paying rent, and ended up causing substantial damage to the property. Several months ago, I moved back into the home. To help with my mortgage, taxes, insurance, and property upkeep, I began looking for a long term roommates or boarders. No one suitable could be found. Out of necessity, therefore, I began using my empty (but furnished) bedrooms for short term rental. This supplemental income has allowed me to stay and live in the home I love. My understanding is that the City is now considering prohibiting or severely restricting short term rentals. I have read City memos and resident comments and it appears that both raise three primary complaints about short term rentals: noise, parking and trash. From being a long term homeowner in Ranch Palos Verdes, I have observed residents throwing loud parties, I have seen their guests park cars up and down the streets, and witnessed trash left around homes. The City has regulations and laws to address these situations. What difference does it make whether these acts are caused by an owner, a renter, a guest, a visitor, a relative, or a stranger? And for guests, what difference does it make whether the "undesirable" guest is visiting another's home for two hours, two days, two weeks, or two months? I have also observed gardeners, housecleaners, nannies, babysitters, house sitters, and the like, come and go. I know many neighbors who have hosted visitors from out of town, and others, like myself, whose adult children (and sometimes grandchildren) live with them in their homes. None of these "visitors" or "guests" are prohibited despite their creation of noise, parking issues, trash, and congestion. Others use their homes to run day care centers, host wedding receptions, operate home businesses, etc. Despite their creation of added noise, parking issues, and trash, there does not appear to be any real prohibition on these activities. Both the City and I have concerns about preserving the residential aspects of our community. Most of my short term guests have come because they enjoy residential living too — not as a place to throw loud parties without consequence. Imposing a straight ban on short term rentals based on a few isolated incidents would be like banning gardeners because their lawnmowers make noise; prohibiting babysitters and housecleaners because they take up parking spaces; or prohibiting teenagers or young adults in our residences because they are more apt to throw a party. RECEIV 0 In my case, the need to have short term renter is real. Without it 1 will be either forced to move out and find long term tenants, or to sell. Both options would work a hardship on me. I have no issue with, and fully support the City in putting forth noise, parking, trash, and "party" regulations. But to prohibit me from having a guest spend two nights in one of my spare bedrooms does not directly address any of these issues. Instead, it works to prevent me from taking steps to keep my home for me and my children. In deciding whether a new ordinance is needed for short term rentals I ask the council to consider that not all short term rentals cause loud parties, debauchery, or other disruptive conduct. Any rule prohibiting such rentals outright would operate to penalize those, like myself, who contribute to the community and wish to remain in the neighborhood for the indefinite future but lack financial means to do so without using their largest asset —their home. I understand that the planning commission's preferred option is to ban short term rentals but to allow property owners living in a home, such as myself, to rent out a spare bedroom for short stays. As this option suits my needs, I would very much prefer it over an absolute ban of short term rentals. Otherwise, I believe the problem of noise, parking, trash and excessive parties is what this council's regulations should address, not short terms rentals which, from reviewing prior comments, on only a handful of occasions have caused problems in these areas. An abstract fear of short stay renters does not merit banning them outright, or support restrictive registration requirements. Thank you for your consideration of my thoughts. Sincerely, Yolanda Quirnbayo Quimbayo Income Tax 15702 Crenshaw Blvd: Gardena, CA 90249 Eric Holt Design Consultant Renewal by Anderson Corporation 2801 B Street #562 San Diego, CA 92102 Ph. 310.562.3854 To whom it may concern, This letter is to confirm that I stay at Yolanda's residence at 7137 Avenida Altisima RPV, CA 90275 via AirBnB. I travel extensively internationally and use AirBnB regularly. AirBnB provides a safe, affordable way to find accommodations. Yolanda is a gracious host, the other tenants are quiet, respectful professionals. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Sincerely, Eric Holt Yolanda Quimbayo ON From: Slawomir Szkredka <szkredka@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 1:24 PM To: Yolanda Quimbayo Subject: recommendation letter Dear Yolanda, I'm happy to share a few words about my experience at your house in Rancho Palos Verdes. I stayed there with two friends of mine in the first week of August. We enjoyed the beauty and tranquillity of your place, especially the spectacular view of the ocean. The house was clean and spacious. The food you prepared for us was delicious. The neighborhood felt safe and welcoming. Local attractions - beaches and restaurants - where all within a short drive. You are a terrific host. I highly recommend your place to other guests, Kindly, Rev. Slawomir Szkredka 5012 Seminary Rd Camarillo CA 93012 phone: 424 653 7375 SAINTJOIIN FISHER CI -11' R(II-I CIA -F! I WIC FOR..: J'C September 19, 2016 To whom it may concern: Yolanda Quimbayo has been a member of our parish for many years, and I have known her personally throughout that time. I find her a person of the highest moral virtues and one who is very responsible. Youns,� iflcqellyl. jj Rev�M(76 sg�v. ay. . rk Pastor h h s' �C 7 \� V IS, Seg f� �v fix �w � r i s R, 7137 Avenida&sires � 90275 Panoramic unobstructed ocean vied frtarrr they Master an(.] the living/entertainment areas. Flegant arid spacious for grand entertaining with an open floor plan that includes 4 fireplaces in the fc,r€ al dining rgDc: M, Master Suite, Living Room and Large Family/Workout Room, Mere intirnate socializing available on they Mezzanines, also with ars ocean view and a comfortable r..:�ft with built-in shelving for your private library, Enjoy a f.,prden brunch In the immense flat :arid grassy bar..kyard or a serener suns t, you'll feel likes OLI're in paradise. "847 000q0 , I - I i c e a.. )t Protessional Real Estate Agents BRE LIC# 01930 95 From: Jeffrey Lewis <jeff@broedlowlewis.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 6:35 PM To: cc Cc: Dave Aleshire Subject: Re: Short Term Rental Ban / Powerpoint Presentation Council members. Some recipients of my email have reported trouble playing the video embedded in my powerpoint regarding short term rentals. A link to the embedded video is below: https://www.dropbox.com/sl6k9gfm3kcha8_j 4x/PC%2OShort%2OTerm%2ORental.mp4?dl=0 Jeffrey Lewis BROEDLOW LEWIS LLP 734 Silver Spur Road, Suite 300 1 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 190274 Tel. (310) 935-40011 Direct (310) 935-4002 1 Fax. (310) 872-5389 Email: Jef ]( ),BroedlowLewis.com I Web: www.BroedlowLewis.com Certified Specialist in Appellate Law The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization This message may be covered by the attorney-client, attorney work product and/or other applicable legal privileges. Unauthorized possession or use of this e-mail is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please contact the sender immediately. On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Jeffrey Lewis <jeffkbroedlowlewis.com> wrote: Mayor Dyda and Members of the City Council, I intend to address the City Council during tomorrow's meeting concerning the proposed short term rental ban. I am concerned I will not be able to present the entirety of my powerpoint presentation during the 3 minutes allotted to me. Therefore, I have attached to this email a PDF version of my comments for your advance review. In addition, the powerpoint presentation, including the two minute video, can be accessed at this link should you choose to view it in advance: https://www.dropbox. com/s/pl3kuklg5xrg3 4s/Short%2OTerm%2ORentals.pptx?dl=0 Thank you for your service to the community and for your time spent on this important topic. Jeffrey Lewis BROEDLOW LEWIS LLP 734 Silver Spur Road, Suite 300 1 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 190274 Tel. (310) 935-40011 Direct (310) 935-4002 1 Fax. (310) 872-5389 Email: JeffkBroedlowLewis.com I Web: www.BroedlowLewis.com Certified Specialist in Appellate Law The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization This message may be covered by the attorney-client, attorney work product and/or other applicable legal privileges. Unauthorized possession or use of this e-mail is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please contact the sender immediately. f From: Octavio Silva Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:44 AM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: Short Term Rental Ban / Powerpoint Presentation Attachments: Short Term Rentals as PDF2.pdf Hello, Just want to confirm that you received this email for late correspondence and that the attached pdf is will be included. Thanks Octavio From: Ara Mihranian Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 5:41 PM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov> Subject: FW: Short Term Rental Ban / Powerpoint Presentation Ara Michael Mihranian Community Development Director 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-544-5228 (telephone) 310-544-5293 (fax) aram rpvca.gov www.rpvca.gov Do you really need to print this e-mail? i�E, -Ina l message, c�3n.a�r�:� r(arl �alEen beinnr il tofh � City o ! Srt ttr Palos 'ereh>ti, tivhich may tip: pr€vilec�ed, cunfid(NiUai and/ne �rsted 9 �fr� m disdnsure, �Ihe l.at);m<,�trwn z; in;cne.c!<< 00Y =es Li,., Or t#1it' iilr,�lizr;fua1 r3=.F..nisl.y 17oni;d, Ursauthni ited disstsmmativn, clsslbraitan, or ry�,yls'g ts sinctly prc3hihs,.eci. If You rexf=ivnCi this email in Irnor, or are n.^,f: an wifF:'.i':ded r£?dpiE. t, plea se notify the sender i nnic.diaf. `ly. Thankyou for yf1i.? a!�istance.. a; -id f;oope? -af on. From: Jeffrey Lewis [mailto:ieff@broedlowlewis.com] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 5:18 PM To: Jeffrey Lewis <Jeff@broedlowlewis.com> Subject: Fwd: Short Term Rental Ban / Powerpoint Presentation Dear Friends, As you know, public integrity and trust is a hot button issue for me. Tomorrow the City of Rancho Palos Verdes will be conducting a hearing on whether to impose a ban on short term rentals (i.e. a ban on "air bnb" style home rentals). While I have no strong feelings about whether a ban should be passed, I do have some strong feelings about the process that the City has followed here. Below is an email I wrote to our city council a few moments ago. I would encourage you to review the below power point presentation, including a two -minute video from the planning commission proceedings (or you can read the attached PDF if you cannot access the powerpoint presentation). If you share my concerns regarding this topic of public integrity, I would encourage you to email the City Council at: cc@rpvca.gov in advance of tomorrow evening's meeting or, better yet, attend the meeting. Best regards, Jeffrey Lewis BROEDLOW LEWIS LLP 734 Silver Spur Road, Suite 300 1 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 190274 Tel. (310) 935-40011 Direct (310) 935-4002 1 Fax. (310) 872-5389 Email: JeffnBroedlowLewis.com I Web: www.BroedlowLewis.com Certified Specialist in Appellate Law The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization This message may be covered by the attorney-client, attorney work product and/or other applicable legal privileges. Unauthorized possession or use of this e-mail is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please contact the sender immediately. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeffrey Lewis <jeff a,broedlowlewis.com> Date: Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:09 PM Subject: Short Term Rental Ban / Powerpoint Presentation To: cc a,rpvca.gov Cc: Dave Aleshire <daleshire a,awattorneys.com> Mayor Dyda and Members of the City Council, I intend to address the City Council during tomorrow's meeting concerning the proposed short term rental ban. I am concerned I will not be able to present the entirety of my powerpoint presentation during the 3 minutes allotted to me. Therefore, I have attached to this email a PDF version of my comments for your advance review. In addition, the powerpoint presentation, including the two minute video, can be accessed at this link should you choose to view it in advance: https: //www.dropbox. com/s/pl3kuklg5xrg34s/Short%20'I'erm%20Rentals.pptx?dl=0 Thank you for your service to the community and for your time spent on this important topic. Jeffrey Lewis BROEDLOW LEWIS LLP 734 Silver Spur Road, Suite 300 1 Rolling Hills Estates, CA 190274 Tel. (310) 935-40011 Direct (310) 935-4002 1 Fax. (310) 872-5389 Email: Jef[@BroedlowLewis.com I Web: www.BroedlowLewis.com Certified Specialist in Appellate Law The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization This message may be covered by the attorney-client, attorney work product and/or other applicable legal privileges. Unauthorized possession or use of this e-mail is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, please contact the sender immediately. Short Term Rental Ban CASE N0. ZON2016-00188 REQUESTS FOR RECUSAL OF COUNCIL MEMBER ANTHONY MISETICH BROEDLOW LEWIS LLP i The City has received numerous calls for Anthony Misetich to recuse himself from the consideration of the short term rental ban. i L The City Attorney has concluded that because the council is exercising its quasi -legislative function, no recusal is legally required. Even if recusal is not legally required, the public has the perception that Misetich's attendance at the Planning Commission Meeting interfered with the independent advisory role of the Planning Commission. Misetich's participation in the August 23, 2016 planning commission meeting presents an ethical question (not a legal question) for the City The League of California Cities has a monthly magazine called "Western City" In December 2010 - Western City issued an ethics advisory: The Ethical Hazards of City Council Members Attending Other Board Meetings "As innocent as a council member's motives may be, when he or she personally attends a planning commission meeting or another subordinate committee meeting, he or she may be crossing an ethical boundary." e/ie/ice BROEDLOW LEWIS LLP Council members do not violate any laws by attending commission meetings. However, they run the risk of: Potentially revealing a biased view, thereby causing their own disqualification should the matter at hand subsequently come before the council; Interfering with the role of the commission as an independent advisory body; a n d Not acting in accordance with the views of the city council as a whole. Beyond the issue of perceived bias, participating in a commission meeting raises other ethical questions. For instance, council members generally have the authority to remove a commission member. With this power, a council member's mere attendance at a meeting can be highly influential, especially when he or she makes his or her opinions known. BROEDLOW LEWIS LLP Members of this City Council have often and publicly stated that members of the RPV planning commission sit "at the pleasure of the City Council:' "...the council member who attends collects information that will not reach other council members in quite the same way. Those council members who attend may also subtly influence either the outcome of the commission's deliberations or how the matter will eventually be presented before the council in ways not available to the council members who did not attend the commission meeting" "...to remain firmly upright on the ethical tightrope, counci members should wait until the commission makes its recommendation to the city council in its entirety —thus preserving the original intent of both the independent commission and the city council"� . _ ,_ Following the publication of this ethics advisory, the City of Santa Monica abandoned its past practice of having council members participate as liaisons to advisory boards. (Feb. 13, 2011 City Council Meeting). Fr BROML W LEW t LLP i What did the Planning Commission see for several hours? 410 il 5 s m V 4-J O 4-J O � Q E Ln O 4) V O ® V o E 0) c- E CL 4-J O V V 4� .0 V C�0 =3 i U CL (a) .� C— ._ = - Z+— Public Perception "I watched the signals from the Planning Commissioners and the majority of the other members of the audience and was so distraught that when I took the podium I could not even think straight anymore." (Maury Mizuguchi, September 11, 2016 email to the City). "In disgust my wife and me left the meeting after the first recess." (Eric Mark, September 12, 2016 email to the City). "Was he trying to influence the Commission members or the attendees at the meeting? " (Irene Henrikson, September 12, 2016 email to the City). Conclusion The City Attorney's statement of the law that recusal is not legally required does not solve the ethical dilemma presented. What will the City do to restore public trust? From: Jack Fleming <jackflemingrealestate@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 8:00 PM To: CC Subject: Short Term Rentals Hello, I am writing to show my support for home owners that rent to short term renters if the owners stay on the property during the rental period. All the best, Jack Fleming REALTOR and CPA 310-748-5206 REIC AX ,w, ESTATE PROPERTIES Cal BRE #01946212 JackFlemingReaIEstate@gmail.com Oh, by the way ...I'm never too busy for your referrals! Search the MLS like a REALTOR CRMLS Property Search 1 From: Be Grateful <merciestender@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:58 AM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva; PC Subject: Airbnb Feedback in RPV - Police? To whom it may concern at the RPV City Council, My name is David, and I have lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for almost 3.5 years. I am no longer an active host with Airbnb, but previously hosted more than 800 individual people through probably more than 400 reservations booked on multiple websites. The vast majority of my former guests came from Airbnb. I was often booked 100% of the time for weeks on end, and can provide Excel spreadsheets that document these numbers and show guests coming to Rancho Palos Verdes from all parts of the world. Immediately below is a link to my listing, which has 264 positive and 0 negative reviews (not every individual leaves a review, because the great majority come in groups of 2-3 people, with each group leaving only 1 review for everyone): https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/I 236639?sug=50 I feel that I have enough experience with Airbnb to provide expert feedback from the standpoint of being a host, although I have also been an Airbnb guest around the world on a number of occasions. POLICE INVOLVEMENT First, despite the great number of people that I was able to host, I was never contacted by police at any time. There were no problems that I am aware of, but, because my place was available, hundreds of people from all parts of the world were helped and grew to love Palos Verdes. Some people even returned multiple times. One of those guests was Steve Benedict, the son of Harry Benedict, right-hand man to Frank Vanderlip for 21 years, and a member of one of three founding families in modern Palos Verdes. COMPETITION TO TERRANEA? Second, despite being located close enough to Terranea to walk there in a few minutes, I am very sure that the vast majority of people who stayed with me would not have stayed at Terranea if Airbnb had not been available. Why? They could not afford Terranea, and that is actually why they chose Airbnb as an option. Quite a few of my guests came to the area for weddings and other events at Terranea, and were quite clear in their communication with me that they could not afford Terranea room prices. If not for Airbnb, these guests would have stayed in Torrance or other areas, causing them to have a more difficult stay due to the distances involved. Moreover, RPV would have lost some of its chance to capture these guests' business (and associated tax revenue) at local restaurants, stores, and other businesses. These guests simply would have gone elsewhere due to be priced out of the market here in RPV. Interestingly, I suspect that even Terranea would have lost business, if not for Airbnb. While many guests came here for Terranea events, there were also many who did not come to RPV for that reason, and who nevertheless ended up eating at Terranea because an affordable lodging option them to stay nearby. I proudly referred nearly all guests to Terranea restaurants. PARTY HOUSES If this has actually been a problem, it must be a small problem percentage -wise, because I never heard of it before the city hearings started. If it really is a major concern, it seems that there are better ways to deal with party houses than banning Airbnb. Stiff fines, and requiring owner -occupied status for home -sharing rentals, are far better solutions than banning something that helps so many people - both guests and hosts. Moreover, assessing taxes from guests for rentals could be a revenue source for the city - without new building being required. I recommend charging tourism tax bracket sales tax rates, and believe that the market will bear it. Airbnb would gladly facilitate collection and remittance of sales tax, making the process easy for hosts and for the city. It could be almost like free money. I personally oppose any ruling that limits how many nights per month that a unit may be rented by home - sharing guests. As mentioned above, I was 100% booked - every night - for many months without incident. A limitation on the number of nights that I could accept guests would have forced me to leave RPV, as well as reduced future tax revenue that the city will collect. FORWARD THINKING The trend toward the sharing economy is growing, and for valid reason. Shouldn't RPV embrace the future, and learn how to manage and benefit from the sharing economy, rather than run or turn away from it? There were people who once thought that some women were witches. While this example seems ridiculous - even ludicrous - today, the fears were real back then. We know now that those fears were baseless. Is it possible that concerns about Airbnb are based somewhat in this kind of negative, fear -based thinking? On the other hand, I now have friends all over the world as a result of being an Airbnb host. Airbnb connects people. And when people connect, good things come to pass. This type of networking bridges gaps in cultural understanding, opens doors to business and other opportunities, and causes people to love RPV. Such networking could help RPV if the city (or area businesses) provide Airbnb hosts with high-end, professional/classy materials that highlight businesses in the area, thereby increasing sales tax revenue. In my case, networking done through Airbnb has directly brought business investment revenue into RPV. Perhaps most important of all, however, is how many hundreds of people have been helped in RPV because of Airbnb - both guests and hosts. Hundreds of lives are better because of Airbnb and related websites. SUMMARY Does Airbnb and home -sharing bring some risks with it? Sure. So does driving a car. Or allowing teenagers to drive cars in RPV. Life is full of risks. But learning to manage risks and "drive safely" is much better than living life afraid of cars. So much good comes from Airbnb and home -sharing, with so many people helped along the way, that it seems crazy to run from something that does so much good. Isn't it better to embrace the good (not to mention the future), become wise and benefit from it, and not let the relatively small of amount of risk cause so much good to be lost - and people to be hurt - thereby? Smart people can find smart solutions. I encourage the RPV City Council to embrace the future, not operate based on fears and negatives, and to find ways that everyone can benefit from Airbnb and other home -sharing websites. Please contact me if I may answer any questions, and thank you for your consideration of these points, as well as your diligence in making RPV a better place. Sincerely, David Gregg an individual 1.213.270.3500 From: Michael Yu <flyhigh310@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:36 AM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; octavio@rpvca.gov; Planning Cc: Mark Coleman; Craig Douglass; Fernanda; David G; Barbara Gore; Irene Henrikson; Andrea Joannou; Eric Mark; Maya; Millie Oh; Frank Overbeek; Bonnie Porter; Yolanda Quimbayo; Ying Sai; Alan Siegel; Ling Tang; Lori Trull; Robert Wu Subject: Short Term Rental - Safety Dear RPV City Council, Planning Division, and Director of Community Development, Thank you for your time and consideration. I am a short term rental host at Oceanfront Estates. I want to tell you about my opinion regarding safety. As I screen each short term rental inquiry carefully, I feel safe. As a host, I can read about the inquirer's previous reviews from other short term rental hosts. For example, if Person A wants to reserve a space with me for next weekend, I can view his profile and read Person A's reviews from previous hosts who hosted Person A in the past and decide whether we will accept or decline the rental inquiry. In our household, we have a 2 year old. In December, my wife will deliver our second child. Do we feel safe with short term rental guests? Yes. We have hosted over 80 guests from all over the world since June 2016 and have not had any issues at home and within our neighborhood. Thank you for your review. Sincerely, Michael Yu From: Jeannette Peterson <janrpv@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 6:39 PM To: CC; cc@pvc.gov; Octavio Silva Subject: Excessive noise continues after 10 PM - AireBnb on Hightide Drive, RPV To Whom it May Concern: Once again, we were awakened by excessive noise, giggling, laughter at 11:36 PM. Saturday night, 9/17/16. In order to get some sleep, we had to get up, close the windows and then try to get back to sleep.This is happening too often and is becoming more and more of a nuisance. We are having to endure this disruption every time the owners of the property on Hightide Drive rent their home to strangers through AireBnB, which is too frequent. I purchased my home in 1970 in an R-1, Residential, Single Family area. The real estate listing of the AireBnB property on Hightide Drive stated it is a single family residence. The owners of this property have never lived in this home and immediately started short-term rentals through AireBnB. They knew they were purchasing a home in a single family R-1 Residential area. Why, then, are they allowed to rent this home on a short-term basis through AireBnB which is a business? They are operating a hotel in an R-1 zoned area, disrupting the peace and quiet of this family area and reducing the value of our homes. Who wants to buy a million plus dollar home next to a noisy hotel? This is not acceptable. I know the City Planning Commission, the City Council and homeowners in RPV are holding meetings regarding these short-term rentals. I think the only residents who understand how disruptive it is living near an AireBnB are those living close enough to be disturbed by the noise, traffic, parties and fear of having strangers moving in for a night or two.With other cities already banning short term rentals, Rancho Palos Verdes will become the city where AireBnB and other agencies will focus on for their business. Must be stopped! The owner collects large sums of money, but doesn't have to endure the disruptive behavior of the people renting this home. Owner is in their "other" home sleeping peacefully while we have to put up with the excessive noise after 10 PM, strangers driving in and out of our quiet neighborhood. Why is this allowed? Asking the City Council to vote for a full ban on short term rentals to be fair to the residents of our city. Sincerely, Jeannette Peterson 3650 Hightide Drive Rancho Palos Verdes 310 541-7031 From: Dana H Graham <danahgraham@cs.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 5:52 AM To: CC; PC Cc: mikehgalaxy@gmail.com Subject: Short term rentals in RPV Gentlemen: I have been a resident of Palos Verdes since 1947, about half that time (and currently) in RPV. I have also been a Realtor in Palos Verdes for 32 years. Over that time there have been many issues confronting the City, the latest being this trend toward short-term rentals, whereby a homeowner rents a room or the entire house for a day, a weekend, or whatever -- not the standard one year lease. It is good to see that the neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Est, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Est, Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach have all banned this, and they are correct in doing so for the following reasons: 1) Allowing this sort of thing essentially sanctions running a business in a residentially -zoned area. These are advertised on the internet and wherever else just as a hotel would be. The neighbors to such operations did not pay RPV prices to live next to a constant revolving door of strangers with their cars and whatever else taking up parking space on the street. These are generally single family homes in residential neighborhoods. Sometimes the owners renting them out for the weekend do not even live in the house. AB 47 caused enough of a rise in crime in PV; we don't need to invite the potential of more. 2) This will have a negative effect on property values. Short-term rentals have become such a hot topic that the existence of one near a house being sold will need to be disclosed to the buyer. This will very likely cost the seller buyers, possibly the one who would have paid the highest price. I would not want to be on the listing end of a transaction and have the buyer find out later that there is one next door or across the street. Also, should they not be banned, just the prospect of one popping up adjacent to the home a buyer is looking at will have a dampening effect on prices in the City. 3) The difficulty of enforcement has been raised. My understanding is that the cities that have banned this stuff enforced it via advertising media -- airbnb, etc. Condo HOA's govern rentals within their complexes, so it can be done. However difficult enforcement might be, the mere fact that they are allowed will cause RPV to stick out among surrounding cities. 4) The notion that no one noticed this until "a very very few folks began renting out extremely high-end properties" has been raised. Yes, that is what first made the news, but it is now spreading, aided by the internet. The further that genie is out of the bottle, the more difficult putting him back in will be when sentiment to do it becomes overwhelming. 5) Also noted is that "no one knows the size of this issue". Be that as it may, the sooner we tackle this, the better. Hopefully the "issue" is still small. 6) The idea that the City is "trying to separate the owners who are renting out a room ... from the large scale super mansions wedding rentals" doesn't make sense. It is the potentially ubiquitous short-term rental in the neighborhoods most of us live in that is the primary cause for concern. 7) 1 saw somewhere that the City might lose "occupancy tax" money. What occupancy tax does the City now accrue, except possibly from Terranea? I would hope that the City would not sanction short term rentals by charging an occupancy tax, even if it could be collected. And aren't aggregate taxes high enough already? 8) 1 even heard the argument that it would make RPV houses more affordable. Speaking as a Realtor trust me, the lender is not going to give the borrower credit for short-term rental income to offset his other debt. Lastly, this issue kind of reminds me of the proposal a few years ago to install lights on the Peninsula High football field. As one of the leading opponents of that, I was happy to see that voted down primarily due to the effect lights would have on the surrounding neighborhoods -- football games ending at 10 pm or later, the street clogged with cars until then, and honking their horns and generally making a lot of noise in otherwise quiet neighborhoods in which they have no stake, possible vandalism, etc. This will also have a deleterious effect on our neighborhoods. The unpleasant prospect of basically a hotel, with many different who knows who's occupying the house next to you for the foreseeable future, and to whom our neighborhoods simply represent the location of a weekend fling -- the notion of that spreading throughout the City is a prospect that the neighboring cities rightly saw as antithetical to the kinds of neighborhoods their citizens expected when they purchase their home. The hope is that RPV will do likewise. Dana Graham — DRE #00877973 #1 Berkshire Hathaway Agent in PV in 2014 Berkshire Hathaway Chairman's Circle Prudential Legend 32 years' experience 310 265-2141 (direct) 310 613-1076 (cell) Palos Verdes Resident Since 1947 Website: www.DanaGraham.com From: Octavio Silva Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:35 AM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: Input on Short -Term Rentals I may have forwarded this late correspondence already? Thanks Octavio From: Jim Hevener [mailto:jhevener@cox.net] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 4:46 PM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov> Cc: 'Vanessa Hevener' <vhevener@gmail.com> Subject: FW: Input on Short -Term Rentals Octavio I thought this e-mail would be included in the e-mails directed to the City Council, but did not see it in the package for the Sept 20 hearing package. I add two additional points: 1. Can't be enforced. I agree with the comments regarding enforcement, and the specific difficulties when a home is owned by a corporation, trust or multiple owners. The "owner -occupied" exception is not based on an externally verifiable criteria such as creation of a nuisance; it puts neighbors and City Code enforcement in the untenable position of being "peeping Toms" at best and is easily skirted through use of trust/corporate ownership or other completely legal artifices. 2. Comparison to Palm S rin s Communities Is Not Accurate. First, as noted below, RPV as a community is premised on active involvement in the community by owners who occupy their own homes. This is not a second -home community like many in Palm Springs. Two, many of the Palm Springs communities have gated developments with strong HOA's and local security. RPV is just not set up or equipped in this manner. Please include this full e-mail in the supplemental package. Jim Hevener PS — I will say this process has been very confusing and, frankly, disenfranchising: (1) The City Council voted for a full ban with no exceptions (there was zero ambiguity for anyone who listened to the broadcast of the meeting); (2) because most people understood the Planning Commission was to review implementing code language only, most residents who opposed short-term rentals were shocked when Planning Commission voted to request City Staff consider exceptions; (3) 1 sent you an e-mail directed to both the Planning Commission and City Council but it apparently only went to the Planning Commission, which then voted to recommend exceptions. At a minimum, I strongly suggest that Staff gather all letters on a single issue and make sure they are part of the record for all subsequent consideration, whether to the City Council initially or subsequently, as well to the Planning Commission. Otherwise, the process is very subject to manipulation. From: Jim Hevener [mailto:jhevener@cox.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 9:52 AM To: 'octavios@rpvca.gov' Subject: Input on Short -Term Rentals To City Staff, Members of the Planning Commission and City Council Members: My wife and I wanted to send this e-mail to voice our support for the continued ban of short-term rentals in RPV, which should apply to both single-family and multi -family residences. We oppose an exemption for the 1 rental of rooms in owner -occupied residences, primarily because of the relative cost and effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms. 1. Neighborhood Orientation. Every City is different and short-term rentals may be a proper solution to housing and short-term rental shortages and over -pricing for some communities. This is not in our view appropriate for RPV. We moved here primarily because RPV is a tight -knit supportive community, both generally and specifically as reflected in the school district. We agree that most short-term renters are law abiding and respectful. They are not, however, members of the community. Are short-term renters going to come out and help me cut up a tree that fell in my yard during a wind storm, donate to my boys' soccer team when I knock on their door, or look in on an elderly neighbor who may not have family in the area? I think not. We already have a significant issue with the rise in absentee owners buying RPV properties for investment purposes. We do not need another source for decline in active neighborhood participation. 2. Growth in Short -Term Rentals Will Result in the Growth of Problems. Arguments concerning the current level of challenges miss the mark. The current number of complaints fails to take into consideration the rapid growth in short-term rentals. While there may only be a small number of people currently engaged in short-term rentals now, the same could be said of short -terms rentals in Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Los Angeles only a few years ago. It has now exploded. Using the CUP process (see #6 below) will allow the City and its residents to properly consider the impacts on a case-by-case basis over time. In contrast, trying to reign -in a use that has been permitted is next to impossible. 3. Potential Decrease in Proaertv Values for Most Outweiahs Increase in Value for Particiaants. While we appreciate the desire of people to engage in legitimate uses of their property, we do not think the relative benefit and potential increase in property value for those engaged in short-term rentals is justified. Our view is that the nature of RPV (see #1 above) is such that property values generally would go down if short-term rentals are permitted. This is not elitist, it simply reflects the nature of the current property uses. Quiet, low traffic, neighborhoods command a premium price in the Los Angeles area. Permitting an influx of short-term renters would undermine this basis for premium prices. 4. Enforcement of "Owner Occupied" Exemption Is Not Workable for RPV. Some Cities, including Santa Monica and Los Angeles, are trying to strike the balance by allowing short-term rentals but only rooms in owner -occupied residences. Further, by limiting the total number of days to between 90 and 180. While these are laudable goals, this is not workable for RPV. The key is that any exemption must be enforced in a manner that differentiates between owner -occupied and non -owner -occupied scenarios. This is no easy task. Does someone with the City have to review all the AirBnB ads to see if a resident is offering an entire house or instead the entire house minus the bedroom for the resident? Assuming there is no blatant advertising, the City is still faced with actual enforcement. Does Code enforcement conduct drop-in inspections to ensure a resident is present during the duration of the short-term rental? Otherwise, we are left with neighbors engaged in enforcement against their own neighbors. It is enough to ask residents to call Code enforcement or the Sheriff if there is a rowdy party next door. Would neighbors now be asked to determine whether or not the resident was present? I can't imagine being asked to be a "peeping Tom" with respect to activities in my neighborhood. The reality is that the burden will fall on City Staff, and that means significant time and significant expense. In Santa Monica, the city already has spent close to $200,000 on enforcing a law that only allows short-term rentals when the owner is on the premises. http://www. scpr. org/news/2016/03/03/58174/redondo-beach-cracks-down-short-term- rentals/ Apparently, Santa Monica now has a full-time task force dedicated to the issue, with two code enforcement officers and an analyst. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-In-santa-monica- airbnb-conviction-20160713-snap-story.html Given the limited benefits and lack of a pressing demand for short-term rentals in RPV, these enforcement issues do not seem worth the cost. 5. RPV would not be alone. It is our understanding that short-term rentals have been banned in a number of South Bay communities including Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach, as well as Rolling Hills- http://www.easyreadernews.com/127430/hermosa-beach-city-council-appproves-ban- short-term-rentals/. Also Ojai and Anaheim. 6. A CUP process for commercial short-term rentals and BnBs is proper. Owners who wish to engage in short-term rentals can avail themselves of the CUP process. That way, each proposed use can be properly considered and neighbors can have reasonable input. While the CUP process perhaps could be streamlined and improved, permitting what is a non -conforming use and then putting the onus on neighbors to complain and ask for enforcement action is not reasonable. Jim Hevener 3520 Coolheights Drive From: Robert Grant <rugrant@earthlink.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 9:55 AM To: cc Subject: Short Term Rentals Dear Council Members ... I would like to add my support to those proposing a full ban of all short term rentals without exception. Respectfully, Robert U. Grant, 6549 Via Lorenzo, RPV From: Andrew Kitto <andrewkitto@msn.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:04 AM To: Michael Huang Cc: CC Subject: Re: Details of City Council Meeting on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. at Hesse Park Community Room Dear Mr. Huang, I am resident of RPV for 15 years. I wrote to the city council to completely ban on short term rentals with out exception. I read emails who support short term rental and most of them are not residents in RPV and it is my opinion that their votes should not be counted. The city council should listen to resident of RPV only, who pay their dues to the city (property tax etc...). I strongly oppose short term rentals. Please keep life in our city tranquil and serene. Best Regards Andrew Kitto, Ph.D. 3545 Starline Drive RPV From: Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 10:54:21 PM Subject: Fwd: Details of City Council Meeting on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. at Hesse Park Community Room Hi Everybody, I have added approximately another 20 supporters of the ban who wrote emails to the city as part of the late submission to our distribution group. We are a group of concerned residents who support the full ban of all short-term rentals without any exceptions in Rancho Palos Verdes. The late submissions has been posted to the city website. The short-term operators had some more guests write in from as far away as Austria. A handful of new operators also wrote in to argue against the ban. They also tried to recuse councilman Misetich because he attended the planning commission meeting on 8/23/16. They went as far as contacting the city attorney. In the end, the city attorney told them that councilman Misetich has every right to be at the meeting as a resident and for them to focus on their arguments instead of trying to find something that is not there. As I mentioned above, another 20 supporters wrote in to support the full ban of short-term rentals without any exceptions. So as of tonight, we have more than 100 residents (20 from late submission + 84 from staff report) who have written emails to the city to ban all short-term rentals. Here's a link to the late submissions emails if you wish to read them: http://rpv.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view id=5&event id=725 If you have other thoughts you feel that are really important, you can still email the city council at CC@RPVCA.GOV up until 4:00 P.M. on Tuesday. But if is most important for you to attend the city council meeting at 7:00 P.M. at Hesse Park community room to show your support. For those new to the email group, please read the email below. We really need you to attend the city council meeting if you support the full ban. Also, Anita cannot make it to the meeting, but she has prepared a statement that can be read in front of the council by a representative. She is a senior citizen so I thought it might be most appropriate if we have a lady senior citizen read it. Please contact me if you have interested, and I will email you her statement for you to review. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thanks again, and let's really turn out for the meeting on Tuesday night. We are fighting for our community while the short-term operators are fighting for their profits. It is not right for a handful of people are profiting at the expense of the whole community. Sincerely, Mike Huang ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Huang <mikeh alaxyna gmail.com> Date: Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 11:06 PM Subject: Details of City Council Meeting on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. at Hesse Park Community Room To: Hi Everybody, Thanks again for doing your part in sending in such a large number of emails in support of the full ban to the city council. The numbers of email is as follows: 84 residents wrote in to support the full ban of all short-term rentals 7 operators wrote in to oppose the ban 1 operator's boyfriend wrote in to oppose the ban 2 residents wrote in to oppose the ban 22 non-residents of two operator's rentals wrote in to oppose the ban because they had a nice stay at the rentals at a good price Discounting the non-residents' emails, the numbers are 84 in support of ban and 10 in opposition to the ban. Or 89% support the ban and 11% oppose the ban. It also looks like the operators are continuing to appeal to the city in their efforts to oppose the ban. So please make sure to show up and bring friends and relatives for the city council meeting on Tuesday. The details of the meeting are as follows: City Council Meeting Hesse Park Community Room 29301 Hawthorne Blvd, Rancho Palos Verdes Tuesday - September 20, 2016, at 7:00 P.M. Speaking Time Normally, each speaker is allowed 3 minutes to speak. But because of the large number of speakers, it is highly likely that the mayor may limit speaking time to 2 minutes or even 1 minute. To be safe, I would suggest planning your comments so you get your main points out in the first minute, and the use any remaining time to cover other topics you feel are also important. Blue Speaker Forms If you are going to speak, pick up a speaker form from the tables in the lobby and fill it out. At the bottom of the form, there will be a question asking if you support the staff recommendation. Ignore that and write in "I support 100% ban of all short-term rentals." I encourage everybody to speak in support of the full ban, but it is still very important for you to attend even if you will not be speaking because we will be asking all supporters to show their support as explained below. Show of Support of Ban - Sticker for "100% Ban" We want to show the city council that a large number of supporters want the full ban. If we have a large number of supporters in the room, our last speaker, Carolynn, will ask all supporters to either stand or raise their hands or both. We will make up large stickers that say "100% Ban". Glenn has volunteered to help out pass these stickers. Please put these stickers on so Carolynn can identify the supporters we have in the room. It would be great if we can have the whole room stand up to show our support. Show up Early and Sit in Front The main meeting room holds about 75 people. We anticipate a large audience for this meeting. Please try to show up around 6:45 P.M. and sit toward the front of the room. When we stand up to show our support, we want to block out the operators who hopefully will be sitting in the back of the room. If you show up late and are in the overflow room, please come to the main room toward the end of the session so you can show your support when Carolynn speaks. We will see if we can have somebody to go over the overflow room to prompt supporters to come to the main room. Some Thoughts about Topics for Comments I would suggest speaking first about how short-term rentals has affected you personally. Don't necessarily just focus on problems with party houses. I think all council members agree that party houses are a problem. We need to convince them that having short-term rentals of any type in Rancho Palos Verdes will also be detrimental to our community. Then if you have time, please see if these points in support of the ban apply to you: * Having short-term rental of any kind is detrimental to our peaceful, semi -rural community. * The planning commission recommendation rezones all residential zones and single family zones to allow hotels, both legally and in practice. * Short-term rental of any form still brings a flow of strangers into our community and affects our safety, especially for many family with young children. The constant stream of strangers and strange cars significantly lowers the qualify of life for all residents, especially for the houses nearby the short-term rentals. * All of the other Palos Verdes Peninsula Cities (Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, and Rolling HIlls Estates) and Beach Cities (Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach) have banned all short-term rentals. We deserve the same protection of our peaceful enjoyment of our homes. * The numbers of short-term rentals and problems associated with them are increasing rapidly in our community. We need to pass the full ban in order to give our city the tools to protect our community. * Short-term rentals may be acceptable for other cities, but most of Rancho Palos Verdes residents choose to live here because of the quiet, peaceful nature of the community; therefore, all short-term rentals should be banned in our city. * The planning commission recommendation is flawed and is virtually impossible to enforce. A full ban on all short-term rentals is much easier to enforce. Neighbors will know if an operator is running a short-term rental because of the advertising and the daily parade of strangers and strange cars. * Short-term rentals lower the property value of nearby houses. Many buyers would not want to spend over $1.0 million for a house next to a hotel. When buying a house, would you pick one with a hotel next door? * The operators of the short-term rentals are profiting at the expense of their neighbors. There is a lot of profits from these short-term rentals. Allowing them will bring more operators into our city given the fact they are banned in other Peninsula Cities. Counter Arguments to Operators If an operator speaks before you and they raise their points, you can consider the following counter -point: * I have a right to do what I want with my property. Counter -point: Although homeowners has certain property rights, that right stops when it impedes upon the rights of their neighbors. That's why they have zoning laws and city ordinances. * I need to rent out my home in order to make ends meet. Counter -point: I do sympathize with homeowners who have financial needs, but that does not give them the right to profit at the expense of their neighbors. * All of my guests are really nice people and I check them out carefully. Counter -point: It does not matter what type of person the operators rent out their homes to. We bought our house with the expectation that will it be in a quiet, residential neighborhood, and these renters are significantly reducing our enjoyment of our property. Also, how carefully can an operator actually check their guests when they change on a daily basis? * AirBNB is just like Uber, and the sharing economy is here to say. Counter -point: AirBNB is not like Uber. A short-term rental significantly reduces the qualify of life for the neighbors. Uber does not. Also, short-term rentals is not about sharing. It is about profits. You do not charge people money when you share. I urge you to please make time on Tuesday night to attend the city council meeting. You may not have a problem with short-term rentals now, but the chances are that you most likely will in the future. Just in the past 10 days, there has been 7 new listings in our city on AirbBNB alone. The numbers will continue to grow if we do not do anything about it. Attached please a letter written by Eric, a resident who lives next door to a short-term rental. I think it is outrageous that he needs to deal with these problems in his own home. At the same time, this owner of this rental charges $840 per day and it is looked for at least 14 days in the next 30 days. This operator will make at least $12,000 at the expense of Eric's enjoyment of his home. Please show up at the meeting to support many residents who have similar problems. If this ban is not passed, some day, you may have the same problems as Eric. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you. Sincerely, Mike Huang From: Tony Baker <hollysgrt@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 10:39 AM To: CC Subject: No Short Term Rentals Dear Council members As a 66 year resident of RPV, I urge a vote for a complete and total BAN on short term rentals. Thank You Tony Baker Rancho Palos Verdes Baker hollysgrt@aol.com 1 Lorna Cloke From: Lucy Macfarlane <macfarlane.lucy@googlemail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:07 PM To: Octavio Silva; CC; PC Subject: Support of a total ban on short term rentals Hi, I am a resident of RPV and a home owner. I was very dismayed to read that there was a move to allow short term rental of property whilst the property was occupied or rental of separate property/guest house on owners land. I do not see how this would be policed and refuse to accept that the people wanting to profit from this would actually be living in the property, far more likely that they would wish to be no where near. This is a blatant scheme to make a profit with little out lay or disruption to the syndicates that have bought these houses, and no regard for residents of the area. Please consider a total ban on short term rentals like our PV E Neighbors. Thank you. Lorna Cloke From: margy bloom <margybloom@me.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:00 PM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva; PC Cc: Michael Huang Subject: Short Term Rentals Attachments: RPV SHORT-TERM RENTAL ANALYSIS 092016.pdf; ATT00001.txt I support a full ban on short-term rentals and have put together the attached document that contains actual, self- reported data, including screen grabs and verbatims taken directly from the AIR BNB website and newer competing websites. The verbatims are exclusively from AIR BNB hosts and guests here in RPV. Michael Huang asked me to forward to you in advance of tonight's meeting. Thank you, Margy Bloom margybloom@mac.com EXPLORATION OF SHORT-TERM RENTAL BUSINESS IN RPV ALL DATA HEREIN VERBATIM PER AIR BNB WEBSITE AS OF 091916 Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Filters 300+ Rentals • Rancho Palos Verdes PART 1: INTRODUCTION - FAST FACTS FROM SELF- REPORTED DATA PART 2: ADDING UP THE DATA - WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RPV? PART 3: ACTUAL AIR BNB LISTINGS (PARTIAL) RPV ONLY PART 4: VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM HOSTS VIA AIR BNB WEBSITE PART 5: VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUESTS VIA AIR BNB WEBSITE PART 1: INTRODUCTION — FAST FACTS FROM SELF— REPORTED DATA a? ++ Search as I the ma; cat, + Search as I the map I Search s I move the map Hall— Hswh.,s8, I*W. Chadwick Sch, CP 'Ia� Rd Three Sisters 4 Wa narg cq ho Palos vp[des r ,aAbad alas Shon 4 Del Cerro Park R.11 Fidorum BIRD'S EYE SNAPSHOTS: AIR BNB HOST SITES IN RPV TV;Si..,.h .. I move the ' p Waltwia verses 7' Torrance Airport at.s ALAGA COVE R.11bg Hdk Est.m, z R.1firg Hills Por'ug­ Bend Resen-e Rlmcho Halos Verdes Things to do in Los Angeles PART 1: INTRODUCTION — FAST FACTS FROM SELF- REPORTED DATA MANY INDIVIDUAL HOSTS RENT MULTIPLE PROPERTIES This host has 4 This host has 3 This host has 217 reviews for reviews for other reviews for other other properties. This host has 13 reviews for other properties. This host has 301 reviews for other properties. properties This host has 7 reviews for other properties. This host has 29 reviews for other properties properties. This host has 36 reviews for other properties. *VERBATIM DATA FROM AIR BNB WEBSITE This host has 8 reviews for other properties. This host has 10 reviews for other properties. This host has 9 reviews for other properties. This host has 6 reviews for other properties. PART 1: FAST FACTS: ADDITIONAL WEBSITES WHERE RENTALS ARE AVAILABLE Q instabed Don't let spontaneous travel get the best of your wallet. Instabed offers last-minute deals on AIR BNB rentals to help you save money on your spur-of-the-moment stays. Hosting your AIR BNB location on Instabed can raise your occupancy rate to approximately 100% increased revenue, without any hassle. So what are you waiting for? Start working with Instabed today. DOWNLOADABLE APP SHOWING ALL RPV LISTINGS ON AIR BNB Overnight is for quickly and easily booking a room for tonight. Save an average of 50% vs booking a hotel room in that same area by booking with a local on Overnight. Be spontaneous and know Overnight is there for last- minute stays. BECOME A HOST ON OVERNIGHT e RENT YOUR EXTRA BEDROOMS & MORE - Turn any extra space you have into extra cash. • List your extra bedrooms, apartment, hexi-yurts, futons, airstreams, mansions, beds in boats or bean bags. • Sync your calendar with other home -sharing platforms. 11 RPV LISTINGS HomeAwayn HomeAway is the world's leading online marketplace for the vacation rental industry, with sites representing 1.2 million paid listings of vacation rental homes in 190 countries. HomeAway offers an extensive selection of vacation rental homes that provide travelers with memorable experiences and benefits, especially more room to relax, for less than the cost of traditional hotel accommodations. The company also makes it easy for vacation rental owners and property managers to advertise their properties and manage bookings online. 16 RPV LISTINGS 00 tripadvisor TripAdvisor° is the world's largest travel site*, enabling travelers to unleash the full potential of every trip. TripAdvisor branded sites make up the largest travel community in the world, reaching 350 million average monthly unique visitors**, and reached 385 million reviews and opinions covering 6.6 million 8 RPV LISTINGS, (NOT INCLUDING SEVERAL FROM TERRANEA) PART 2: ADDING UP THE DATA FROM RPV AIR BNB OFFERINGS TOTAL NUMBER OF REVIEWS FROM ALL AIR BNB LISTINGS FOR RPV ONLY = 934 934 REVIEWS REPRESENTS 934 SEPARATE STAYS WHICH CAN INCLUDE MULTIPLE NIGHTS PER STAY - ONE REVIEWER STAYED 24 DAYS NOT ALL GUESTS WRITE REVIEWS, NOT ALL GUESTS ARE VIA AIR BNB; THEREFORE THIS NUMBER IS VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF ACTUAL NUMBER OF STAYS DOES NOT INCLUDE ONE PROPERTY LISTED 4 TIMES/4 WAYS WITH 264 REVIEWS FOR EACH LISTING 264 X 4 = 1056 REVIEWS THAT BRINGS ESTIMATE TO TOTAL OF 1,990 INDIVIDUAL AIR BNB STAYS IN RPV UNTAXED, UNPERMITTED, UNREGULATED STAYS 1,990 X 2 = 3,980 MINIMUM ADDITIONAL CAR TRIPS ON/OFF HILL 1,990 INDIVIDUALS' WORTH OF TRASH COLLECTION AT MINIMUM 1,990 ADDITIONAL VISITS TO PARKS, POOLS, TRAILS 1,990 UNTAXED, UNPERMITTED, UNREGULATED STAYS PART 2: ADDING UP THE DATA - WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO RPV? LOST TAX REVENUE: LICENSE, OCCUPANCY, SALES, PARKING POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING CODE VIOLATIONS WEAR AND TEAR ON ROADS WITH TRANSIENT POPULATION MIGRATING ON/OFF HILL WEAR AND TEAR ON PARKS, POOLS, TRAILS ADDITIONAL WATER AND SEWAGE USE ADDITIONAL UNPLANNED BURDEN ON FIRE, POLICE, MEDICAL, EMT ADDITIONAL UNPLANNED TRASH FOR EDCO PICK UP LACK OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVERSIGHT LACK OF VISA/CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENTATION OVERSIGHT SHARING OF SECURITY CODES AND KEYS IN GATED COMMUNITIES PART 3: ACTUAL AIR BNB LISTINGS (PARTIAL) RPV ONLY) FOLLOWING PAGES DETAIL HOSTS' SELF-REPORTED, VERBATIM DATA FROM AIR BNB SITE. LISTINGS COVER RANCHO PALOS VERDES ALONE, VERIFIED BY MAP ON AIR BNB SITE AND MAY NOT INCLUDE ALL PROPERTIES. DATA CURRENT AS OF 091916 DOES NOT CAPTURE GUESTS WHO LEAVE WITHOUT REVIEWING; NOR REPEAT GUESTS WHO REGISTER DIRECTLY WITH HOST, NOT GOING THROUGH AIR BNB OR GUESTS WHO REGISTER VIA OTHER WEBSITES * = MORE THAN ONE LISTING AT SAME ADDRESS OWNER COMMENT DESCRIPTION ROOMS $ RESTRICTIONS # REVIEWS * *VILLA/ENTIRE BDR/KIT 99-149 42 HOME 400 SQ FT REAL BED CLEAN PRIVATE 1 BDR/1 68/N 23 ROOM IN RPV BED 387/W 1365/M * MANSION 4 79/N 46 _ SEPARATE MONTHLY DISCOUNT SUNNY BEACH 1 BDR 55 17 BEDROOM * COMFY 1 BED 48/N 12 PRIVATE 70/N BEDROOM IN WKND RPV ENTIRE 3 GUESTS 129 1 APARTMENT 1 BDR 15 GUEST CAPACITY CENTRAL AIR 4 BDR 2 BR 650 3 NIGHT 3 CONDITION 4 5 BEDS MINIMUM BDR 2 BR 15 GUESTS HnUSF COMMENT DESCRIPTION ROOMS $ RESTRICTIONS 218 # REVIEWS PRIVATE 2 GUESTS/ 60 GUESTHOUSE 1 BED POOL/SPA 1 BATH 1 BDR/1 69/N I FRI/SAT HOTEL STYLE 30 MASTER SUITE BED 2 NIGHT 2 GUESTS MINIMUM 239 EXTRA PEOPLE 4 BDR/3BATH 4 BDR 77 ENTIRE HOUSE 3 BATH $30/N AFTER 6 OCEAN VIEW GUESTS ACCOMMODATES 12 5 BDR 679/N ADD'L GUEST 17 $3500 FOR EVENT ESTATE/TENNIS 4 BATH $100/GUEST COURT COMFY ROOM 5 BEDS UP TO 16 * 1 BATH 55/N 13 REAL BED ; 1 BED 345/W COMFY MASTER 6 GUESTS 1245/M 125 1 KING, 2 AIR *GOOD FOR 3 COUPLES, SOLO BEDROOM IN 1 BED MATTRESSES, ADVENTURERS, RPV 1 BATH NO KIDS BIG GROUPS COMMENT VERBATIM ` SPACE $ RESTRICTIONS ° # REVIEWS DESCRIPTION * ACCEPTS LONG- MANSION IN 2 GUESTS/ 89 EXTRA PEOPLE 53 TERM GUESTS EXCLUSIVE AREA 1 BED $5 AFTER FIRST 1 BATH GUEST WEEKLY DISC 12% MONTHLY DISC 26% * OCEAN VIEW 3 BDR 366/N EXTRA $50/ 3 31,000 SQ. FT. HOUSE 3 BEDS $399/N NIGHT AFTER 6 YOU CAN SMOKE UPSTAIRS 7 GUESTS WKND GUESTS OUTSIDE REAL BED PALOS VERDES 0 BDR 68/N 3 NIGHTS 7 MOSAIC STUDIO 2GUESTS MINIMUM REAL BED GUEST UNIT + 1 ROOM 150/N AD D' L GUEST 0 BEDROOM + 2 GUESTS $15/NIGHT BATH ' 1 BED 3 NIGHTS MIN REAL BED TERRANEA 1 BR 1 BATH 375/N 3 NIGHTS MIN 1 LUXURY 1 BED FULL OCEANSIDE TERRENAEA COMMENT VERBATIM SPACE $ RESTRICTIONS #REVIEWS DESCRIPTION PANORAMIC 1250 FRI AND SAT 12 GUESTS 5 OCEAN VIEW 6 BDR MIN STAY 3 HOME PRIVATE ROOM 6 BEDS NIGHTS 195/N EXTRA $50/ PRIVATE ROOM 4 GUESTS 0 ACCOMMODATES 4 1 BED $399/N NIGHT AFTER 6 FAMILY HOUSE 8 GUESTS WKND GUESTS 500/N ' 1 NIGHT 0 WITH OCEAN 5 BDR MINIMUM VIEWS AMAZING 4 BEDS 2 GUESTS 77/N ADD'L GUEST 264 BEACH CLIFFS 1 BED $8/NIGHT REVIEWS LOCATION 2 GUESTS 2 PRIVATE LOFT 120/N WITH AMAZING 1 BED VIEW 200/N 2 NIGHTS MIN 0 UNDER THE 4 GUESTS TUSCAN SUN 2 BDR 225/ VIEW VIEW 3 BEDS 2 GUESTS WKND 135/N 0 VIFW 1 RFn COMMENT VERBATIM SPACE $ RESTRICTIONS # REVIEWS DESCRIPTION CHARMING 2 GUESTS/ 115 2 NIGHTS 0 HOME WITH 1 BED MINIMUM OCEAN VIEW 1 BATH AND WALK TO TERRANEA BEACHSIDE 2 GUESTS 50 2 NIGHT 1 RETREAT 1 BED MINIMUM PENINSULA ` 5 BDRS 599/N EXTRA PEOPLE 0 BEACH HOUSE 5 BEDS +50 EACH 2 BATHS AFTER 6 GUESTS PRIVATE BED 4 GUESTS 78/N ADD'L GUEST 264 AND BATH IN 1 BED $20/NIGHT REVIEWS RPV HOME AFTER FIRST FILMING LOCATION PHENOMENAL 5 BDR 1000/N FILMING 2 ONLY OCEAN VIEWS 3 BEDS LOCATION PERFECT FOR ONLY NO FILMING OVERNIGHT G U ESTS COMMENT VERBATIM SPACE $ RESTRICTIONS # REVIEWS DESCRIPTION CO U NTRY 10 G U ESTS 295 45/N AFTER 6 4 HOUSE AT RPV 7 4 BDR GUESTS 9 BEDS 3 NIGHT MINIMUM STUDIO STYLE 2 GUESTS 90 EXTRA PEOPLE 0 BEDROOM W/ 1 BEDS 10/NIGHT CITY VIEW AFTER 2 G U ESTS * ENTIRE HOME FOR BEST 8 GUESTS 1200/N ENTIRE HOME 0 RENT PER NIGHT ENTERTAINMEN 3 BDRS FOR RENT PER VACA HOME 3 BEDS NIGHT WITH 180 VIEW * TE RRAN EA 2 GUESTS 100/N AD D' L GUEST 264 AROUND THE 1 BED $75/NIGHT REVIEWS CORNER AFTER FIRST * BEACH HOME 7 GUESTS 200/N FILMING 2 W/POOL NEAR 3 BDR LOCATION TRUMP 3 BEDS ONLY NO OVERNIGHT G U ESTS COMMENT VERBATIM SPACE $ RESTRICTIONS # REVIEWS DESCRIPTION * PANORAMIC 10 GUESTS 1250 4 ACCOMMODATES 10 OCEAN VIEW 4 BDR GUESTS HOME 9 BEDS PV VACATION 2 GUESTS 45 EXTRA PEOPLE 1 CONDO `' 1 BED 10/NIGHT AFTER 2 G U ESTS * FUNG SHUI 8 GUESTS 95/N [VARIOUS 0 BEACH HOUSE F 5 BEDS PRICING OPTIONS AVAILABLE] VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM RPV OWNERS ON AIB NB SITE Hundreds of people from all over the world prefer to stay here!!!! This is a state of the art dream 5 years old home. host continuously medical doctors, businessmen from Queen size bed, Germany, England, France and shared bath and ocean Italy. view There are additional rooms for 2 persons each with private bath renting for $89.00 and $94.00 PLEASE, INQUIRE, OR GO TO LISTING NO.2, NO. 3 OR NO. 4 IT'S THE SAME HOUSE BUT DIFFERENT ROOMS. ROOMS MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE. The house was a little crowded specially with the big Canadians. I hope that you were comfortable. IV VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM RPV OWNERS ON AIR BNB SITE This is not for the bargain hunter, but Look no further, you've for those who are looking for upscale found your spot in RPV! accommodations. Competitively, these accommodations are a fraction of the cost to the local hotel rooms that average $500 per night (double I've had many happy corporate occupancy) at the Terranea resort. clients stay at my studio. No smog here. Expensive neighborhood. IVV VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM RPV OWNERS ON AIR BNB SITE 3 private en -suite, each with a real bed & a bathroom 1 King -Master suite 1 Queen -2nd suite 1 Queen -3rd suite 2 Twin -4th BR Well equipped kitchen Park max 3 cars on driveway ...a wedding ... held a few days before your booking, and the problem was not aware to us until your stay.... I am a licensed real estate agent. Even if AIR BNB shows NO ROOMS available, PLEASE, INQUIRE. I have another house with rooms available nearby. The shared bathroom is located on first floor. Please, consider this. Please, inquire, or book here and upgrade when you arrive if there are rooms with private baths. 17 VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS Our stay was fabulous. Perfect for our large extended family to stay for my daughters wedding. Every stay has been great [XXX's] home is in a lovely and quiet neighborhood, with plenty of street parking. I've now stayed at [XXX] several times and ... the accommodation continues to exceed my expectations. The ... location is everything anyone wanting to say in Rancho Palos Verdes could ask for. I've stayed multiple times Great option I've already been recommending this location to instead of others. The home has more than enough space to Terranea wander around even though you'll likely be sharing the home with other guests VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS ...we took a leap of faith and booked a twenty -night reservation. On the arrival date, it was clear the pics didn't do XXX $1.6M home justice He has such a good business setup with his AIR BNB and has guests coming in and out often several times a day! This lovely home is located in a very quite neighborhood off of busy streets. when we showed up for a full week stay with all our family. We had up to 15 sleeping and still had room for others. We had a change in plans for the wedding rehearsal dinner and needed a place to host it. I had asked if it would be Acceptable to have more people over for dinner, she even furnished a couple extra tables and chairs. rented this house because of an excellent previous experience staying at another one of XXXX properties. wt VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS I recommend staying in one of [XXXX] properties, she is an excellent host!! This is a great property for groups - keyless entry, ample parking and plenty of space for people to spread out and not be on top of one another. It sleeps 8 in very comfortable beds, but the couches are also big/comfy enough to sleep on and a queen air mattress easily fits in the TV room or the Master Bedroom. We were 10 people from age 22 to 63 We had a family of 5 stay for five nights The only bedding was 1 sheet over the mattress with pillows and a non -bedding throw over it. No cleaning apparent anywhere. No hot water (basic amenity), no towels except wash cloth/ flannel size, too dirty to shower anyway, 1 toilet+sink didn't work in each bathroom so use the toilet in one, sink in other. N VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS traveled with my dance team, staff and moms; a pretty large group; and XXX's home was absolutely perfect! !! The home itself is beautiful, clean and in a wonderful neighborhood location with amazing views of the city!! XXXX provided us with everything we needed including extra, super comfortable, air mattresses so that we all had plenty of space to sleep. XXX went above & beyond to welcome our soon-to-be blended [family]... the floor plan allowed my fiancee's kids' and my own to spend time under one roof preparing for their parents' wedding. We were able to include extended family for dinner the evening prior to our wedding. I stayed in the medium sized room, but I saw the master suite and it was amazing. You should check to see if it is open. XXX is an perfect hostess, very considerate, community. Her house is an nice, clean, bright and dream home to us, a big family with night persons. VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS The house is very clean and comfortable for 10 adults and 7 kids Myself and colleagues were attending a conference taking place at the Terranea Resort so this property was a close 10-15 minute drive there. Therefore, the location worked very well for us. We had our church fellowship retreat here. We had 15 people, Parking had to be in the driveway during the week, but this didn't effect us as we were there on the weekend. This definitely is a full time rental- and the decor reflects this, but not in a bad way. The only reason I didn't stay a few more days is because... usually booked every single day of the month. I wasn't clear on why we had to share the downstairs bathroom with the upstairs guests. VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS I stayed with my family from my country U come to PV, u come stay at (10 people). First time I was little bit XXX. U just will be pleased worried if we can fit to house (large party) and enough to comfort. But it was We rented this house for a wedding reception and used it over a long weekend to house the wedding party and our out of town guests as well as hold the rehearsal dinner. some noise upstairs which is rented out separately perfect for us! ...although we were told the neighbors were notified of our event, they still complained... so not sure they are used to large events in that neighborhood. Overall it is a nice house, obviously used as a rental property and therefore missing the personal touch and care that we experienced at some other rentals we used in the past. VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS Downside is that the house has not been kept up: many broken blinds, lukewarm hot tub, dirty pond ...dirty carpets were some of the indications that the house needs some serious TLC. Cleanliness and conditions could be improved XXXX introduced - e.g., steam clean stains from carpets, clean me to ... other out refrigerator between guests. Otherwise a guests. We gathers nice stay. on (sic) the kitchen talking and Ample driveway space, we fit 6 cars in the laughing. The driveway fine. neighborhood is excellent. beautiful view and location. (except the Ralph's sign) VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS ...the walls are thin and we could hear the other guests, especially in the morning and they were loud... disturbing our sleep. There is also a shared bathroom. had my family staying with [XXXX] for 12 nights and had booked 3 of the rooms. The house is not clean and very smelly and poorly maintained inside. Arrived the same time as another guest checks in. XXXX showed us all his rooms and let us choose which room we wanted. We stayed 2 weeks in XXXX'S amazing home and we loved it! This was very disappointing and not consistent with price. It was more of a flop house than a home. Had to be one of worst homes in neighborhood. Beware N VERBATIM COMMENTS FROM GUEST REVIEWS — RPV RENTALS This is a great place for people who want to meet other travellers as XXXX encourages guests to use the kitchen, visit in the living room, etc. The other guests there were nice too and we even shared a BBQ together! The house is large and works well even if ...all the rooms booked. XXXX provided a welcome basket and shared all of the information we would need to have access to the amenities of the house: access to the pool right down the street, wifi, etc. There are maximum 3 parking spots on the driveway. No street parking is permitted. You may get a ticket if you try! Neighbors recognize all the cars on the street, if they see a strange car parked on the street, they will call police. ...conveniently located near our friend's wedding at Terranea Resort. XXXX also let us rent his car because we had trouble renting one from enterprise. SCREEN GRABS OF RPV OWNER -DESCRIBED SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS ENTIRE HOUSE. 4 BDR/3 BATHS SLEEPS 15. EXTRA PEOPLE $30 PER NIGHT AFTER 6 GUESTS Sleeping Arrangements Common spaces single beds, 1 couch, 3 air mattresses, 1 toddler bed, 1 crib M SCREEN GRABS OF RPV OWNER -DESCRIBED SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS OCEAN VIEW ESTATE W/ TENNIS COURT Description Sleeping Arrangements n M Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 1 queen bed 1 double bed 9) n Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 1 double bed 1 double bed Bedroom 5 Common spaces 1 queen bed, 2 sofa beds 1 sofa bed, 1 couch The Space Custom built professionally managed resort style estate. 28 SCREEN GRABS OF RPV OWNER -DESCRIBED SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS Sleeping Arrangements FD ff5l F) F-) Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 king bed 3 single beds i Bedroom 3 Common spaces single beds 3 couches, 2 air mattresses ,9, From: Brenda L. Tavera <BTavera@DDSFFIRM.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:37 PM To: CC; Ken Dyda; Brian Campbell; Susan Brooks; Jerry Duhovic; Anthony Misetich Cc: Lisa Padilla; Jennifer T. Taggart Subject: Palos Verdes American Youth Soccer Organization ("PV AYSO") Attachments: L - RPV City Council re additional information (w-enc).09-19-16.pdf Please see attached letter from Jennifer T. Taggart, Esq. in connection with the above -referenced matter. Please contact Ms. Taggart with any questions. Thank you. Brenda L. Tavera Legal Assistant DEMETRIOU, DEL GUERCIO, SPRINGER & FRANCIS, LLP 915 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 2000 Los Angeles, California 90017 Phone (213) 624-8407 Fax (213) 624-0174 Email: btavera(o7ddsffirm.com http://www.ddsffirm.com/ The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. 0 JEFFREY Z, B. SPRINGER STEPHEN A. DEL GUERCIO MICHAEL A. FRANCIS BRIAN D. LANGA JENNIFER T. TAGGART LESLIE M. DELGUERCIO TAMMY M. J. HONG DEMETRIOU, DEI., GUERCIO, SPRINGER & FRANCIS, LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 915 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 2000 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 (21 3) 624-8407 FAX (213) 624-0174 WWW.DDSFFiRM.COM September 19, 2016 VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL (cc @rPvca.govl CHRIS G. DEMETRIOU (1915. 1989) RONALD J. DEL GUERCIO (RETIRED) RICHARD A. DEL GUERCIO (RETIRED) The Honorable Mayor Ken Dyda (via email: ken.dyda@rpvca.gov) Mayor Pro Tete Brian Campbell (via email: brian.campbell@rpvca.gov) Councilwoman Susan M. Brooks (via email: susanb@pvca.gov) Councilman Jerry V. Duhovic (via email: jerry.duhovic@rpvca.gov) Councilman Anthony M. Misetich (via email: anthony.nzisetich@rpvca.gov) City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Council 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275 SENDER'S EMAIL ADDRESS JTAGGART@D DSFFI R M.COM SENDER'S DIRECT LINE (219) 624.8407 EXT. 150 Re: City Council Meeting September 20, 2016 — Agenda Item 92 Additional Information Dear Mayor Dyda and Members of the City Council: Enclosed please find additional information to supplement our prior correspondence of today. Very truly yours, Je ifer Taggart JTT/blt Enclosure -------- Original message -------- Prom: "Dittman, Curt" <CDITTMAN@TorranceCA.gov> Date: 9/19/16 3:46 PM (GMT -08:00) To: "Jennifer T. Taggart" <JTaggart@ddsffirm.com> Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD 14-00036 The difference in the amount of cut and fill listed on the permit is not an exact account of what was exported from the subject property. Other items that may have contributed to a larger amount of export are footing spoils from site retaining walls and basement footings as well as the construction of the swimming pool. A standard pool would have 100-150 cubic yards of export alone. From: Jennifer T. Taggart [mailto:]Taggart@ddsffirm.com] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 8:26 AM To: Dittman, Curt Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036. Curt - Thank you for replying. The City of Rancho Palos Verdes is taking the matter up tomorrow and has taken the position that any imported soil more than 300 cubic yards must have come from a site other than 5433 Sharynne Lane because of the grading permit. Can you please reply and confirm this is an incorrect position? Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "Dittman, Curt" <CDITTMAN@TorranceCA.gov> Date: 9/19/16 7:21 AM (GMT -08:00) To: "Jennifer T. Taggart" <JTaggart a,ddsffirm.com> Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Yes it is different and not as detailed. I also do not specify that the amounts are estimations used to calculate fees. Hopefully subsequent emails will clarify the city's position that we do not know how much soil was exported, nor did we make any substantial effort to verify that the cut/fill amounts shown on the permit was exact. From: Jennifer T. Taggart [mailto:JTagciart@ddsffirm.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:01 PM To: Dittman, Curt Cc: Lisa Padilla; Gibson, Jeff, Segovia, Felipe Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Importance, High The City of Rancho Palos Verdes has published its agenda package for this Tuesday's RPV City Council meeting. It includes an email from you to Kit Fox dated June 28, 2016 in which you state that "export is just the difference." The City is taking the position that the City of Torrance told it no import, so only 300 exported so that the dirt PV AYSO imported must have come from another source. The email is attached at page G-4 of the Staff Report. A link to the staff report including your emails is: http://rpv.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view—id=5&event id=725&meta—id=30774http://rpv.granicus.com/MetaView er.php?view id=5&event id=725&meta id=30774 This is different than what you told me, including below. Can you please clarify whether or not the City of Torrance is stating that only 300 cubic yards of fill were exported from 5433 Sharynne Lane? This is critical. I will tell you we have bills of lading supporting 85 truckloads from the site. Thank you in advance, Jennifer Taggart From: Dittman, Curt [CDITTMAN@TorranceCA.gov] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 4:34 PM To: Jennifer T. Taggart Cc: Lisa Padilla; Gibson, Jeff; Segovia, Felipe Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Hi Jennifer, Pretty sure I told them the same thing. Those cut and fill amounts are used to calculate fees and as long as they are close to actual we accept them. Like I said in our conversation I did not require cut/fill calculations and the permit numbers may not have included the pool. All the material was removed between the pre -job meeting and the first footing inspection. So sometime between February and May of 2015. Curt From: Jennifer T. Taggart [mailto:JTaggart@ddsffirm.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 2:13 PM To: Dittman, Curt Cc: Lisa Padilla Subject: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Curt — You and I spoke on the telephone several weeks ago regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, permit GRD14-00036. I represent PV AYSO. When we spoke, we discussed that the grading permit says 1,300 cubic yards cut, and 1,000 cubic yards fill, but that one couldn't assume that information meant at net export of 300 cubic yards. You explained that the numbers are estimates, that the City of Torrance doesn't supervise those numbers for exactness, and that time and space constraints could mean that up to 1,300 cubic yards are exported, and 1,000 cubic yards are imported. The grading From: Sandra Valeri <smhvaleri@cox.net> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:19 PM To: Kit Fox; Doug Willmore; Gabriella Yap Cc: Cc Subject: Re: September 20th Staff report regarding Ladera Linda Fields Dear Kit, Doug and Gabi, I want to think you for the excellent job you did on this report. I appreciate that the city had an independent engineer review and evaluated the 2 lab reports, and I think the historical review was very good. The overall report was balanced, including the lengthy package from AYSO lawyers. to present their side of the story. It is indeed unfortunate that neither AYSO nor PVPUSD leadership were willing to meet with the city mayor or city staff. I know that the city staff and council have been accused of not cooperating or collaborating with the school district, but this indicates that any lack of coordination is NOT because the city isn't trying. It obviously would have been ideal if these two entities would have met with you so you could have included their perspectives, instead of being accused again of not "working in harmony" or being "abusive" toward PVPUSD. If PVPUSD and ASO refuse to meet with you or rescind to questions, it is clearly impossible to act "in harmony with them. The city lawyer's input was very interesting in finding the area is not currently exempt from local oversight, it was not exempt when the dirt dump occurred, exempt status is not appropriate given the use of the area, and grading permits are required regardless of exemption status. I believe that your statement is correct, that there is no documented removal of ACM from the site. No one knows how much more ACM may be, or may not be, in the dirt pile. In her letter on behalf of AYSO, Ms Taggart states that: "It appears that ALTA collected all the building debris and removed it from the dirt plot area because such building debris was not present during Leymaster's inspection and sampling.." However Mr. Schack from Alta states; "I collected several samples of the miscellaneous building debris observed to be preset in the upper field area which included sewer lines, stucco, roofing shingles and roofing with mastic.... Further during our second site visit on November 2, I oberseved additional suspect material included floor tile debris with mastic. No samples were collected at the time as such sampling should be part of a larger investigation." Additionally, on behalf of PVPUSD, Mr. Spielman wrote to DTSC, "On July 1, 2016 the plastic sheet covering was removed and replaced. During this activity I collected 7 site perimeter air samples and walked the entire surface. During the walk I collected 9 samples of observable debris...." These debris samples were taken without any documentation, NO chain of custody control, and they are not described in any way. However it seems to contradict Ms. Taggart's assertions, there was no building debris at site when Leymaster took their samples, but for whatever reasons they did not collect or test any of the building material. Besides the asbestos found on 3 of 15 samples (20%) , the presence of the building debris itself is cause for concern. This dirt was suppose to be used to "level the fields". Did AYSO plan on putting the building debris on the playing fields, even if it isn't contaminated? Also asbestos was not the only contaminate found. The Alta test results found, "detectable concentrations of Title 22 metals including barium, chromium, hexavalent chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, molybdenum, nickel, vanadium, and zinc. ¶ Concentrations of several OCPs [organichlorine pesticides], including Chlordane total, Chlordane alpha, 4,4' -DDD, 4,4' -DDE, 4,4' -DDT, Endrin, Chlordane gamma, and Heptachlor Epoxide, were detected above laboratory reporting limits. ¶ Total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), including TPH-d and TPH-o, were detected above laboratory reporting limits in one sample, LLUF-NC-1." While the concentrations measured below "regulatory limits" the presence of these very dangerous contaminants is worrisome. I don't think this dirt merits being labeled as 'clean'. How many backyards contain petroleum hydrocarbons and title 22 heavy metals? Is this analysis consist with the type of soil from the area of Sharynne Lane, and is it normal to find petrocarbons and Title 22 metals in that neighborhood soil? To recap, we currently have a giant pile of graded dirt approximately 350' x 70' x 10' = 245,000 cubic feet = 9,074 cubic yards or 400'x 60'x 10'= 240,000 cubic feet = 8,889 cubic yards! And the source for only 300 cubic yards of import can be verified. Where did the other 8,389 - 8,774 cubic yards come from? According to the engineer's report, the last dump alone was 1000-1100 cubic yards - 85 truckloads = 85 x 15-17 tons = 1,275 - 1,445 TONS of dirt - just in the April 2015 dump! How many tons in total have been dumped here? Has anyone considered the impact of 10,000 tons of dirt being dumped since 2014 on a site adjacent to an active landslide zone. The dump site is NOT exempt from city oversight, and even if it was, grading permits are still required. No grading permits were ever applied for, No hauling permits was ever applied for. The source for the vast majority of the dirt is unknown. DTSC has determined that the site poses a hazard and a significant health risk. SCAQMD has ordered that the area be cleaned up per Rule 1403 and Procedure 5. There is a criminal investigation going related to the dumping of this dirt. Why would anyone think this dirt should stay here? It is very difficult to to targeted, maligned and attacked for trying to protect my neighborhood environment. AYSO consistently labels anyone who questions the provenance of the dirt as "soccer haters". This is a ridiculous lie, told only to distract from the problems with the dirt dump. No one "hates soccer" or hates soccer players, or in any way wants to prevent soccer from being played in Ladera Linda. AYSO and PVPUSD make much noise that the soccer program is severely impacted since they can't play on the Ladera Linda fields. However only 2 out of 6 fields are affected by the dirt dump. They can play as much as they want on the other 4 fields. So if anyone did have it as their personal objective to get soccer out of Ladera Linda, they have failed completely. No one wants soccer out of Ladera Linda, we only want this dirt dump removed.If AYSO and PVPUSD want to resume play on the other 2 fields, it is entirely within their power. They only have to comply with the SCAQMD orders which were given back in April 2016, over 5 months ago. AYSO and PVPUSD prefer to waste time, taxpayer money and AYSO donations to refute the orders, thereby only increasing the overall cost and time before these 2 fields can be used again. Sincerely, Sandy Valeri On Sep 15, 2016, at 6:35 PM, Kit Fox <kitf@rpvca.gov> wrote: Dear Interested Party: The September 20th Staff report and attachments for this item are now available for review on the City's website at the following link: tp. .€ u. r r c Is..c- rn./.0 t V9 r�r.a.p .p ui v c.-5_ v nt 1d=72 , me;1a i =3077 Sincerely, Kit Fox, Aicp Senior Administrative Analyst City Manager's Office City of Rancho Palos Verdes 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 T: (310) 544--5226 F: (310) 544.-5291 E: kitf@rpvca.gov <image001.jpg> From: Steve & Sherisse Emory <ssemory@earthlink.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:20 PM To: CC Subject: Ladera Linda Fields Dear City Council Members, Thank you for taking the time to represent us. We appreciate your service to the community. Our son has been playing AYSO soccer since he was 6 years old. We know many families that are or have had AYSO players, coaches, referees, etc. My dad coached me and my brother in AYSO when we were kids. AYSO is a great organization and we appreciate all of the dedicated families that keep it going. Please work with AYSO and PVPUSD to quickly re -open the closed fields at the beautiful Ladera Linda Park. Last year our son's games were there and it's a wonderful location. There are a lot of people on the hill that support PVPUSD and AYSO and we are three of them. Please represent us at your city council meeting tonight. Please work diligently to re -open all of the Ladera Linda fields. Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Sherisse, Steve and Bradley Emory Z From: Steve & Sherisse Emory <ssemory@earthlink.net> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:52 AM To: 'Troy Donaldson'; 'Steve Shaul'; Sandishaul@earthlink.net; 'Britton Lees'; leesg2l @gmail.com; 'Debbie Keesey'; 'Dan Keesey'; 'Jeff Manquen'; 'Soccer - Camille Manquen'; 'Maryam Pourmohsen'; 'Soccer - Andy Pourmohsen'; annmariemorris@cox.net; 'Mike Morris'; 'Ulrich Lange'; 'Gordon & Renee Grenier'; 'AS Hart'; 'Susan Whang'; whang@yahoo.com; 'Ryan Moore'; 'Barrie Donaldson'; 'Darren Donaldson' Cc: 'Mindy Webster'; kathie@seaburn.net; Kate Peters; 'Stacey Nozaki'; CC; gwerner333 @aol.com; 'Leah Grossi'; 'Jennifer Hong'; Barbara Labib; Cory Webster; edwinayee@gmail.com; James Tracy Blum; Jane Lee Chen; Jeff Barbosa; Jeff Karen Barbosa; Jim Ding; Kim (Jace) Young; Gina Kraemer; Gina Kraemer; Marcia Tsai Ding; mattseaburn@yahoo.com; Stephanie Goodman Subject: 7 PM TONIGHT 9/20 City Council Meeting re: Ladera Linda Attachments: Ladera Linda Field PVPWatch Newsletter-9-13-2016.pdf Hi Everyone, There is a City Council meeting TONIGHT at 7pm at Hesse Park to vote on: Regular Business: 2. Consideration and Possible Action to Receive a Status Update Regarding the Placement of Soil at Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's Ladera Linda Fields (Fox) (1 hour) Recommendation: 1) Review the status of the investigations regarding possible soil contamination at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's Ladera Linda Fields; and, 2) Provide direction to Staff for further action, if appropriate. We who support AYSO and PVPUSD need to make our voices heard! Please forward this info to all concerned parties! 1. Send email to cc(5-)-rpvca.gov which will go to all of our elected officials asking them to cooperate with PVPUSD and AYSO to get the Ladera Linda Upper field re -opened as quickly as possible. 2. Watch the online real time video of the meeting at 7 pm tonight accessed from http://www.rpvca.gov/772/City-Meeting- Video-and-Agendas 3. GO to the 7 pm meeting tonight (9/20) and show our support of AYSO and PVPUSD at: Fred Hesse Community Park 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard Multipurpose Room Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 The meeting is supposed to be 3-4 hours long and go in order of the items listed on the agenda. If you watch it online, you can go to the meeting when you see that they are getting close to the Ladera Linda agenda item. See the full City Council Meeting Agenda for 9/20/2016 at http://rpv.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view id=5&event id=725 See the Agenda Report from the City Council Meeting Agenda for 9/20/2016 at: http://rpv.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view id=5&event id=725&meta id=30774 For those who have not heard about this issue at the Ladera Linda Field, read the email below from Brent Daniel, the AYSO Region 10 Regional Commissioner. Also, read the attached PVP Watch 9/13/16 newsletter. Thank you for your time and please forward to other concerned parties. Sincerely, Sherisse Emory From: Troy Donaldson [mailto:4TD@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 1:12 PM To: Steve Shaul; Sandishaul@earthlink.net; Britton Lees; leesg2l@gmail.com; Steve & Sherisse Emory; Debbie Keesey; Dan Keesey; Jeff Manquen; Soccer - Camille Manquen; Maryam Pourmohsen; Soccer - Andy Pourmohsen; annmariemorris@cox.net; Mike Morris; Ulrich Lange; Gordon & Renee Grenier; AS Hart; Susan Whang; whang@yahoo.com; Ryan Moore; Barrie Donaldson; Darren Donaldson; Troy Donaldson Subject: Fwd: Ladera update Begin forwarded message: From: Steve Shaul <steveshaul@yahoo.com> Subject: Fw: Ladera update Date: September 18, 2016 at 9:28:23 AM PDT To: Troy Donaldson <4tdCa),cox.net>, Carolyn Brummer <carolynbrummer CDgmail.com>, Doug Bigley <dbigley(a--)uhcllc.net>, Chris GROSSI <cgrossirb(a,)aol.com>, Christian Brborich <cb557 .hotmail.com>, Jack Baric <jackbaricCa hotmail.com>, Joel Klein <joelk(a�phenomenex.com>, John Menzelos <jmenzelos(a�gmail.com>, Ed Dane <kyokoandedplus3C�cox.net>, Arthur Alaniz <artCa_seedgroupla.com>, Cameron Keough <cameron.keoughCcDgmail.com> Reply -To: Steve Shaul <steveshaul(ayahoo.com> a frustrating read ... see below, please continue to spread the word, the victims are not being heard and the neighborhood bullies are winning.... daleshire(c�i,awattorneys.com. 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To say that I am disappointed in my city's report is an understatement. It is in my opinion that it is nothing more than a hit piece. It is filled with disinformation and does nothing but drive a bigger wedge between us and them. We are working with our attorney to respond, but it is obvious to us now that there exists a bias in this situation between volunteers of the community partnered with the school district and the city of Rancho Palos Verdes. We have requested and received some information regarding this issue from the City on correspondence that they have had on the Ladera issue. Based on the incomplete information we were given, we see that staff and certain council have been feeding information to the very people that have been out to shut down our use of Ladera within minutes or hours of us presenting to them. They picked a side and picked it early. There exists a real wedge between the city and the school district and we are caught in the middle. Instead of the City choosing to be part of the solution they have obviously decided to start a battle on another front and spread disinformation to the public for a reason that I can only guess at. Please remember the facts: 1. AYSO had some dirt delivered to the dirt pile above upper Ladera for the purpose of leveling fields. 2. The dirt was donated to us from a residential location in Torrance. 3. The dirt went through a full asbestos abatement remediation before being touched. 4. Upon deliver and without any proof or reason, one member of the public started a campaign by deeming the dirt "toxic" and "tainted". 5. Since that time, the dirt has been tested by AYSO, tested by PVPUSD and also tested again by PVPUSD for air samples. ALL tests came back completely clean and below any regulatory standards. 6. It is true that 6 months after importation several pieces of debris were found on the surface of the site. 3 of those pieces did contain asbestos. One was deemed to be friable asbestos. They were immediately removed (10 months ago). The pieces could not have come from the location where we got the dirt as they are not consistent with the material from the demolished home in Torrance. We have no idea how they got there. But they were not brought in by us. 7. The same member of the public called in the State to investigate. Search warrants were served 6 months ago. The DTSC took approximately 40 samples. The DTSC is unwilling to let anyone see those samples. 8. The State investigation has divided into two camps — Compliance and Criminal. A. Criminal I. We have no idea what is going on here. It is a sealed affidavit and the complaintant is a peace officer and is unwilling to share with the public what he said to get such an investigation going. B. Compliance I. Rather than being milked to death for money on random orders we have been negotiating a voluntary consent agreement to do further testing on the site in the hopes that we can prove to the DTSC that the site is clean. It is eye opening in that the DTSC will not review our information or our tests unless we compensate them to do so. Furthermore, the criminal side of DTSC will not share their testing results with the compliance side. So as absurd as it sounds we are forced to pay the DTSC to review our case and do tests that have already been done by their organization that they are unwilling to share with their own colleagues. 9. Our state Assembleyman, David Hadley, has flown to Sacramento and attempted to meet with the DTSC to get them to release their test results but was not successful. We have asked the City to pressure the DTSC as well, but they have chose instead to attack us. Based on the actions of the City over the last few months I was comfortable in ignoring the city and just worrying about the DTSC and getting this behind us. Now I have to make a decision on how to handle this clear attack on us by the City. Remember that this is the same city that provides us one field a year (Hesse Park). For the past two years that have redone that field and then turned down the water to a degree where the field is unplayable. I find myself at this point and time, not only embarrassed by my city but ashamed of them. If you saw the last city council meeting at all, it was straight out of a Jerry Spring episode. In fact one city council member even pointed out the similarity between that show and the meeting in open session. We will respond to the city in some fashion. But our real issue is getting the state to clear the fields so we can use them. I give you this information because you should be informed. I have shielded you from the daily dealings with this because I want you to keep your eye on the ball and that is to serve the kids of this community. We run a phenomenal program. Why we are under attack is anyone's guess. Please continue your service to the community. Don't let the agenda of the few slow your commitment to what we do here. We are the leaders of this community. Our paid city staff and our elected officials are failing us in my opinion. They will come and go. Staff will move on to other jobs. Elected officials will term out and others will replace them. AYSO will still be here serving the kids. PV AYSO has a 48 year tradition on this hill. RPV is not even 48 years old. We were here before them. We will continue to strive for the best experience for our kids regardless of the noise from the few. Please know that I am available to any of you any time for anything. I am grateful to you all, Brent Daniel AYSO Region 10 Regional Commissioner w.a sol0.or "No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child." Please visit our website at http://financialservicesinc.ubs.com/wealth/E-maildisclaimer.html for important disclosures and information about our e-mail policies. For your protection, please do not transmit orders or instructions by e-mail or include account numbers, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. PVP Watch Newsletter — September 13, 2016 To Our Friends and Supporters In this Newsletter: * November 8th - General Election * Alleged Toxic'. Dirt" at Ladera Linda Soccer Fields * RPV — City Governance * RPV - Portuguese Bend Slide Area * RPV — Airbnb * Sacramento November 8th - General Election The Peninsula's current Assembly Member is David Hadley. Assembly Member Hadley, a Republican was elected two years ago and has an outstanding record of accomplishment in the Democratic controlled California State Government. Mr. Hadley is an ardent supporter of Prop 13 and is endorsed by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. PVP Watch supports a vote FOR David Hadley for the 66th AD. We encourage all to visit Hadley's website - https://ad66.asmrc.org/. While you are there suggest you sign up for his newsletter for current information from Sacramento. Hadley's competition is Al Muratsuchi a union sponsored Democrat and the person Hadley replaced two years ago. Muratsuchi would vote against continuing Prop 13. If Prop 13 is meaningful to you, vote for David Hadley. Mr. Wright is not as well known on the Peninsula and he will have a tough race with the 33RD Congressional District being overly loaded with Democrats. However he deserves our votes. Vote for David Hadley for 66th Assembly District on November 8th. Vote for Kenneth Wright for 33rd Conqressional District on November 8th Alleged Toxic "Dirt" at Ladera Linda Soccer Fields Folks, unfortunately there is nothing positive to report about the Alleged toxic dirt matter at the Ladera Linda Soccer fields. The current issue is the disgusting, bureaucratic fools running the DTSC (California Department of Toxic Substances) who refuse, after over four (4) months of delay, to release any data supporting their predetermined conclusions that there must be toxic dirt at the AYSO soccer fields at Ladera Linda. As we understand the current situation, AYSO will only use the lower fields at Ladera Linda and some 400 Peninsula kids will be playing AYSO soccer this season at Torrance fields. In view of the DTSC uncertainty, AYSO decided to stay off the upper fields rather than risk a DTSC restraining order in mid-season. Included in the DTSC raid on PVPUSD offices on April 27`h was a collection of soil samples of the "Dirt" at the Ladera Linda soccer fields. It seems logical that if DTSC soil tests had revealed any evidence of toxic materials at Ladera Linda, the DTSC would have reported these findings. That the DTSC has made no reports and will NOT provide any information leads to a conclusion that DTSC DID NOT FIND ANY TOXIC MATERIALS IN THE LADERA LINDA SOIL SAMPLES. Why else would the DTSC not respond? Assemblyman David Hadley has attempted to meet with the DTSC and the DTSC refused to discuss the matter with him, as the DTSC states they have a pending Criminal Investigation on this matter. Can you believe it, a Pending Criminal Investigation? How bizarre..... If there was toxic material in the imported soil, everyone would be anxious to have the soil cleaned or whatever they do withrp oven unhealthy soil. Last fall, two private laboratories made tests that did NOT find any soil that exceeded minimum test parameters. Nevertheless a small group of agitators continue to send false data to the DTSC clearly an obstructionist effort to curtail AYSO soccer programs. Just watch RPV Council meetings and you will know who they are. What is pathetic and beyond comprehension is that RPV City Manager Willmore has been supporting the Anti AYSO Soccer activists and has been more a part of the problem rather than participating in seeking a solution. Mr. Willmore seems to get more satisfaction attempting to harass PVPUSD Superintendent Don Austin and AYSO Director Brent Daniel rather than working for RPV residents to develop a viable solution to the soccer field dilemma. In fact as an apparent act of contrariness, Willmore turned off the water at Hesse Park making the ballfield unusable for team sports. We encourage residents to stop by Hesse Park and look at this disgrace. There has been a lot of tax money put into that field in the past five (5) years or so which Willmore has now wasted. A Public Records Request has been filed with the city to get copies of City Manager Willmore and other staff correspondence relative to the AYSO and Alleged Toxic "Dirt" at Ladera Linda Soccer Fields. Recently AYSO supporters became exasperated with the RPV "slow walk" routine and a number of residents (voters) expressed their dissatisfaction with City Hall with a letter writing effort. PVP Watch has seen many of these coherent letters and residents have well -articulated themselves. Included in the July 27`h PVP Watch newsletter was a link to the PVPUSD website for current detailed information. Many found that report interesting and we are posting again for those who may not have seen it. htt :/lwww. v usd.netia s/ a es/index, s ?uREC ID=361563t e=d& REC 136 PVP PVP Watch will continue to post on this very important matter. RPV — City Governance An issue long confronting RPV residents is the lack of Council oversight of the City Manager and his staff. Procedures and Policies as well as MC (Municipal Code) 2.08 (job description) for the City Manager were written in 1974 and need updating. Probably if RPV had a competent City Manager then common sense and judgment would likely prevail. PVP Watch is aware that the Council is addressing this matter but we encourage the Council to make it sooner rather than later. "We The People" expect our City government to work in harmony with the PVP School District as well as other agencies. City Manager Willmore's propensity to abuse others such as PVP School Superintendent Don Austin is intolerable and it is past time for the RPV Council to "corral" Mr. Willmore. That Willmore would approve submitting a Public Records Request to the PVPUSD when Willmore could have either called or emailed Dr. Austin demonstrates Wilmore's failure to be a "problem solver." The RPV Council should also accept that the anti AYSO dissidents are small in number with most residents taking a mature wait and see attitude. RPV — Portuguese Bend Slide Area At its August 16th meeting the Council approved staff's request for "Approval of a Strategic Planning Process to Address Infrastructure Issues Related to the Portuguese Bend Slide Area." Purpose; to Review and approve a process to develop a strategic plan that addresses the impacts of the Portuguese Bend landslide on public infrastructure and open space. Editor; what does that hyperbole mean? Some time ago the Council authorized Staff to proceed with drilling several "dewatering" wells with the target of finding the upper limits of underground water basin. We have seen several photos of a drilling rig in the area but no reports on what drilling has found. The Portuguese Bend slide is a very serious situation with no apparent solution in sight other than staffs proposal to create a Master Plan. What information will creating a Master Plan provide that we do not already know? Airbnb A developing issue on the Peninsula is short term home / room rentals. This matter was on the RPV Planning Commission on the August 23 meeting agenda. Details can be seen by watching the video of that meeting. Needless to report discussion was vigorous and heated. There is little doubt that our "people universe" has changed with the perspective of driverless auto's and many other technologies that have been developed. Some concepts of traveling such as "Bed & Breakfast" housing has been with us since almost the beginning of time. Since the Mayflower Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock home owners have invited travelers, often strangers, to have a meal and spend the night. More recently the added functionality of travel has expanded with rentals of a home or individual rooms have changed with technology, websites such as Airbnb wherein accommodations for homes or rooms are listed for short term rentals. Some have taken exceptions to this concept and perceive that neighboring properties that are open to short term rentals i.e. Airbnb are degrading neighborhoods and perhaps this is true perhaps more so if "party houses" become the attraction. Conversely many report that short term room rentals provide an income that allows for some residents to maintain their properties. One RPV resident, Michael Huang, wrote a very thoughtful letter on short term rentals using the fact that his neighbor had converted a property to a hotel including excessive noise and lack of courtesies. Mr. Huang is strongly opposed to short term rentals and desires an absolute ban on short term rentals. Mr. Huang also well - articulated "How do you control this process?" Answer, short term rentals cannot be controlled as there is too much money to be had. Some mortgages depend on short term rental income. Mr. Huang opined about contacting the following cities for their positions on short term rentals; Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach. Each had an ordinance prohibiting short term rentals. Google Airbnb and you will find rental listings for each of these cities. So much for prohibition. Currently there are 88 RPV homes listed on the Airbnb website and another 13 or so in PVE, RHE and RH. It is understandable as to why there are more listings in RPV than the other Peninsula cities. The staff report for the August 23 Planning Commission meeting contained the following statistics: The City's Code Enforcement Division receives complaints related to short-term rentals. Over the past year, there has been a noticeable uptick in complaints reported to the Code Enforcement Division representing an increase from one or two annual complaints to one or two complaints per month. The nature of the complaints include excessive noise, trash, and parking issues associated with parties held at a property, as well as perceived safety concerns with the high turn -over of occupants. The Code Enforcement Division reports that the complaints received typically involve three properties located in the City along: • Hightide Drive; • Sunnyside Ridge Road • Avenida Altisima The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department found that at Sunnyside Ridge Road received 8 calls for service from May 2015 to May 2016. The Hightide and Avenida Altisima properties were evidentially less. So.... what is the answer? Prohibition will not work. Creating an Ordinance that Ban's short term rentals is nothing more than a feel good exercise. How can a Ban be enforced? Perhaps an ordinance establishing nuisance limits and giving the Sheriff tools that work. Other concepts are undoubtedly worth discussing as well. This matter will soon come before the Council and what is needed is a thought out process that will lead to a meaningful conclusion for everyone. This matter is on the September 20`h Council agenda as Item 1. Sacramento September 7, 2016 Legislative Session Ends, Taxpayers to Pay Even More as Usual Allies Vote for Tax Hikes By Jon Coupal President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association As the final day of the legislative session dawned last week, taxpayers were cautiously optimistic. After all, we had already stopped the most direct threats to Proposition 13. Those included Senate Constitutional Amendment 5, which would have weakened the rules regarding how some properties are valued for tax purposes and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8, lowering the two thirds vote at the local level for taxes and bonds. Another success was notched by derailing an eleventh hour effort to make it much easier to raise property fees by broadly redefining sewer service to include storm water runoff programs. While seemingly arcane, this would have exposed California homeowners to billions of dollars in new property levies without direct approval. As for more debt, taxpayers should be pleased that two multi -billion dollar bond packages, on parks and affordable housing, failed to clear the Legislature. Now for the bad news. On the last day of session, our tax -and -spend legislature hit California consumers with a new tax on car batteries by passing AB 2153. This $1 tax on consumers will be paid at the point of sale, as will a $1 tax on manufacturers to be passed onto consumers. After 2022, the $1 tax on manufacturers is added to the consumer total increasing it to $2, and the tax is made permanent. While the revenue generated purports to deal with legitimate environmental issues regarding battery recycling facilities, thanks to AB 2153 receiving a two-thirds vote, the money can simply go into the General Fund and be used for any purpose. Under the category of illegal as well as foolish, the Legislature authorized local municipalities to spend public money for political campaigns. Beyond the obvious argument that taxpayers should not be forced to finance campaigns with which they might disagree, Senate Bill 1107 is also in direct violation of the Political Reform Act which expressly prohibits such financing. To avoid costly litigation over the validity of SB 1107, Governor Brown could do taxpayers a favor by vetoing this bill. Speaking of illegal, Assembly Bill 1889 seeks to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on California's showcase boondoggle, the High Speed Rail project. The legal problem is that access to the bond proceeds is conditioned on several requirements, including partial funding from federal and private sources, speed requirements and no public subsidies for operating expenses, none of which the High Speed Rail Authority can possibly meet. Again, in the absence of Governor Brown's veto, litigation over sale of the bonds is a certainty. From the perspective of fiscal sanity, it is a shame that every two year legislative session in California is an exercise in trying to prevent damage to taxpayers and the economy. Rarely is there anything remotely worthwhile in the hundreds of bills passed by our esteemed political leadership: No pension reform, no education reform, no civil justice reform or tax reform. While other states run clean, effective and efficient governments, the California Legislature resembles a three ring circus more times than not. Unfortunately, it is not getting better. In the session that just ended, even some of our allies (or so we thought) cast horrible votes in favor of tax increases. As bad as things are, this November's election could spell disaster for California's beleaguered taxpayers. Tax hikes at the state level require a two-thirds vote of each house and we now know that a legislator's proclivity to raise taxes does not necessarily depend on party affiliation. For taxpayer advocates, this is going to make our job of defending ordinary citizens in the Capitol much, much harder. PVP Watch Welcomes Subscriber Comments PVP Watch welcomes reader comments. Please send comments to inf6(7Npvpwatch.com We recognize that many PVP Watch newsletter subscribers use mobile devices to read newsletters. However, mobile devices do not always provide acknowledgement that a newsletter has been opened and read.. We ask that those who do read newsletters from mobile devices also open the newsletter at their primary computer before deleting. 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From: Steve shaul <steveshaul@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:36 PM To: Steve & Sherisse Emory Cc: Troy Donaldson; <Sandishaul@earthlink.net>; Britton Lees; <leesg2l@gmail.com>; Debbie Keesey; Dan Keesey; Jeff Manquen; Soccer - Camille Manquen; Maryam Pourmohsen; Soccer - Andy Pourmohsen; <annmariemorris@cox.net>; Mike Morris; Ulrich Lange; Gordon & Renee Grenier; AS Hart; Susan Whang; <whang@yahoo.com>; Ryan Moore; Barrie Donaldson; Darren Donaldson; Mindy Webster; <kathie@seaburn.net>; Kate Peters; Stacey Nozaki; CC; <gwerner333@aol.com>; Leah Grossi; Jennifer Hong; Barbara Labib; Cory Webster; <edwinayee@gmail.com>; James Tracy Blum; Jane Lee Chen; Jeff Barbosa; Jeff Karen Barbosa; Jim Ding; Kim (Dace) Young; Gina Kraemer; Gina Kraemer; Marcia Tsai Ding; <mattseaburn@yahoo.com>; Stephanie Goodman Subject: Re: 7 PM TONIGHT 9/20 City Council Meeting re: Ladera Linda Thanks Steve Through one of my contacts (actually a BU 12 coach) has a relationship with councilman Duhovic, he stated Duhovic would propose a motion for council put pressure on the DTSC to release the findings. Hopefully he will follow through with what he verbally said to my contact. Steve Shaul BU12 Division Coordinator Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Steve & Sherisse Emory <ssemor cr,earthlink.net> wrote: Hi Everyone, There is a City Council meeting TONIGHT at 7pm at Hesse Park to vote on: Regular Business: 2. Consideration and Possible Action to Receive a Status Update Regarding the Placement of Soil at Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's Ladera Linda Fields (Fox) (1 hour) Recommendation: 1) Review the status of the investigations regarding possible soil contamination at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's Ladera Linda Fields; and, 2) Provide direction to Staff for further action, if appropriate. We who support AYSO and PVPUSD need to make our voices heard! Please forward this info to all concerned parties! 1. Send email to ccC),rpvca.gov which will go to all of our elected officials asking them to cooperate with PVPUSD and AYSO to get the Ladera Linda Upper field re -opened as quickly as possible. 2. Watch the online real time video of the meeting at 7 pm tonight accessed from http://www.rpvca.gov/772/City-Meeting-Video-and-Agendas 3. GO to the 7 pm meeting tonight (9/20) and show our support of AYSO and PVPUSD at: Fred Hesse Community Park 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard Multipurpose Room Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 The meeting is supposed to be 3-4 hours long and go in order of the items listed on the agenda. If you watch it online, you can go to the meeting when you see that they are getting close to the Ladera Linda agenda item. See the full City Council Meeting Agenda for 9/20/2016 at http://rpv.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view id=5&event id=725 See the Agenda Report from the City Council Meeting Agenda for 9/20/2016 at: http://rpv.granicus.com/MetaViewer.phr)?view id=5&event id=725&meta id=30774 For those who have not heard about this issue at the Ladera Linda Field, read the email below from Brent Daniel, the AYSO Region 10 Regional Commissioner. Also, read the attached PVP Watch 9/13/16 newsletter. Thank you for your time and please forward to other concerned parties. Sincerely, Sherisse Emory From: Troy Donaldson [mailto:4TD(-&cox.net] Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 1:12 PM To: Steve Shaul; Sandishaul(a)earthlink.net; Britton Lees; leesg2l(a�gmail.com; Steve & Sherisse Emory; Debbie Keesey; Dan Keesey; Jeff Manquen; Soccer - Camille Manquen; Maryam Pourmohsen; Soccer - Andy Pourmohsen; annmariemorrisC'Ocox.net; Mike Morris; Ulrich Lange; Gordon & Renee Grenier; AS Hart; Susan Whang; whangCa)yahoo.com; Ryan Moore; Barrie Donaldson; Darren Donaldson; Troy Donaldson Subject: Fwd: Ladera update Begin forwarded message: From: Steve Shaul <steveshaul(a-)_yahoo.com> Subject: Fw: Ladera update Date: September 18, 2016 at 9:28:23 AM PDT To: Troy Donaldson <4td@cox.net>, Carolyn Brummer <carolynbrummer(a-)_gmail.com>, Doug Bigley <dbigley(a-)uhcllc.net>, Chris GROSSI <cgrossirb(D_aol.com>, Christian Brborich <cb557(!0otmail.com>, Jack Baric <jackbaric(a-)_hotmail.com>, Joel Klein <I elk _phenomenex.com>, John Menzelos <jmenzelos(a)_gmail.com>, Ed Dane <kyokoandedplus3(a)_cox.net>, Arthur Alaniz <art ,_seedgroupla.com>, Cameron Keough <cameron.keoughC@,gmail.com> Reply -To: Steve Shaul <steveshaul(c�yahoo.com> a frustrating read ... see below, please continue to spread the word, the victims are not being heard and the neighborhood bullies are winning.... daleshiregawattornevs. com Ken Dyda - cprotqn173@eox.net Jerry Duhovic - iduhovie@),,hotmail.com Brian Campbell — campbell.rpv(&,gmail.com Staff Name Title Br- qk5 Susan M. 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To say that I am disappointed in my city's report is an understatement. It is in my opinion that it is nothing more than a hit piece. It is filled with disinformation and does nothing but drive a bigger wedge between us and them. We are working with our attorney to respond, but it is obvious to us now that there exists a bias in this situation between volunteers of the community partnered with the school district and the city of Rancho Palos Verdes. We have requested and received some information regarding this issue from the City on correspondence that they have had on the Ladera issue. Based on the incomplete information we were given, we see that staff and certain council have been feeding information to the very people that have been out to shut down our use of Ladera within minutes or hours of us presenting to them. They picked a side and picked it early. There exists a real wedge between the city and the school district and we are caught in the middle. Instead of the City choosing to be part of the solution they have obviously decided to start a battle on another front and spread disinformation to the public for a reason that I can only guess at. Please remember the facts: 1. AYSO had some dirt delivered to the dirt pile above upper Ladera for the purpose of leveling fields. 2. The dirt was donated to us from a residential location in Torrance. 3. The dirt went through a full asbestos abatement remediation before being touched. 4. Upon deliver and without any proof or reason, one member of the public started a campaign by deeming the dirt "toxic" and "tainted". 5. Since that time, the dirt has been tested by AYSO, tested by PVPUSD and also tested again by PVPUSD for air samples. ALL tests came back completely clean and below any regulatory standards. 6. It is true that 6 months after importation several pieces of debris were found on the surface of the site. 3 of those pieces did contain asbestos. One was deemed to be friable asbestos. They were immediately removed (10 months ago). The pieces could not have come from the location where we got the dirt as they are not consistent with the material from the demolished home in Torrance. We have no idea how they got there. But they were not brought in by US. 7. The same member of the public called in the State to investigate. Search warrants were served 6 months ago. The DTSC took approximately 40 samples. The DTSC is unwilling to let anyone see those samples. 8. The State investigation has divided into two camps — Compliance and Criminal. A. Criminal I. We have no idea what is going on here. It is a sealed affidavit and the complaintant is a peace officer and is unwilling to share with the public what he said to get such an investigation going. B. Compliance I. Rather than being milked to death for money on random orders we have been negotiating a voluntary consent agreement to do further testing on the site in the hopes that we can prove to the DTSC that the site is clean. It is eye opening in that the DTSC will not review our information or our tests unless we compensate them to do so. Furthermore, the criminal side of DTSC will not share their testing results with the compliance side. So as absurd as it sounds we are forced to pay the DTSC to review our case and do tests that have already been done by their organization that they are unwilling to share with their own colleagues. 9. Our state Assembleyman, David Hadley, has flown to Sacramento and attempted to meet with the DTSC to get them to release their test results but was not successful. We have asked the City to pressure the DTSC as well, but they have chose instead to attack us. Based on the actions of the City over the last few months I was comfortable in ignoring the city and just worrying about the DTSC and getting this behind us. Now I have to make a decision on how to handle this clear attack on us by the City. Remember that this is the same city that provides us one field a year (Hesse Park). For the past two years that have redone that field and then turned down the water to a degree where the field is unplayable. I find myself at this point and time, not only embarrassed by my city but ashamed of them. If you saw the last city council meeting at all, it was straight out of a Jerry Spring episode. In fact one city council member even pointed out the similarity between that show and the meeting in open session. We will respond to the city in some fashion. But our real issue is getting the state to clear the fields so we can use them. I give you this information because you should be informed. I have shielded you from the daily dealings with this because I want you to keep your eye on the ball and that is to serve the kids of this community. We run a phenomenal program. Why we are under attack is anyone's guess. Please continue your service to the community. Don't let the agenda of the few slow your commitment to what we do here. We are the leaders of this community. Our paid city staff and our elected officials are failing us in my opinion. They will come and go. Staff will move onto other jobs. Elected officials will term out and others will replace them. AYSO will still be here serving the kids. PV AYSO has a 48 year tradition on this hill. RPV is not even 48 years old. We were here before them. We will continue to strive for the best experience for our kids regardless of the noise from the few. Please know that I am available to any of you any time for anything. I am grateful to you all, Brent Daniel AYSO Region 10 Regional Commissioner .ayso10.or6 "No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child " Please visit our website at http://financialservicesinc.ubs. com/wealth/E-maildisclaimer.html for important disclosures and information about our e-mail policies. For your protection, please do not transmit orders or instructions by e-mail or include account numbers, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. <Ladera Linda Field PVPWatch Newsletter-9-13-2016.pdf5 From: Gabriella Yap Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 2:36 PM To: Steve shaul; Steve & Sherisse Emory Cc: Troy Donaldson; <Sandishaul@earthlink.net>; Britton Lees; <leesg2l@gmail.com>; Debbie Keesey; Dan Keesey; Jeff Manquen; Soccer - Camille Manquen; Maryam Pourmohsen; Soccer - Andy Pourmohsen; <annmariemorris@cox.net>; Mike Morris; Ulrich Lange; Gordon & Renee Grenier; AS Hart; Susan Whang; <whang@yahoo.com>; Ryan Moore; Barrie Donaldson; Darren Donaldson; Mindy Webster; <kathie@seaburn.net>; Kate Peters; Stacey Nozaki; CC; <gwerner333@aol.com>; Leah Grossi; Jennifer Hong; Barbara Labib; Cory Webster; <edwinayee@gmail.com>; James Tracy Blum; Jane Lee Chen; Jeff Barbosa; Jeff Karen Barbosa; Jim Ding; Kim (Jace) Young; Gina Kraemer; Gina Kraemer; Marcia Tsai Ding; <mattseaburn@yahoo.com>; Stephanie Goodman Subject: RE: 7 PM TONIGHT 9/20 City Council Meeting re: Ladera Linda Dear AYSO Members, I thought it would be useful to respond to your emails and hopefully address some of your concerns and maybe offer some reassurance, to the extent that I can. The City Council and staff continues to be extremely supportive of AYSO and their volunteers. That has never wavered. Most of the Council, or their children, have been actively involved with PVPUSD and AYSO and understand that these are two organizations that contribute greatly to the Peninsula and help make this a great place to live and raise a family. We, too, would love to see the fields re -opened, but that is something only the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the Air Quality Management District (AQMD) can do, at this point. These State agencies, who supersede any authority we may have in this matter, closed the fields and are the only ones who can make the determination that the site is fine and safe to use. City staff has already asked DTSC to please wrap up whatever investigation they are conducting as rapidly as possible so that any problems (if there are any) can be rectified and the fields re -opened. Any assertion that the City is biased is mistaken. We all have the same end goal of getting this issue resolved. For more than a year, the City gave great deference to AYSO and PVPUSD in the handling of this matter. We encouraged residents to speak directly to AYSO and PVPUSD to get their questions answered. Some residents received no or conflicting information from AYSO and PVPUSD and then DTSC and AQMD came to serve warrants and start a criminal investigation. At that point, the Council asked staff to research the situation that was unfolding and attempt to provide credible information. Our reports on the matter are meant to inform the Council and remain factual and impartial. Inevitably, each person will interpret what they read from their perspective, and folks with different perspectives will attack the City because they didn't "take their side". I can't help that, but I can assure you that the City is not trying to attack anyone or any organization. There is nothing for us to gain from that. We've tried our absolute best to present relevant facts and you'll even note that the City's soils investigator who reviewed the Alta report believes it is likely that the soil does not present a threat. The City will continue to press both DTSC and AQMD to conclude their investigations in an effort to get resolution. We appreciate all the work you have done and continue to do. Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist you with. Sincerely, Gabriella Yap Deputy City Manager 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (310) 544-5203 (310) 544-5291 From: Steve shaul [mailto:steveshaul@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:36 PM To: Steve & Sherisse Emory <ssemory@earthlink.net> Cc: Troy Donaldson <4TD@cox.net>; <Sandishaul@earthlink.net> <Sandishaul@earthlink.net>; Britton Lees <britton.lees@gmail.com>; <leesg2l@gmail.com> <leesg2l@gmail.com>; Debbie Keesey <debk@ecodesignz.com>; Dan Keesey <dank@ecodesignz.com>; Jeff Manquen <manquen6@ymail.com>; Soccer - Camille Manquen <6Livindreams@Gmail.com>; Maryam Pourmohsen <mapourmohsen@hotmail.com>; Soccer - Andy Pourmohsen <pourmohsenl3@yahoo.com>; <annmariemorris@cox.net> <annmariemorris@cox.net>; Mike Morris <MMorris@geoplastics.com>; Ulrich Lange <langeu@yahoo.com>; Gordon & Renee Grenier <glowlizard@yahoo.com>; AS Hart <asummerhartl@att.net>; Susan Whang <susanyi.yi@gmail.com>; <whang@yahoo.com> <whang@yahoo.com>; Ryan Moore <rmoore145@att.net>; Barrie Donaldson <PVBarrie@Gmail.com>; Darren Donaldson <Electrical.D@Hotmail.com>; Mindy Webster <mindymwebster@yahoo.com>; <kathie@seaburn.net> <kathie@seaburn.net>; Kate Peters <kate.peters@earthlink.net>; Stacey Nozaki <staceynozaki@yahoo.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; <gwerner333@aol.com> <gwerner333@aol.com>; Leah Grossi <Igrossirb@gmail.com>; Jennifer Hong <Jmhong100@1hotmail.com>; Barbara Labib <barbaralabib@yahoo.com>; Cory Webster <corywebster77@yahoo.com>; <edwinayee@gmail.com> <edwinayee@gmail.com>; James Tracy Blum <james@oco.net>; Jane Lee Chen <janeleechen@yahoo.com>; Jeff Barbosa <jbarbosa0l@yahoo.com>; Jeff Karen Barbosa <kitoemail@yahoo.com>; Jim Ding <jd90275@hotmail.com>; Kim (Dace) Young <jaredkimyo@gmail.com>; Gina Kraemer <gkraemer@wishlist.com>; Gina Kraemer <ginamkraemer@gmail.com>; Marcia Tsai Ding <dingfamily5@gmail.com>; <mattseaburn@yahoo.com> <mattseaburn@yahoo.com>; Stephanie Goodman <sgoody@gmail.com> Subject: Re: 7 PM TONIGHT 9/20 City Council Meeting re: Ladera Linda Thanks Steve Through one of my contacts (actually a BU12 coach) has a relationship with councilman Duhovic, he stated Duhovic would propose a motion for council put pressure on the DTSC to release the findings. Hopefully he will follow through with what he verbally said to my contact. Steve Shaul BU12 Division Coordinator Sent from my Whone On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:51 AM, Steve & Sherisse Emory <ssemory@earthlink.net> wrote: Hi Everyone, There is a City Council meeting TONIGHT at 7pm at Hesse Park to vote on: Regular Business: 2. Consideration and Possible Action to Receive a Status Update Regarding the Placement of Soil at Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's Ladera Linda Fields (Fox) (1 hour) Recommendation: 1) Review the status of the investigations regarding possible soil contamination at the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's Ladera Linda Fields; and, 2) Provide direction to Staff for further action, if appropriate. We who support AYSO and PVPUSD need to make our voices heard! Please forward this info to all concerned parties! 1. Send email to cc _rpvca.gov which will go to all of our elected officials asking them to cooperate with PVPUSD and AYSO to get the Ladera Linda Upper field re -opened as quickly as possible. 2. Watch the online real time video of the meeting at 7 pm tonight accessed from http://www.rpvca.gov/772/CitV-Meeting-Video-and-Agendas 3. GO to the 7 pm meeting tonight (9/20) and show our support of AYSO and PVPUSD at: Fred Hesse Community Park 29301 Hawthorne Boulevard Multipurpose Room Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 The meeting is supposed to be 3-4 hours long and go in order of the items listed on the agenda. If you watch it online, you can go to the meeting when you see that they are getting close to the Ladera Linda agenda item. See the full City Council Meeting Agenda for 9/20/2016 at http://rpv.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view id=5&event id=725 See the Agenda Report from the City Council Meeting Agenda for 9/20/2016 at: http://rpv.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view id=5&event id=725&meta id=30774 For those who have not heard about this issue at the Ladera Linda Field, read the email below from Brent Daniel, the AYSO Region 10 Regional Commissioner. Also, read the attached PVP Watch 9/13/16 newsletter. Thank you for your time and please forward to other concerned parties. Sincerely, Sherisse Emory From: Troy Donaldson [mailto:4TDC&cox.net] Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 1:12 PM To: Steve Shaul; Sandishaul@earthlink.net; Britton Lees; leesg2lOgmail.com; Steve & Sherisse Emory; Debbie Keesey; Dan Keesey; Jeff Manquen; Soccer - Camille Manquen; Maryam Pourmohsen; Soccer - Andy Pourmohsen; annmariemorrisCnlcox.net; Mike Morris; Ulrich Lange; Gordon & Renee Grenier; AS Hart; Susan Whang; whang afyahoo.com; Ryan Moore; Barrie Donaldson; Darren Donaldson; Troy Donaldson Subject: Fwd: Ladera update Begin forwarded message: From: Steve Shaul <steveshaul(,yahoo.com> Subject: Fw: Ladera update Date: September 18, 2016 at 9:28:23 AM PDT To: Troy Donaldson <4td a_cox.net>, Carolyn Brummer <carolynbrummerC@_gmail.com>, Doug Bigley <dbigleyC�uhcllc.net>, Chris GROSSI <cgrossirb(a-)_aol.com>, Christian Brborich <cb557(a).hotmail.com>, Jack Baric <jackbaricCa2hotmail.com>, Joel Klein <I elk(cr_phenomenex.com>, John Menzelos <imenzelos@Lgmail.com>, Ed Dane <kyokoandedplus3Ca)_cox.net>, Arthur Alaniz <art@seedgroupla.com>, Cameron Keough <cameron.keoughP_gmail.com> Reply -To: Steve Shaul <steveshaulCa)-yahoo.com> a frustrating read ... see below, please continue to spread the word, the victims are not being heard and the neighborhood bullies are winning.... daleshi re( a �,awattorneys. corn Ken Dyda — cprotem730),cox.net Jerry Duhovic — iduhovic(ti),hotmai.l.corn Brian Campbell — campbell.rpa)mail.com Staff Name Brooks Susan N1. Cat?rpbell, Brian Duhovic, Jerry V. Dvda;Ken Misetich Anthony M. Title Councilwoman Mayor Pro Tem Councilman Mayor Councilman Email Ph( susan.brooks ,i�rpvca.gov 31C brian.campbell.<a}t•pvoa.bv 424 kgy.dulrovic(r>rpvca.�ov 31C ken.dvda(@rpvca. 31C anthony.misetich@il[gy�3IC From: Brent Daniel[mailto:bdanielggrangerco.conr] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 6:01 AM To: mark.mitchell(t>;unit nhank.cona,; ja l_ierc nceI 3(�0nc_com; ki.ctan q)c.nl.,net; Vanessa Long (e aitessy�6�a�1u>tnlail Gcrnl), akcr55oll[a)krkal4iw.cc>nt, Snca1.JnSarris(cr)Shcglobal.nct;'Bill Candella' (lrillrcancic lla.c� bcglohal.nc i),cnn kanc nratst�rr)vallo<7com, c dgargtnend� r'n�yahoo_com; koclljcls. ie( hotjjy co�ll, morn nabear45�a).m5ncgm, bobn ,rch_ant0),cox net, Algrovc 5.(n)vc,rrzon net, alan_s iegel(rumattel.com; 11a194�(czaol�com; larryrnanth( yahoo.com; Jacobson, Jeanette; gilbertyu(n)gmail.com; Mark Zoeckler; Alan Lem (alanlem888()yahoo.com); avadah]e66( gmait.com; klmurdock04@gmait.com; bul0palosverdes @yahoo.com; jodi - council; einl03@liotmail.com; kylemurdoch2012@yahoo. coin; chandjian ,gmail.com; dawn.don atoni@karlstorz.com; bdcofrev@vahoo.eonr; siegela1@vyalroo.com; larrvmanth@gnrail.com; atcvit @)cox.net; etahbobaran(g),gmail.com;,inolan,@,pszilaw.eom; camp1019,@t4gmail.com; mtoumaian22 @g,mail.com; m np 1570@,cox.nct; davidparadigm@gmail.com; bobc@,,peterpepper.com; vna yebi a` yahoo.com; Deanna Benedetti; Mike Heinze; brian@aukcapital.corn; larrypizeOaDcox.net; dnwnrurdoch@)tyahoo.com; lov2punt(a)vahoo. com; chipc@thecrystalcasino.com; to iaeobson(@hotmail.com; smastan(me.com; rkgcpaOsbcgl obal.net; beachdees�c7r,ginail.com; achal897(a),gmail.com; josie.iacobsorr5898(t�cmail.com; annamc dougailpcox.net;g,niooe007q ai.cp?cox.net; chrislwong@aol.com; g1moore(kbm�r home.com; bmurdocl<(«cox.net; stev_eshaul(a)yahoo.com; pvaysonyahoo.coirr; khuss(a?wilkesmc hugh.com; Dean Kanemitsu; ibartonadams(Luyahoo.com; 'fra cK(Dsandbconsulting.com.; tinapalacios(a�cox.net; coastalproperty@,yahoo.com; avadahle66Li gmail.com; k1murdock04((4,mail.corn; haroldbkimn gmail.,com.; Matt Pope; Coach Mike C (cgachjnikecsoccerC gt il_coln); marl<worthge_(q)gmail.co n.; Moore, Michael; Jeffrey Greenwood; brran(a gpkW.tq com.; Bradley Gardner; Ren Oshiro; David Brandt; J_com, klinuraock 4,(i7? lnai_i. com; ejn_1_(}3,(a?h_ot nail com; j,ptat»i,sky. cc7 x tet; Julianna Nourayi Cc: Brent Daniel Subject: Ladera update Valued Board Members, Many of you were forwarded a staff report from the City of RPV for an agenda item for the next City Council Meeting. To say that I am disappointed in my city's report is an understatement. It is in my opinion that it is nothing more than a hit piece. It is filled with disinformation and does nothing but drive a bigger wedge between us and them. We are working with our attorney to respond, but it is obvious to us now that there exists a bias in this situation between volunteers of the community partnered with the school district and the city of Rancho Palos Verdes. We have requested and received some information regarding this issue from the City on correspondence that they have had on the Ladera issue. Based on the incomplete information we were given, we see that staff and certain council have been feeding information to the very people that have been out to shut down our use of Ladera within minutes or hours of us presenting to them. They picked a side and picked it early. There exists a real wedge between the city and the school district and we are caught in the middle. Instead of the City choosing to be part of the solution they have obviously decided to start a battle on another front and spread disinformation to the public for a reason that I can only guess at. Please remember the facts: 1. AYSO had some dirt delivered to the dirt pile above upper Ladera for the purpose of leveling fields. 2. The dirt was donated to us from a residential location in Torrance. 3. The dirt went through a full asbestos abatement remediation before being touched. 4. Upon deliver and without any proof or reason, one member of the public started a campaign by deeming the dirt "toxic" and "tainted". 5. Since that time, the dirt has been tested by AYSO, tested by PVPUSD and also tested again by PVPUSD for air samples. ALL tests came back completely clean and below any regulatory standards. 6. It is true that 6 months after importation several pieces of debris were found on the surface of the site. 3 of those pieces did contain asbestos. One was deemed to be friable asbestos. They were immediately removed (10 months ago). The pieces could not have come from the location where we got the dirt as they are not consistent with the material from the demolished home in Torrance. We have no idea how they got there. But they were not brought in by US. 7. The same member of the public called in the State to investigate. Search warrants were served 6 months ago. The DTSC took approximately 40 samples. The DTSC is unwilling to let anyone see those samples. 8. The State investigation has divided into two camps — Compliance and Criminal. A. Criminal I. We have no idea what is going on here. It is a sealed affidavit and the complaintant is a peace officer and is unwilling to share with the public what he said to get such an investigation going. B. Compliance I. Rather than being milked to death for money on random orders we have been negotiating a voluntary consent agreement to do further testing on the site in the hopes that we can prove to the DTSC that the site is clean. It is eye opening in that the DTSC will not review our information or our tests unless we compensate them to do so. Furthermore, the criminal side of DTSC will not share their testing results with the compliance side. So as absurd as it sounds we are forced to pay the DTSC to review our case and do tests that have already been done by their organization that they are unwilling to share with their own colleagues. 9. Our state Assembleyman, David Hadley, has flown to Sacramento and attempted to meet with the DTSC to get them to release their test results but was not successful. We have asked the City to pressure the DTSC as well, but they have chose instead to attack us. Based on the actions of the City over the last few months I was comfortable in ignoring the city and just worrying about the DTSC and getting this behind us. Now I have to make a decision on how to handle this clear attack on us by the City. Remember that this is the same city that provides us one field a year (Hesse Park). For the past two years that have redone that field and then turned down the water to a degree where the field is unplayable. I find myself at this point and time, not only embarrassed by my city but ashamed of them. If you saw the last city council meeting at all, it was straight out of a Jerry Spring episode. In fact one city council member even pointed out the similarity between that show and the meeting in open session. We will respond to the city in some fashion. But our real issue is getting the state to clear the fields so we can use them. I give you this information because you should be informed. I have shielded you from the daily dealings with this because I want you to keep your eye on the ball and that is to serve the kids of this community. We run a phenomenal program. Why we are under attack is anyone's guess. Please continue your service to the community. Don't let the agenda of the few slow your commitment to what we do here. We are the leaders of this community. Our paid city staff and our elected officials are failing us in my opinion. They will come and go. Staff will move on to other jobs. Elected officials will term out and others will replace them. AYSO will still be here serving the kids. PV AYSO has a 48 year tradition on this hill. RPV is not even 48 years old. We were here before them. We will continue to strive for the best experience for our kids regardless of the noise from the few. Please know that I am available to any of you any time for anything. I am grateful to you all, Brent Daniel AYSO Region 10 Regional Commissioner ww.aysol0.or "No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child." Please visit our website at http://financialservicesine.ubs. com/wealth/E-maild i sclaimer.html for important disclosures and information about our e-mail policies. For your protection, please do not transmit orders or instructions by e-mail or include account numbers, Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal information. <Ladera Linda Field PVPWatch Newsletter-9-13-2016.pd1> Mks' �A CITYOF RANCHO PALOS VERDES TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: ACTING CITY CLERK DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 SUBJECT: ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material received through Monday afternoon for the Tuesday, September 20, 2016 City Council meeting: Item No. Description of Material E Email from Sharon Loveys O Email exchange between Associate Planner Seeraty and Steven Center; Email from: Ray Mazin, Letter from Marilyn Zitar SUPPORT Emails from: Georgette Solano; Matthias Koeck; Michael Slowik; Robert Wu; Rhonda Ebert; Steven Williamson; Daniel Ray; Eric Wang; Ruth Rater; Jack Pharris; Jeff Richards; Email exchange between City Attorney Aleshire, Deputy City Manager Yap and Ying Sai; Email exchange between City Attorney Aleshire, Deputy City Manager Yap, Alan Siegel, and Maura Mizuguchi; Emails From: John Maniatakis; Dawning Wu; Fernanda Padilla OPPOSED Emails from: Margaret Shih and Alan Tomines; Guy Grant; waterlinepro@cox.net; Dennis Benner; Janet Nitz; Mark Talavera; Michael and Marilyn Nitz; Guri Otterlei; Robert Cumby; Norbert Nastanski; Noel Park; Akhtar Emon; Mary and Steven Gordon; Naydene and Neil Ziak; Diane Smith; Bill Nitz; Susan Estes; Email exchange between Community Development Director Mihranian and Tracy Burns; News article from Bob Nelson; Emails from: Nona Data; Sokun Kan; Elizabeth Haig; Mary Alice Fosse; Dolores Deinhart; Sharon Fair; Email exchange between Deputy City Manager Yap and Karen; Emails from: James and Jean Smith; John Freeman; Jo Boehm; William Quan; Chris Huang; Cheryle Ushkow; Andrew Kitto; Jeannette Peterson; Jack & Lois Karp; Michael Huang; Faith Stapleton; Anita Gash; Letter from Mr. & Mrs. Gloor; Hans and Anna Kuehl; Donald Way; Hans and Anna Kuehl; Steven Williamson Additions/Revisions and Amendments to the Agenda Monday, September 19, 2016 Page 2 2 Letter from Jennifer Taggart; Email from Gary Randall, Email exchange between Deputy City Manager Yap and Joan Davidson Respectfully submitted, Ter a Takaoka W:\AGENDA\2016 Additions Revisions to agendas\20160920 additions revisions to agenda thru Monday.doc W:\AGENDA\2016 Additions Revisions to agendas\20160920 additions revisions to agenda thru Monday.doc From: Sharon Loveys <sharon.loveys@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 1:54 PM To: So Kim; CityClerk; Ara Mihranian Cc: noelweiss@ca.rr.com; Brian Carter; Matt Martin; Charmayne Mayer - Geier; Debbie Landes; Carl Eichert Subject: Wrought iron fence / 9/13/2016 Attachments: IMG_2071.JPG; ATT00001.txt; IMG_2073.JPG; ATT00002.txt; IMG_2074.JPG; ATT00003.txt; IMG_ 2075.JPG; ATT00004.txt; IMG_2076.JPG; ATT00005.txt To Whom It May Concern: Just for the record I noticed Green Hills / John Resich put up a wrought iron fence between our gate and the cemetery. Our Gardner stated many years ago the reason that wrought iron fence gate was placed there, with the opening, to the cemetery was he was to take care of the land ten feet on that side too. Our Gardner put the landscaping/ sprinklers/ and so forth together when this piece of property was just hills and dirt. He is a very honorable person! I have enclosed five photos for you to observe, three of the wrought iron gate plus the opening along the church side. The opening in the wrought iron fence by the church has been like that since they put in their cameras . I sent photos of that a few years ago. Perhaps they should mend that instead of putting a second gate to keep me out. I own/ lease whatever property in Green Hills and they can't keep me out. Instead of Nick Resich sending me his photos of the burial on July 1, 2016 he puts up a fence. He promised to send them almost two months ago. What would you think? Sharon Loveys f'. z -Yo, " ` Im 4 rIV 1 } 400 i oilmp 1 F 400 i oilmp 1 I i"t 14A 0 I k4 olk From: Amy Seeraty Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 1:53 PM To: CityClerk Subject: FW: Elkmont Canyon Please see this exchange to replace the previous email from Mr. Center. Amy Seeraty Associate Planner City of Rancho Palos Verdes Community Development Department 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 www.rpvca.gov amys@rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5231 -----Original Message ----- From: Amy Seeraty Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:55 AM To: 'stevencenterl'<stevencenterl@gmail.com> Subject: RE: Elkmont Canyon Hi Steve - You are somewhat correct. We are not proceeding with the easement vacation process per input from the City Attorney but the item is still on the agenda (Consent Calendar) as a public notice had already gone out. Typically, Consent items are passed with no discussion, but I imagine that the Council will pull the item off the Consent Calendar, as there will likely be neighbors who wish to speak on the item and it is possible that there will be some discussion by the Council as well on the City Attorney's direction. As the report states, the permit will be just be processed as usual, with Staff obtaining the information that is needed from the applicant before any environmental document can be prepared or Planning Commission meeting take place. Please let me know if you have any questions, thank you. Sincerely, Amy Seeraty Associate Planner City of Rancho Palos Verdes Community Development Department 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 www.rpvca.gov amys@rpvca.gov - (310) 544-5231 -----Original Message ----- From: stevencenterl [mailto:stevencenterl@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 2:32 PM To: Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov> Subject: Elkmont Canyon Hi Amy- Listserve just sent this. I thought the meeting was off again? Steve Steven Center 310 502 9180 cell From: Ray Mazin, CPA <taxi nc@yahoo.com > Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 5:55 PM To: Amy Seeraty; mtartino@cox.net Subject: Elkmont Canyon city council meeting Dear Ms. Seeraty: I respectfully recommend to postpone the 9/20/2016 discussion of Elkmont Canyon plan by City Council by at least one month. The change requiring sign-up (new system) takes a bit of time to get used to. Some of my neighbors say they are totally lost and overwhelmed with this change and are confused what to do. We just wish that this change was instituted earlier, or the meeting agenda be postponed so that all neighbors who want to express their opinion would get a chance to do so. Regards, Ray Mazin City Council of Rancho Palos Verdes Late Correspondence Re: Elkmont Canyon Development Concerns of Robert and Marilyn Zitar 4957 Rockvalley Rd. RPV 1. SAFETY Cars entering a new driveway into Elkmont Canyon will slow traffic on a dangerous Hawthorne Boulevard uphill curve. Cars exiting that driveway will need to quickly cross two lanes of traffic to make a U- turn at Blackhorse in order to go north. Have recent traffic safety survey and accident history been studied? When? Where are the posted? 2. LIABILITY Who will be liable if future water drainage issues arise in this natural canyon? Canyon storm drain lines join Rock Valley Road's storm drain lines under Hawthorne Boulevard and affect our street also. Previous damage to lines in canyon sent strong odor up through our storm drains. Who paid for the team that was sent to correct that issue? 3. PROPERTY RIGHTS Owners of homes overlooking the canyon would have their quality of life impacted as understood for 50 years. 4. ECOLOGY Where will future rain run-off go? How would sides of canyon be saved from erosion? Who would be legally responsible for damage? Will this open doors for encroachment on other canyons? What logical buyer would choose to invest in a large building or home built down in a canyon on a peninsula known for its beautiful views? How was buyer led to believe ordinances would be changed? Is it planned for some potential business venture???? D From: Georgette Solano <georgettesolano@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 8:54 AM To: PC; CC; daleshire@awattorneys.com Subject: 6527 EDDINGHILL DR. RPV,CA To whom it may concern, I have previously utilized the above residence as a cost effective convenient option after attending a wedding at the wayfarer chapel. The residence is well maintained, it is full of curious artifacts and the owner is very nice. We have also recommended it for a number of out of town family members since we do not have the space to accomodate them. My hopes are you will continue to allow Mr.Mark to provide this service. It's safe,clean and affordable. Sincerely, Georgette Solano From: matthias koeck <matthias_koeckl8@yahoo.de> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 12:53 PM To: cc Subject: Airbnb Rancho PV/ Eric Mark Dear City Council of Rancho PV I'm Matthias Koeck from Austria, Innsbruck. I've rented a room from Eric Mark at 6527 Eddinghill Dr. in August for a period of three days. His home displayed an incredible ancient art, never seen World War II memorabilia and impressive oil paintings. Especially the different props from World War II were very impressive. I'm from Austria and it's very important for me that this horrible period of history is remembered all around the world. The accomodation was first class and lavish and i had the chance to meet other guests from Europe. It's very convenient to have inexpensive accomodations like the one Erik offers, since there are no hotels in this city. The street parking was convinient since no where other vehicles parked on the street. Eric was always stressing only to park in front of his house to avoid frictions with his neighbors. It's very important for me to meet people from all around the world and exchange experiences with them. It's very interesting to get to know how people live in foreign countrys and how they live their live. Via Airbnb exatly this is possible. I think everybody who stayed at Eric's place got the experience of how beatiful your city is and I think nobody would lose a bad word about Rancho PV. Nice greets from Austria Matthias Koeck From: Michael Slowik <slowik.michael@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 9:17 PM To: Octavio Silva; Ara Mihranian; CC Subject: Reconsideration - airbnb Dear City of Rancho Palos Verdes, I urge you to reconsider your proposal to ban or restrict short term rentals in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. I have been a guest at 7242 Avenida Altisima and shared the home with Maura Mizuguchi her boyfriend Mark, and their six of their seven children. I was in the area from Sao Paulo Brazil, to meet with business partners in the area. I will continue to need affordable lodging in the area as my business is ongoing. Terranea, the only lodging in the area, is unaffordable and often fully booked. Best Regards, Michael Slowik From: WU ROBERT <rwul68@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:16 AM To: Octavio Silva Cc: PC; CC Subject: Short Term Rental Dear members of City Council, I urge you to reconsider your proposal to ban or restrict short term rentals in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. My name is Robert Wu and I am a resident in RPV over 17 Years at 3427 Palos Vista Dr. Last year, I purchased and moved to Hightide Dr because my kids grew up, and I want to stay in a smaller house. I joined Airbnb to rent out my house because I always travel and don't want the house vacant all time. I am out of town and will not be able to made it to the 9/20 meeting, but I want to clarify few emails complaint about Hightide Dr. After I reviewed the meeting agenda, I found 4 emails complaint about my Hightide house. Three (3) emails appears just a general stating that they don't like short term rental, but one from Jeannette was complaint about Buses, Loud Laughter & Talking etc... which are not true because: A) My Airbnb listing stated my house rule: "No event of any kind more than 10 people please. Quiet outside after 10pm. No pets. Please respect our home the way you would your own and enjoy your stay in beautify Palos Verdes. Please Parties Not Allowed or smoking inside the home." I have rejected many booking for baby shower, engagement, wedding. Seven (7) persons are the highest number that I rented since joining Airbnb so there is no Party Buses in and out. I have cameras around my house, and I have closely monitored it when I am out of town and so far no gust have violate any of my house rules. B) My house is 2 house down from Jeannette so no human voice talking can be hear from this far so her claim is not true. If this complain is from my next door house, I understand but I have provided my contact phone # to my next door neighbor and ask them to contact me any time if any problem. As of today, I have not receive any call from them. I understand that she have the right to express against STR, but fabricating stories to filed complaint is not right. I use Airbnb too when I travel and there are many benefits: i • 1) They are a family looking to stay together in one place in a family environment - Hotel most time can not even able to put them in the same floor. • • 2) Some families are local to the area needing emergency housing due to a flood, termite tenting, giving space to visiting college students. • • 3) Guests would not be able to attend local events at venues right in our city (for instance Terranea, Wayfarer's Chapel, Point Vicente Interpretive Center, Los Verdes Golf, any others in the city), impacting the venue's ability to attract attendees due to lack of affordable lodging and in many instances the fact that Terranea is sold out. Without our homes, we would impact the desirability of the chosen venues. • 4) As we meet our guests we give them insights into the city including where to dine, wine, purchase goods, and consume other local services which greatly benefit our local business. • • As city council weigh the STR issue, I hope policymakers will honor the public trust and base their decisions on what's real, not on what's merely claimed. Rgs, Robert Wu z From: Millie Lee <millieoh@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:10 AM To: CC; aram@rpvca.com; Octavio Silva Subject: Letter from happy AirBnB Client re: against STR ban in RPV City of Rancho Palos Verdes, To whom it may concern, My name is Rhonda Ebert, and my husband Bill and I are from Broomfield, Colorado. Several months ago, Bill accepted a contract job in Torrance, California as an electronic engineer, as finding work near our home was challenging and after being laid off for over one year. At first I booked him in some hotels, but as his time working here became longer, he preferred staying in a place with a personal touch, more like home. I ft hen booked him in an Airbnb at Millie's place at 6971 grovespring drive. Bill loved Millie's friendliness and hospitality, and it made being away from home a lot more pleasant. He has stayed there almost two months, with occasional weekend trips home. Bill appreciates the town of Rancho Palos Verdes, the neighborhood, and the lovely home that Millie provides. The affordability makes a long term job here so much nicer. Airbnb has been a Godsent for us, and we urge you to consider keeping this wonderful asset of short term rentals in the future. Airbnb has been a safe and positive option for us and I highly recommend it. Millie's place has opened up for us a valued friendships that a hotel would not lend itself to. This fosters a deeper understanding of people and places that your lovely city can only benefit from, and the world in general needs more of this Thank you, Rhonda Ebert, Millie O Lee 310 619-8216 From: Steven Williamson <sd_williamson@mac.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:02 AM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva Cc: Maura Mizuguchi Subject: Airbnb Proposed Ordinance Dear Sir or Madam, I recently sent a message to the RPV council noting my strong opposition to any short term rentals in RPV. I have since explored this subject in greater depth & would like to alter my recent position. My change is based on reading the submissions to you from my friend, Ms Maura Mizuguchi. I think her arguments are compelling. Also there is the matter of basic freedom. To paraphrase John Stuart Mill, A property owner has the right to use the property as he desires so long as he does not impinge on the rights of his neighbors to use their property. Further, as other cities have discovered, outright bans result in massive litigation costs. It seems to me that simple solutions to the current predicament must exist. These solutions should address the concerns of those for & those against. Some thoughts: The permitting solution, seems the easiest. Homeowners could apply for a permit & the permitting ordinance would stipulate the suspension of the permit in the event violations occur. Suspension meets the objections of those who want quick action. Institute & strictly implement fining permit holders who violate noise abatement ordinances by assessing escalating fines similar to those in the Newport Beach ordinance ($1,000 for first offense, $2,000 for second offense, $3,000 for third offense). This would address the party house concerns. Sincerely, Steven Williamson Steven D Williamson sd williamsonCa)mac.com 30419 Rhone Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275 USA From: Daniel Ray <coachray2003@yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:20 AM To: cc Subject: Fw: Against Short Term Vacation Rental Ban ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Daniel Ray <coachray2003@yahoo.com> To: "octavios@rpvca.gov" <octavios@rpvca.gov>; "aram@rpvca.gov" <aram@rpvca.gov> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2016 6:12 PM Subject: Against Short Term Vacation Rental Ban Dear City of Rancho Palos Verdes, I urge you to reconsider your proposal to ban or restrict short term rentals in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. My name is Danny Ray, I was raised in Rancho Palos Verdes and now live in Carlsbad, California. I have been a guest at 7242 Avenida Altisima to attend my high school reunion at the local event venue at Los Verdes. I stayed with Maura Mizuguchi and her boyfriend, Mark Coleman, and four of their children. I enjoyed interacting with the family and am grateful that the City of Rancho Palos Verdes provides the option of short term rentals. Without local affordable lodging I likely would not have been able to return to the city I attended high school. While there, I reconnected with friends at local restaurants and venues. I certainly want to return and without short term rentals like Maura's home, it would not be possible. Sincerely, Danny Ray From: wang_eric33 <wang_eric33@yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:08 PM To: cc Subject: Short Term Rentals Attachments: air bnb.docx Hi, My name is Eric Wang and I understand that short term rentals are being discussed for the city of Rancho Palos Verdes. I live on 6024 Montemalaga Drive and I have attached a letter stating my views regarding this topic. Best Regards, Eric Wang Scat 1'rorn nib, Verizon, Sanisting Ca daxy stnatiplione I understand that the city planning department of Rancho Palos Verdes has proposed a code amendment regarding short-term rentals in the City. I am writing this letter to voice my views on allowing short-term rentals for residents of Rancho Palos Verdes. Short-term rentals provide numerous benefits for the residents of Rancho Palos Verdes that include sources of income, jobs and economic growth. Rather than have empty rooms or houses languish, STRs provides a means to increase the visitors to the city which provides real economic benefits to local business owners and increases the number of people who will view Rancho Palos Verdes as a vacation destination. Gary Shapiro of Consumer Technology Association says "internet homesharing platforms enhance consumer choice and offer economic opportunity for individual citizens and communities. In fact, 62 percent of Los Angeles Airbnb hosts use homesharing income to help them stay in their home. The listings provided by these hosts on homesharing platforms not only give visitors a greater variety of lodging options – these visitors also spend much of their money in the local neighborhood. Last year, Airbnb alone estimated to have supported $670 million in economic activity in Los Angeles." As STR's are an emerging industry, there are naturally issues that arise and of course need to be addressed. However, I believe that the best way to accommodate all of the stakeholders in the issues is a fact -based, clear-eyed analysis that weighs short term rentals (STRs') positive benefits against their actual—not imagined—detriments. To that end, please reconsider —in my view, exaggerated— claims made against STRs, along with what I feel are the facts necessary to make a balanced assessment of STRs' proper place in our communities. Per the Los Angeles Short Term Rental Alliance (LASTRA), an organization of Short Term Rental owners and operators, their studies of LAPD statistics prove that STRs generate far fewer noise and criminal complaints than owner -occupied or long-term renter -occupied properties; reports of partying (which occur as much or more at long- term rentals) are isolated incidents, and largely overblown. In fact, STRs help financially -strapped homeowners pay their mortgages and keep their properties, preventing teardowns, neglect, foreclosures, or fire sales. (Nationwide, foreclosed homes or homes sold in a fire sale ruin a neighborhood more quickly and decisively than any STR.) Further, it is required that STR owners invest more in maintenance and upkeep than other landlords and homeowners as positive feedback and high ratings from guests are paramount to continued bookings. In these respects, STRs actually help preserve neighborhoods. I feel that the claims made against STRs are based on a few exceptions to the norm, and neither accurately nor fairly represent the vast majority of STR activity in the city. I believe that STRs can keep property owners in their homes, keep business owners in business, and help fund city public works. In short, STRs keep the city thriving. STR owners need to vet, screen, and scrutinize their renters. After all, owners are allowing guests to enter their homes. Vetting is the core of the business model and all parties are required to provide verified email address, telephone number, social media connections, bank account information, and government issued identification. As owners meet our guests, we give them insights into the city including where to visit, dine and enjoy their time. Many times, these folks are here visiting family or attending events in our city's venues. Short-term rental technology companies have created a marketplace for travelers and property owners, expanding the travel landscape by offering alternative accommodations and providing economic benefits to communities around the world. I believe the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council should more broadly consider public policy that would formalize and legalize all short-term rentals in the city, allowing both travelers and residents the ability to benefit from travel and economic opportunities that short --term rentals provide. Travelers rely on short-term rentals for various reasons, including the need to accommodate larger families that would otherwise require multiple hotel rooms, travelers with special needs or special needs children, or simply a desire for more lengthy affordable stays. Regardless of the reason travelers chose short-term rentals, numerous studies have shown that those in short-term rentals stay longer and spend more money during their travel versus hotel stays. Municipalities should embrace this opportunity rather than stifle it. This business has been unfairly under attack in many communities. There has been a good deal of misinformation spread by a vocal minority about the "evils" of short term rentals. While there are some issues that should be and need to be addressed, the majority of the complaints are overblown and in some cases manufactured. In actuality, a percentage of the business will most likely disappear if the short term rental business is eliminated. Most of my STRs are attending weddings or events held at venues, such as Terranea, Los Verdes, La Venta, Palos Verdes Golf Club, Wayfarer's Chapel, Point Vicente Interpretive center. Without STRs, attendees would decrease, impacting the desirability of the chosen venues. Finally, we are writing this to ask you to keep an open mind when this subject presents itself. Short term rentals are good for the economy of the city, the city's image As city council weigh the STR issue, we hope policymakers will honor the public trust and base their decisions on what's real, not on what's merely claimed. Through our homes which we offer to travelers, our vacation renters can and do regularly integrate with the neighbors in our community. We have even entertained our neighbors with our renters and created appreciation for one another. Neighborhoods that most of us truly love and have helped develop. As our community has steadily developed higher and more measurable quality levels and customer service through the increased reliance on customer reviews and word of mouth, we have actually become the envy of many other businesses. Despite all the undue complaints the anti-STRs has impressed, I hope you will consider the low percentage of neighborhood complaints overall for STR properties. If you do, you'll see that our neighborhoods and our city are already successfully adapting to this new economy. Hosts are adapting, too, perhaps more rapidly than anyone. We have seen a great increase in 5 -star reviews in the STR business, because hosts recognize that if we don't provide superb service that is respectful to guests and neighbors, no one would take the risk of staying at our homes. You will also find that many people, older travelers and women especially, feel SAFER renting a person's home. We hope that the enlightened way to treat a growing and contributing part of the community and this new economy is not to ban this economic disruption, but rather to better understand it and help nurture its best qualities and better its weakest ones. In the end, the only thing "disruptive," in a negative sense, is an undue degree of ignorance, anger and misunderstanding by a few vocal complainers. The shared economy is here to stay. We believe future generations will look to these early regulations and laws by the City as, hopefully, a measure of its enlightened approach to an economy and a growing community. A community that in itself is surely one of the best neighborhoods any city could ask. We've all seen neighborhoods and houses disrupted by unruly neighbors — many of whom have been long-term renters or even owners. The key with those situations, as with STRs, is to police the bad behavior, not shut down productive uses of property or undermine people's property rights. From: ruth rater <rarrnc57@hotmail.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:18 AM To: CC Subject: Airbnb Dear Sir, I have had the pleasure of staying at Mr Eric Marks airbnb in Rancho Palos Verdes. I am a travel registered nurse and was working at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. I had tried 3 other places including a hotel and they were not satisfactory. I have asthma,allergies and arthritis. I needed a place that was smoke and pet free and on the first floor. I stayed at Mr Marks airbnb for 3 days and was so impressed,) stayed another 4 months. The house is very clean,parking is on the street in front of his house or in the driveway. He rents 4 rooms and 3 baths with kitchen and laundry facilities. Mr Mark has an art collection he shares with guests if interested. He would stay up waiting for guests to arrive if they had been detained,often times until after midnight. There is a real need in your area for airbnbs to serve the public and I urge you to let them continue. If you have any questions,l can be reached at # 5152401126. Sincerely, Ruth Rater RNC From: Jack Pharris <jackpharris88@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 12:44 PM To: jeff Cc: radlsmith@cox.net; alif@cox.net; jmaniataki@aol.com; CC; Krista Johnson <kristamjohnson@cox.net>; flyladyprim@aol.com; chateau4us@att.net; jackpharris@kw.com Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Jeff, I know that the California Coastal Commission has either questioned or brought suit against some of the beach communities in the state. They say that it is restricting access to the coast and therefore in violation of the law. Basically, I heard the example: "If a fireman and his wife (a teacher) in their late 20 ... with 2 kids ... who live in West Covina .... and want to experience two weeks at a beach ... in a normal cottage with kitchen --not a hotel/motel ... and they have a tight budget..... then WHY are they denied access to a rental, just because it is short term? I believe the Coastal Commission has asked "On what grounds is this family denied access?" The cities do not have a good answer ... so far. And in the present "social issues" climate --the question asked in court will be "Why are (supposed) well-to-do beach property communities (million dollar neighborhoods) not allowing "real hardworking folks" access. If is gonna be interesting how this turns out. Finally, to be clear, I am not for or against short term rentals ... I am just stating what I know from my research with the California Association of Realtors... they are working hard to find an answer.. ,,,Jack Pharris On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:19 PM, jeff <richards20002msn.com> wrote: Jack- Thank you for your thoughts. I agree that the issue is more complex than it appears on the surface. Do you know if any legal challenges, by cities, homeowners, Air B&B, etc., have occurred over this topic, and if there have been any major rulings? If things are still playing out in court, it may be worthwhile to wait and see. Jeff Richards ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Pharris To: Diane Smith Cc: Akhtar Emon ; John Maniatakis CHOA Board ; CC RPV City Council; Krista Wealth Management; Prim Hamilton CHOA Treasurer; Jeanne Jeanne Lacombe CHOA Board ; Jeff Richards CHOA Board ; Jack Pharris CHOA Board Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals This is a very interesting topic, and the folks in the Real Estate industry (and local and state governments) are wrestling with it right now ... up in Sacramento. to "full We have always had rental property on the Hill. And a property owners ability to rent his/her property is one of the 5 fundamental rights that come with property ownership --in the U.S. and California. So, here are some of the concerns: -- This matter did not seem to be an issue until some (and a very very very few) folks began renting out extremely high-end properties to folks who wanted very high-end weddings or parties. -- Also, this process seems to have gotten more attention because it is handled on the internet (airB&B etc.)... rather than in the new papers --where it had been for decades. -- There is no real agreement on the difference between "short-term" and "long-term" rental. (Is it a weekend close to the beach, or week in a nice area, or a month --why is 30 days being brought up, or a summer --3 months, or a semester at a school --3-5 months, or a year --the legal aspect that divides renters rights from "limited" to "full")??? -- No one knows the size of the issue ... we have very limited data on who is renting -out a property -- especially part of a property --a room or cottage--and/for how long. So, any regulations by a governing body really does not know "how much" and "for whom" this will impact. Two years ago, the city of San Francisco tried to determine the size if this issue before taking formal action. They found that San Francisco had over 100,000 short term rentals (7 days of less), and that the vast majority were for home owners who were older, on social security, and need the extra money to be able to stay in the high priced city. So, the question for RPV is: "How many resident home owners will be adversely affected it they can not rent out a spare bedroom for the weekend?" -- Our city, like many others, are trying to separate the owners who are renting -out a room (or guest house attached to their home) from the large scale super mansions wedding rentals. However, there is no clear cut division --where the difference begin? -- Also, cities are concerned that people who chose to rent a room for a short time, pay no "occupancy tax", so the city is not getting this revenue. However, it has been said that this is part of the reason for the success of short term rentals. The cities have gotten too greedy by charging 15(+)% occupancy tax, and that is the reason homeowners can rent for a lower price. Bottom line, is that any city government will be inclined to either eliminate short term rentals OR change an occupancy tax on them. -- If cities do begin charging an Occupancy Tax on rentals, where will it end. Won't cities then be inclined to charge an occupancy tax on ALL residential rental property?? -- Another point --I wonder if there is a way a local city can enforce any kind of ordinance on this. Right now the way to get around these laws is to "rent the property for 31 days"...have a provision in the agreement that "either party can cancel at any time"...and then have a "verbal agreement" to leave after a long weekend, etc. -- Finally, condominium HOA ... on the other hand ... can limit rentals in their complex ... and most already have rental limits in their CC&Rs. A Board of Directors can modify their Rules and Regs at any time to alter the rental periods (short term) ... so they do not have the issues faced by other non -condo neighborhoods. In short, this issue if very very complex and not one that can be addressed at some quick city council meeting. It should require a detail assessment of the extent of the problems (and determine if there really is a problem), what can really be done about it, and if it is in the best interest of the people involved. ...Jack Pharris Jack Pharris REALTOR, Broker Associate The Real Estate Group (TRG) 23805 Hawthorne Blvd. #100 Torrance, CA 90505 Office: 310-540-0072 Cell: 310-971-7030 Fax: 310-540-8336 Email: JackPharris88@gmaii.com DRE #01394699 On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Diane Smith <radlsmith0cox.net> wrote: I agree - I think former interim city manager Carolynn Petru will be speaking out against this too Diane Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Akhtar Emon <alifCatcox.net> wrote: To: John Maniatakis, President , CHOA, Copy : CHOA Board, and RPV City Council, Subject : Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: "Short term rentals". --------------------------------------------------- As a fellow CHOA Board Member, I would like to inform you Re: many HOAs & community opposition to ALL "short term rentals" in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in P.V. News published today on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M. I have Copied the RPV City Council (CC) here. Other CHOA Board Members are also welcome to voice their opinion directly to the CC : http://www.pvnews.com/opinion/rpv-should-ban-all-short-term- rentals/article c9c610b8-7adf-ile6-8056-ff4bl6db6lfl.html?mode=jqm Regards, Akhtar H. Emon -------------------- CHOA Board Member, Please see the Editorial copied below. RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News back Side Panel 3 RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang I Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest-house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short- term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short-term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 Similar articles • Change yourself to improve the world • Honorinq American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF • Unintended consequences for cyclists Follow procedural rule Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life 5 �rom: jeff <richards2000@msn.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 12:20 PM To: radlsmith@cox.net; jackpharris88@gmail.com Cc: alif@cox.net; jmaniataki@aol.com; CC; Krista Johnson <kristamjohnson@cox.net>; flyladyprim@aol.com; chateau4us@att.net;jackpharris@kw.com Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Jack- Thank you for your thoughts. I agree that the issue is more complex than it appears on the surface. Do you know if any legal challenges, by cities, homeowners, Air B&B, etc., have occurred over this topic, and if there have been any major rulings? If things are still playing out in court, it may be worthwhile to wait and see. Jeff Richards ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Pharris To: Diane Smith Cc: Akhtar Emon ; John Maniatakis CHOA Board ; CC RPV City Council: Krista Wealth Management: Prim Hamilton CHOA Treasurer; Jeanne Jeanne Lacombe CHOA Board; Jeff Richards CHOA Board; Jack Pharris CHOA Board Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals This is a very interesting topic, and the folks in the Real Estate industry (and local and state governments) are wrestling with it right now ... up in Sacramento. to "full We have always had rental property on the Hill. And a property owners ability to rent his/her property is one of the 5 fundamental rights that come with property ownership --in the U.S. and California. So, here are some of the concerns: -- This matter did not seem to be an issue until some (and a very very very few) folks began renting out extremely high-end properties to folks who wanted very high-end weddings or parties. -- Also, this process seems to have gotten more attention because it is handled on the internet (airB&B etc.)... rather than in the new papers --where it had been for decades. -- There is no real agreement on the difference between "short-term" and "long-term" rental. (Is it a weekend close to the beach, or week in a nice area, or a month --why is 30 days being brought up, or a summer --3 months, or a semester at a school --3-5 months, or a year --the legal aspect that divides renters rights from "limited" to "full")??? -- No one knows the size of the issue ... we have very limited data on who is renting -out a property -- especially part of a property --a room or cottage--and/for how long. So, any regulations by a governing body really does not know "how much" and "for whom" this will impact. Two years ago, the city of San Francisco tried to determine the size if this issue before taking formal action. They found that San Francisco had over 100,000 short term rentals (7 days of less), and that the vast majority were for home owners who were older, on social security, and need the extra money to be able to stay in the high priced city. So, the question for RPV is: "How many resident home owners will be adversely affected it ' they can not rent out a spare bedroom for the weekend?" -- Our city, like many others, are trying to separate the owners who are renting -out a room (or guest house attached to their home) from the large scale super mansions wedding rentals. However, there is no clear cut division --where the difference begin? -- Also, cities are concerned that people who chose to rent a room for a short time, pay no "occupancy tax", so the city is not getting this revenue. However, it has been said that this is part of the reason for the success of short term rentals. The cities have gotten too greedy by charging 15(+)% occupancy tax, and that is the reason homeowners can rent for a lower price. Bottom line, is that any city government will be inclined to either eliminate short term rentals OR change an occupancy tax on them. -- If cities do begin charging an Occupancy Tax on rentals, where will it end. Won't cities then be inclined to charge an occupancy tax on ALL residential rental property?? -- Another point --I wonder if there is a way a local city can enforce any kind of ordinance on this. Right now the way to get around these laws is to "rent the property for 31 days"...have a provision in the agreement that "either party can cancel at any time"...and then have a "verbal agreement" to leave after a long weekend, etc. -- Finally, condominium HOA ... on the other hand ... can limit rentals in their complex ... and most already have rental limits in their CC&Rs. A Board of Directors can modify their Rules and Regs at any time to alter the rental periods (short term) ... so they do not have the issues faced by other non -condo neighborhoods. In short, this issue if very very complex and not one that can be addressed at some quick city council meeting. It should require a detail assessment of the extent of the problems (and determine if there really is a problem), what can really be done about it, and if it is in the best interest of the people involved. ...Jack Pharris Jack Pharris REALTOR, Broker Associate The Real Estate Group (TRG) 23805 Hawthorne Blvd. #100 Torrance, CA 90505 Office: 310-540-0072 Cell: 310-971-7030 Fax: 310-540-8336 Email: JackPharris88@gmail.com DRE #01394699 On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Diane Smith <radlsmith(cbcox.net> wrote: I agree - I think former interim city manager Carolynn Petru will be speaking out against this too Diane Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Akhtar Emon <alif(a)cox.net> wrote: To: John Maniatakis, President , CHOA, Copy : CHOA Board, and RPV City Council, Subject : Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: "Short term rentals". --------------------------------------------------- As a fellow CHOA Board Member, I would like to inform you Re: many HOAs & community opposition to ALL "short term rentals" in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in P.V. News published today on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M. I have Copied the RPV City Council (CC) here. Other CHOA Board Members are also welcome to voice their opinion directly to the CC : http://www.pvnews.com/oopinion/rpv-should-ban-all-short-term- rentals/article c9c610b8-7adf-11e6-8056-ff4b16db61f1.html?mode=jqm Regards, Akhtar H. Emon CHOA Board Member, Please see the Editorial copied below. RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News back OjPjjj] RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang I Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest-house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. 3 The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short- term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short-term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 _. ......... ......... ... ......... _ ......... Similar articles • Change yourself to improve the world • Honoring American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF •y Unintended consequences for cyclists • Follow procedural rule • Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life ....... _ .. ......... _.. ......... From: saiying@hotmail.com Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:41 PM To: daleshire@awattorneys.com Cc: CC; PC Subject: Fwd: A formal complain about RPV city councilman Mr. Misetich Dear Mr. Aleshire, I have received a reply from city manager about my formal complain. However, this reply is not satisfactory to me at all. It did not address my complain in terms of Mr. Misetich's inappropriate behavior which violated the code of conduct. This reply addressed the issue of conflict of interest. My original complain is NOT about conflict of interest, but it was about Mr. Misetich violated the code of conduct and attempted to influence the vote of city planning commission. Given the overwhelming evidence, with 32 well documented second -by second counts of his inappropriate behavior, I strongly suggest that you should step up and recuse Mr. Misetich from participating in ALL future discussion on STR related issues, including the city council meeting scheduled on September 20th, 2016 . Sincerely yours, Ying Begin forwarded message: From: "saiyinq(a hotmail.com" <saiying(cr hotmail.com> Subject: Fwd: A formal complain about RPV city councilman Mr. Misetich Date: September 12, 2016 at 2:54:03 PM PDT To: "mrmizuguchi(a)_yahoo.com" <mrmizuguchi aO_yahoo.com>, "Irene.henrikson(a)-cox.net" <Irene.henrikson(a cox.net> Begin forwarded message: From: Gabriella Yap <gyap@rpvca.gov> Date: September 12, 2016 at 12:54:05 PM PDT To: "saiying@ hotmaii.com" <saiyingAhotmail.com>, CC <CCCcr-rpvca.gov> Cc: PC <P.....,C.(a)_rpvca.pov> Subject: RE: A formal complain about RPV city councilman Mr. Misetich Dear Ms. Ying, Thank you for your email, which has been included in the record. This does not appear to be a legal issue as Mr. Misetich was in attendance of the meeting as a private citizen, not as a representative of the Council. In the public arena we use the term "conflict of interest" in a fairly precise way since the adoption of the Political Reform Act in 1974 which refers to financial conflicts of interest. If Mr. Misetich had a "material" source of income, business interest, or interest in real property which was impacted by a decision he was going to participate in, he might have a conflict under the statute, and be forced not to participate (but it is only a question of not participating in particular decisions, not being removed from a body). It does not appear that such a conflict exists as to necessitate him recusing himself. Every resident is entitled to their opinion and there has been a tremendous amount of feedback on this issue from all sides. The 5 -member Council will be reviewing the massive amounts of correspondence they have received thus far (and will continue to receive), and will be giving all speakers a chance to comment at the meeting. I'd encourage everyone to focus on the issues, not the people. The City Attorney and Deputy City Attorney are copied on this email in case they have anything to add. Sincerely, Gabriella Yap Deputy City Manager 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (310) 544-5203 (310) 544-5291 From: saiyin @hotmailxom [mailto:saiying@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 10:14 AM To: CC <CC Qrpvca.gov> Cc: PC <PC@rpvca.gov> Subject: A formal complain about RPV city councilman Mr. Misetich Dear members of City Council, I would like to report to you a clear volition of California Government Code of Conduct (Cal code Regs. 18702.3) by RPV city councilman Mr. Misetich. By watching the video recording of August 23rd Planning Commission Meeting, I have noticed that Mr. Misetich, who was sitting right behind speaker podium (in white shirt) made faces, gestures or nodding that obviously expressed his personal opinion on a divisive and sensitive issue. His personal opinion was clearly expressed as in support of a total ban on STR. Many of attendees of the meeting noticed his inappropriate behavior during the meeting. His behavior has the following negative consequences: Intimated several speakers who were going to speak out in against the total ban on STR, but decided to leave the meeting or to stay quiet in fear of retaliation in the future. 2. By the sitting position Mr. Misetich has chosen, it is clearly that his opinioned expression and gestures would be easily read by planning commissioners, and he was purposefully sending a clear signal to all the commissioners. 3. His inappropriate behavior was clearly an attempt to influence Planning Commission vote. I believe Mr. Misetich's unacceptable behavior is a disgrace of public trust, is in clear violation of Government Code of Ethics. I ask city of RPV to take immediate action to recuse him from participating in any future governmental function on STR matter. As supporting evidence, please see three attachments below: A. "Providing Conflict of Interest Advice", page 39, C. Cal code regs. 18702.3 B. Documentation of time stamp record of Mr. Misetich's inappropriate behavior during the meeting. C. Link to watch video of August 23rd RPV Planning Commission Meeting. http://rpv.gi-anicus.com/MediaPlaye�t-.php?view id=5&clip id=2612 Sincerely yours, Ying Sai (For your convenience I also attached a PDF copy of this letter with this email) Attachment A, Page 39, section C Cal code regs. 18702.3 from "Providing Conflict of Interest Advice". Attachment B Documentation of Inappropriate Behaviors of Mr. Misetich on August 23rd planning commission meeting # of occurrence time stamp 1 0:54:03 2 0:54:11 3 0:55:47 4 0:56:17 5 0:57:22 6 0:58:25 7 1:02:22 8 1:11:53 9 1:12:11 3 10 1:12:39 11 1:13:14 12 1:13:24 13 1:14:18 14 1:14:29 15 1:18:29 16 1:20:15 17 1:20:19 18 1:20:42 19 1:20:51 20 1:22:05 21 1:23:43 22 1:24:25 23 1:25:34 24 1:25:44 25 1:26:29 26 1:26:43 27 1:27:40 28 1:30:10 29 1:38:48 30 1:42:38 31 1:44:11 32 1:45:58 Attachment C To verify the following time stamp record please click on item "5. SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL..." OR click on http:/Irpv.granicus.com/"MediaPlayer.php.?view id=5&clip id=2612 4 From: saiying@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:12 AM To: CC; PC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva Cc: Maura Mizuguchi; Irene Henrikson Subject: Newport Beach most recent community meeting power point. Attachments: Newport Beach Community Meeting -6-21-16 (1) 2.pptx; ATT00001.txt Dear members of city council, Newport Beach has started its STR regulation since 2004, issued about 200 permit at that time. Today the number of STR permit issued have raised to 1000 plus and TOT collected over $2 million, 9% of its total tax revenue. In the past 12 years Newport Beach has fine tuned its practice through trial and error. A few points that interesting to note: 1. They work with online platforms on enforcement and TOT tax (10%) collection. 2. All STR enforcement cost, such as hiring part time and full time staff members, are well covered by TOT and party house fines collected. Attached is a copy of their power point presentation in the most recent 6/21/2016 community meeting. Sincerely yours, Ying Short -Term Lodgings and Rentals ---------------- 0 ------------ COMMUNITY MEETING JUNE 21, 2o16 VRBC( 12: 1 /,\, from HomeAway IFLIPKEY" by zgiMripadvisor January 2016 City Council Study Session ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 ------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ • Council is interested in: I- Public outreach. Stakeholder discussions. o Filling in gaps on the Peninsula for vacation rentals? Adopting regulations for Homesharing? c. Adopting standard operational guidelines for vacation rentals? c- Pursuing agreements with the online services to disclose rental information and submit TOT to City. Progress To Date • Public outreach. March 23rd Public Meeting c Newport Beach Association of Realtors c Balboa Island Improvement Association Individual meetings with Residents and Realtors • Evaluated in gaps in limited R -i zone areas on the Peninsula • Defined Homesharing • Drafted expanded operational standards for vacation rentals • Pursued agreements with the online services to disclose rental information and submit TOT to City. 1 ♦ 74 ` \ 1 Pw 1 �e 9�n9npAseaynan� , -�� P AAAA 9AAA �6A6��A sAAA4 O-_. °— ec;z° Active Short -Term Lodging Permits Concentrated Areas --------------------------------- n05 -------------------------------- O 0 0 O 0 Op Active Short -Term Lodging Permits (Concentrated Areas) ° 044 Account for: 116 West Newport /Newport Shores 6% of 1,933 Housing Units in Area °g 662 Balboa Peninsula 11%of 5,877 Housing Units in Area 000 ° 226 Balboa Island 10% of 2,123 Housing Units in Area O 55 Corona del Mar Village 1% of 3,298 Housing Units in Area 9 All other Areas 1068 Active Permits As of January 6, 2016 a° O O p0 O 00- O 0 00 O Q O O O O 0 0 O �I`= 0 0 I =1= 1� D `� Filling in the Gaps?? -------------- ---------------- (D ------------ - -------- ---------- -------- ---------- ------ • Should Single -Family Districts where STL has been grandfathered allow additional STL permits? Filling in the Gaps?? ------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- • Many of the R-1 areas were created in 1989 because of small lots. Others were always R -i. • Interest to preserve single-family character. RECOMMENDATION: No change to areas where STL is permitted Homesharing — What is that? -------------- ---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- G_ Typical vacation rentals are for entire units, and the owners are not present. Homesharing means that the owner is present, who rents out a bedroom or even a couch on a short-term basis. "Homesharing" is already permitted, but a definition is needed. An example of "Homer -sharing" Hornesharing- continued • RECOMMENDATION: Create Definition "Short term" shall mean occupancy of a lodging unit for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less. This also includes a maximum of one written or oral rental agreement within a lodging unit for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less,, wherein the owner, tenant= agent, or rental manager is the long-term occupant of the lodging unit and is residing at the lodging unit during the term of the rental agreement. Operational Standards 0 Interior Notification Exterior Notification Name of local contact person on a 24 hour basis. Local contact must be within 10 miles of the unit Number & location of on-site parking Trash pick up day and posting of rules related to trash services Street Sweeping Day Notice that guests are responsible for all activities, violations will result in fines. Shall display a notice on the exterior that is legible and visible to general public Local contact person phone number that is within 10 miles of unit Short Term Lodging Permit number City website address, Police Department phone, Code Enforcement phone Other Max. Occupancy: 2 adults (18 yrs or older) per bedroom Provide City with local contact person information Short term lodging permit to be displayed on all advertisements Unregistered/Non Compliant Units: will be required to vacate the guests from the unit within 24 hours No Commercial activities RECOMMENDATION: EXPAND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS Code Enforcement 0 • Enforcement is key 2015 — 23 Administrative Citations Issued �- June 2015 — seasonal employee hired to assist in enforcement Over 25o non-compliant on-line listings identified Of those, 131 obtained the required permits x City collected $218,700 in fees and TOT as a result of the enforcement effort • Increased Enforcement Summer 2016 — Seasonal employee to focus on on-line listings Proactive Enforcement Program c Noise Abatement: DAC/LUGO Enforcement Use of Tier 2 Fines ($1,000, $2,000, $3,000) Interactive Map --------- - - --- - ---------------------- --------------------------------- () ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - -------- • Find out where STL is: permitted, not permitted and Interactive the status of existing permits.Interactive Map BAddaSearch p The Interactive Map or Address Search tools can assist to you with the following information for a particular 7717, se, '-a�:, Q - (�' 1 L .war : a,ome Newport aeacn_ . P/ Newport ae- GL.. • Active Short -Term Lodging Permits _ - - ------ — -- -_-- Short -Term Lodging allowed subject to zon,ng compliance PC A 2A InformarL. Newport 9eeih G5 - Emp.- Vj Geomrtez Viewer for Sily_ iC login Q; %& CNB - Wer6die WebUnk Properties permitted prior to June 2004 per M.C. 5.95.020 interactive Map & Add— Search Tate frit, --two Map or Address Search too?, can asst ;o yon wmt the toeannq ntormahon for a particular properly • Active Short -Term Locking Permits • Ghon Te_ Lodgrno allowed subiect to zoning compionce • Properbes pernrtted prior to hine 2006 per M . 5.95.020 Clerk Interactive Map to view or Enter Address Below: PERMITTED Enter Address 1826 OCEAN Dick Interactive Map to view or Enter Address Below: Enter Address �s 1909 OCEAN FRONT W Short -Tenn Lodging is prohibited. Shoe Term Lodging K allowed sutga;t to zonm9 rxrmpliance, but here is riot c'norrtN en active permit Interactive Map & Address Search The Interactive Map or Address Search tools can assist to you with the follow:nq information for a particular • Active Short -Tenn Lodging Permits • Short -Term Lodging allowed subject to zoning compliance • Properties permitted prior to June 2004 per M.0 5.95.020 Click Interactive Map to view or Enter Address Below: Ester Addr Short -Term Lodging is allowed subject to zoning compliance currently an active permit, SLP11161. PERMIT STATUS PROHIBITED The Internet Effect ---------- _o • Online companies such as VRBO, F1ipKey, and airbnb have created a whole new facet to vacation rentals. Lj JPKEY by o tripadvisor /2\,, V R B C( II from HomeAway :•, • Difficult to regulate because online businesses do not have a physical presence here. The Internet Effect --------- ----------------------- ------------- O • ---- ------- - -------- - ----------- Online companies have said the City rules do not apply to them • The City disagrees and is working to get them to follow the same rules everyone must follow • Working with airbnb to get agreement that they will: o Only list rentals that have a valid City STLP * Allow for auditing of TOT revenue o Pay TOT on all rental income received I FLIPKEY by s�tripadvisor Next Steps • August g, 2016 City Council Meeting— Present Findings to Council and request further direction. Questions () -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: saiying@hotmai►.com Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 9:25 AM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva; PC Cc: Maura Mizuguchi; Irene Henrikson Subject: Official document from Airbnb about: How TOT collection and remittance work Attachments: TOT How does Occupancy Tax Collection and Remittance by Airbnb work_ _ Airbnb Help Center.pdf Dear members of city council, Following is an official document from Airbnb about: How TOT collection and remittance work. As home owner and short term rental host family, my husband and I appreciate your time and effort in listening and considering concerns from all sides of this issue. Thank you, Ying 9/13/2016 How does Occupancy Tax Collection and Remittance by Airbnb work? How does Occupancy Tax Collection and Remittance by Airbnb work? In areas that Airbnb has made agreements with governments to collect and remit local taxes on behalf of hosts, Airbnb calculates applicable local taxes and collects those taxes from guests at the time of booking. Airbnb then takes care of remitting collected taxes to the applicable tax authority on the hosts' behalf. This doesn't change which taxes are due, but automating the process makes tax collection easier for all parties involved. If occupancy tax is being collected for your area, it appears as a line item on your listing's public page. You can also confirm what taxes are being collected and remitted by looking for occupancy tax details in ana e Listin Location, underneath the Address section. Taxes collected on reservations do not affect the amount of host payouts. Hosts continue to get their payout of accommodation fees minus Airbnb service fees. Collected Occupancy Taxes are listed in the Gross Earnings section of hosts' transaction history, and appear as a line item on all guest receipts. Was this article helpful? Yes or No Related articles https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/1036/how-does-occupancy-tax-collection-and-remittance-by-airbnb-work 1/1 From: Dave Aleshire <daleshire@awattorneys.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 8:13 PM To: 'Alan Siegel' Subject: RE: Formal Complaint of Anthony Misetich Thanks so much Alan --In my business it's always so great, and can be a surprise, that people are actually reflective about all of this. You made my weekend. From: Alan Siegel [mailto:siegelal@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 8:07 PM To: Dave Aleshire Subject: Re: Formal Complaint of Anthony Misetich Mr. Aleshire- Thank you very much for taking the time to write such an informative and clear explanation. I certainly learned a lot from it. I agree, it would be a shame if any more time is spent on this avenue. Regards. Alan Siegel Sent from my mobile, so please excuse brevity and typos. On Sep 16, 2016, at 7:35 PM, Dave Aleshire <daleshire a,awattorngys.com> wrote: We have not been asked by staff to look into the matter but from the emails I don't see much of a legal nature which would raise concerns. Let me see if I can explain in a simple fashion. It does not seem to be a conflict of interest matter. These laws deal with whether someone has a financial interest in a matter which is different from that which the public would have generally. Potentially all residents might have an interest in the opportunity to have short term rentals ---•-since the interests are wide spread and not particular, there is no conflict. [This is the same reason that a councilmember could vote on a decision to raise sewer rates—it certainly affects them, but the impact is the same as for all residents]. The other issue which would arise is whether the councilmember is bias or could make a fair decision. This seems to be the major argument being made by most. Here, the law differs in treatment based on the nature of the decision. If the decision is what we call "adjudicative" then the decision maker is supposed to be unbias. Adjudicative matters are ones where the decision -maker is acting like a judge. We don't want judges to have made their decision in advance of hearing the matter. City councils act in an adjudicative capacity in certain matters where they are deciding a particular matter involving specific persons or properties and findings are required --like approving a variance or conditional use permit. However, city councils also act in a legislative capacity where they are adopting laws which affect the city generally. The municipal code is filled with such laws, and the adoption of zoning itself is a legislative act. Here, a legislator is permitted to have an opinion—even a preformed opinion. Let's say that the City's zoning would permit a 5 story apartment house on the coastal bluffs. Let's say someone was upset and wanted to limit height to single story and the community rose up and adopted an initiative to limit height, and this person appeared at forums for the measure and ran for council based on their support of the measure, and the measure passed and the person was elected for council. Thereafter, could the person speak on coastal height issues, or are they bias and disqualified? The answer is that they can still act on such legislation. We expect legislators to tell us what their positions are and we elect them based on these positions ---so it would make no sense if when they got elected they couldn't have opinions on such matters. The issue of short term rentals has not been on the ballot, but it is a legislative question as it broadly affects the community. The entire council considered this matter previously and the councilmembers expressed positions and then forwarded the matter to the planning commission so restrictions could be adopted. So councilmembers have expressed themselves on the subject. Because this is a legislative matter, there is nothing wrong with this—and nothing would prevent Councilmember Misetich from continuing to participate in the Council discussion—even if you thought from his body language at the Planning Commission he already had an opinion. You may interpret this to mean that the whole Council's opinion is set—and that is not my meaning. At the Council meeting, I'd say that 80% of the speakers were neighbors unhappy with certain current short term rental properties. The adoption of legislation is a multi -phase process with a number of hearings. If the next time there is a different tenor to the crowd, maybe the councilmembers will feel differently. Sometimes you advocate before a friendly body, and sometimes unfriendly. That is the nature of the legislative process. Sometimes legislators walk into hearings with set opinions, and sometimes they do not—but it is neither illegal nor unethical for them to have opinions before the hearing. It is your job to persuade—and you have 5 members who will make the decision. I have gone to length to explain this and try and do it in terms all can understand because it would be a great pity if in the upcoming hearing a lot of time is spent on a non-existent issue instead of the merits of your argument. The entire council has considered this matter, and Councilman Misetich was not in a minority in his opinion. It will be your job to persuade them of the merits of your position when at the first hearing, the impacted neighbors made the best argument. Thanks for listening, I From: Maura Mizuguchi[mailto:mrmizuguchi(-ayahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 11:32 AM To: Dave Aleshire Cc: Mark Coleman; Craig Douglass; Fernanda; David G; Barbara Gore; Irene Henrikson; Andrea Joannou; Eric Mark; Maya; Millie Oh; Frank Overbeek; Bonnie Porter; Yolanda Quimbayo; Alan Siegel; Ling Tang; Lori Trull; Robert Wu; Michael Yu Subject: Re: Formal Complaint of Anthony Misetich Mr. Aleshire, With the very important meeting on Sept. 20, 1 am wondering if you are looking into this matter. Sincerely, Maura Mizuguchi On Monday, September 12, 2016 2:45 PM, Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizu uchi iyahoo.com> wrote: Dear Mr. Aleshire, Is the Deputy City Manager giving her legal opinion or is this your legal opinion? It seems clear to me that this Misetich's actions are in violation of the law. Sincerely, Maura Mizuguchi On Monday, September 12, 2016 12:51 PM, Gabriella Yap <gyap(c),rpvca.gov> wrote: Dear Ms. Mizuguchi, Thank you for your email, which has been included in the record. This does not appear to be a legal issue as Mr. Misetich was in attendance of the meeting as a private citizen, not as a representative of the Council. In the public arena we use the term "conflict of interest" in a fairly precise way since the adoption of the Political Reform Act in 1974 which refers to financial conflicts of interest. If Mr. Misetich had a "material" source of income, business interest, or interest in real property which was impacted by a decision he was going to participate in, he might have a conflict under the statute, and be forced not to participate (but it is only a question of not participating in particular decisions, not being removed from a body). It does not appear that such a conflict exists as to necessitate him recusing himself. Every resident is entitled to their opinion and there has been a tremendous amount of feedback on this issue from all sides. The 5 -member Council will be reviewing the massive amounts of correspondence they have received thus far (and will continue to receive), and will be giving all speakers a chance to comment at the meeting. I'd encourage everyone to focus on the issues, not the people. The City Attorney and Deputy City Attorney are copied on this email in case they have anything to add. Sincerely, Gabriella Yap Deputy City Manager 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (310) 544-5203 (310) 544-5291 From: Maura Mizuguchi[mailto:mrmizuquchi(a�,yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 4:35 PM To: CC <CCCcDrpvca.gov>; daleshire(cD-awattorneys.com; PC <PC(7rpvca.gov> Subject: Formal Complaint of Anthony Misetich Dear Leaders of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes: I am writing to report Mr. Anthony Misetich's misconduct at the City Planning Commission meeting on August 23, 2016. My name is Maura Mizuguchi a long term resident (nearly 15 years) of Rancho Palos Verdes. I am a single mother, who works full time outside of my home. I am the primary care giver of two boys, one of whom I must now provide financial support to attend college, and the other of special needs. I have held and still hold various leadership positions in the community and charitable organizations and still support such organizations financially. The abandonment of my ex wrecked me emotionally and financially. To make ends meet, I have turned to short term rentals, after having more than one negative experience attempting to provide long term rental. I came to speak in favor of short term rentals as an option for many of us who share similar stories to fill a temporary financial void. I sat behind Mr. Anthony Misetich, City Councilman, and was extremely discouraged by his behavior. He sat right in plain view of the City Planning Commission and through his expressions, gestures, and non verbal communications, was clearly signaling his opinion. It is clear that he is not able to hear with a clear mind what any of us representing a more thoughtful regulation of short term rentals had to say. His conduct was encouraging and empowering those who were against short term rentals and I felt extremely ganged up against. I watched the signals from the Planning Commissioners and the majority of the other members of the audience and was so distraught that when I took the podium I could not even think straight anymore. I know my voice amongst many others are hidden from the City for fear of retaliation. It is clear that Mr. Misetich is unable to listen with an open mind. He influences the behavior of the crowd, and those of the Planning Commission. I therefore request he be recused from attending any meeting pertaining to the regulation of short term rentals. I believe this is a clear violation of California Government Code of Conduct (Cal code Regs. 18702.3) by RPV city councilman Mr. Misetich. His behavior has the following negative consequences: 1. Intimated several speakers who were going to speak out in against the total ban on STIR, but decided to leave the meeting or to stay quiet in fear of retaliation in the future. 2. By sitting in the location he chose, he was in plain view by the audience, the camera, and the Planning Commissioners. He was purposefully sending a clear signal to the entire community. 3. His inappropriate behavior was clearly an attempt to influence the vote. I believe Mr. Misetich's unacceptable behavior is a disgrace of public trust, is in clear violation of Government Code of Ethics. I ask city of RPV to take immediate action to recuse him from participating in any future governmental function on STIR matter. As supporting evidence, please see three attachments below: A. "Providing Conflict of Interest Advice", page 39, C. Cal code regs. 18702.3 B. Documentation of time stamp record of Mr. Misetich's inappropriate behavior during the meeting. C. Link to watch video of August 23rd RPV Planning Commission Meeting. htt ://r v. ranicus,com/MediaPl er. h ?view idcli id=2612 Sincerely yours, Maura Mizuguchi From: Maura Mizuguchi <mrmizuguchi@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 9:31 PM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva Subject: Please Allow Short Term Rentals Attachments: IMG 0038.JPG Dear City of Rancho Palos Verdes, I urge you to reconsider your proposal to ban or restrict short term rentals in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. I am the Airbnb listing that hosted Leslie Austdal, former resident of Rancho Palos Verdes and daughter of Fred Hesse, Jr. Leslie now lives in Norway. For those who are not aware, Fred Hesse, Jr. was one of the founders of Rancho Palos Verdes in September 1973. He and a number of residents from neighboring cities also formed "Save our Coastline." He worked with the residents, county and state, to form the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. Without her father, RPV would be a completely different community. Because of Airbnb, Leslie was able to find affordable lodging for herself and her family at my home. Without my home, she would not have been able to show her husband and her children the area she was raised, and show them all of the great work her father had done to create the City. Upon the news of such a notable person visiting our neighborhood, I notified city officials of her return to Rancho Palos Verdes. The city officials hosted a wonderful reception at the community center named after Leslie's father, Fred Hesse Jr. Leslie's brother and his family drove from San Diego and attend the event attended by: Susan Brooks, then Mayor of RPV, Councilman Ken Dyda, Councilman Jerry Duhovic, Carolyn Lehr, RPV City Manager, and the original founders of Rancho Palos Verdes: Dina Friedson, Barbara Gleghorn, and Betty Field Strauss. With the unavailability of local affordable lodging, it is important to allow families such as Fred Hesse Jr.'s children and grandchildren to visit the city their father helped create. Sincerely, Maura Mizuguchi 7242 Avenida Altisima Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 From: jmaniataki@aol.com Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:48 PM To: jackpharris88@gmail.com; richards2000@msn.com Cc: radlsmith@cox.net; alif@cox.net; CC; Krista Johnson <kristamjohnson@cox.net>; flyladyprim@aol.com; chateau4us@att.net;jackpharris@kw.com Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals I agree, how do you control the rentals or even stop them..... government acts to slowly to be effective and monitor the situation. The issue of ownership and related restriction that can be enforced..... the issues go on and on. John -----Original Message ----- From: Jack Pharris <jackpharris88@gmail. com> To: jeff <richards2000@msn.com> Cc: radlsmith <radlsmith@cox.net>; alif <alif@cox.net>; jmaniataki <jmaniataki@aol.com>; cc <cc@rpvca.gov>; kristamjohnson <kristamjohnson@cox.net>; flyladyprim <flyladyprim@aol.com>; chateau4us <chateau4us@att.net>; jackpharris <jackpharris@kw.com> Sent: Fri, Sep 16, 2016 12:44 pm Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Jeff, I know that the California Coastal Commission has either questioned or brought suit against some of the beach communities in the state. They say that it is restricting access to the coast and therefore in violation of the law. Basically, I heard the example: "If a fireman and his wife (a teacher) in their late 20 ... with 2 kids ... who live in West Covina.... and want to experience two weeks at a beach ... in a normal cottage with kitchen --not a hotel/motel ... and they have a tight budget..... then WHY are they denied access to a rental, just because it is short term? I believe the Coastal Commission has asked "On what grounds is this family denied access?" The cities do not have a good answer ... so far. And in the present "social issues" climate --the question asked in court will be "Why are (supposed) well-to-do beach property communities (million dollar neighborhoods) not allowing "real hardworking folks" access. If is gonna be interesting how this turns out. Finally, to be clear, I am not for or against short term rentals ... I am just stating what I know from my research with the California Association of Realtors... they are working hard to find an answer.. ,,,Jack Pharris On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 12:19 PM, jeff <richards2000(cDmsn.com> wrote: Jack- Thank you for your thoughts. I agree that the issue is more complex than it appears on the surface. Do you know if any legal challenges, by cities, homeowners, Air B&B, etc., have occurred over this topic, and if there have been any major rulings? If things are still playing out in court, it may be worthwhile to wait and see. Jeff Richards ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Pharris To: Diane Smith Cc: Akhtar Emon ; John Maniatakis CHOA Board ; CC RPV City Council: Krista Wealth Management; Prim Hamilton CHOA Treasurer; Jeanne Jeanne Lacombe CHOA Board ; Jeff Richards CHOA Board ; Jack Pharris CHOA Board Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals This is a very interesting topic, and the folks in the Real Estate industry (and local and state governments) are wrestling with it right now ... up in Sacramento. to "full We have always had rental property on the Hill. And a property owners ability to rent his/her property is one of the 5 fundamental rights that come with property ownership --in the U.S. and California. So, here are some of the concerns: -- This matter did not seem to be an issue until some (and a very very very few) folks began renting out extremely high-end properties to folks who wanted very high-end weddings or parties. -- Also, this process seems to have gotten more attention because it is handled on the internet (airB&B etc.)... rather than in the new papers --where it had been for decades. -- There is no real agreement on the difference between "short-term" and "long-term" rental. (Is it a weekend close to the beach, or week in a nice area, or a month --why is 30 days being brought up, or a summer --3 months, or a semester at a school --3-5 months, or a year --the legal aspect that divides renters rights from "limited" to "full")??? -- No one knows the size of the issue ... we have very limited data on who is renting -out a property -- especially part of a property --a room or cottage--and/for how long. So, any regulations by a governing body really does not know "how much" and "for whom" this will impact. Two years ago, the city of San Francisco tried to determine the size if this issue before taking formal action. They found that San Francisco had over 100,000 short term rentals (7 days of less), and that the vast majority were for home owners who were older, on social security, and need the extra money to be able to stay in the high priced city. So, the question for RPV is: "How many resident home owners will be adversely affected it they can not rent out a spare bedroom for the weekend?" -- Our city, like many others, are trying to separate the owners who are renting -out a room (or guest house attached to their home) from the large scale super mansions wedding rentals. However, there is no clear cut division --where the difference begin? -- Also, cities are concerned that people who chose to rent a room for a short time, pay no "occupancy tax", so the city is not getting this revenue. However, it has been said that this is part of the reason for the success of short term rentals. The cities have gotten too greedy by charging 15(+)% occupancy tax, and that is the reason homeowners can rent for a lower price. Bottom line, is that any city government will be inclined to either eliminate short term rentals OR change an occupancy tax on them. -- If cities do begin charging an Occupancy Tax on rentals, where will it end. Won't cities then be inclined to charge an occupancy tax on ALL residential rental property?? -- Another point --I wonder if there is a way a local city can enforce any kind of ordinance on this. Right now the way to get around these laws is to "rent the property for 31 days"...have a provision in the agreement that "either party can cancel at any time"...and then have a "verbal agreement" to leave after a long weekend, etc. -- Finally, condominium HOA ... on the other hand ... can limit rentals in their complex—and most already have rental limits in their CC&Rs. A Board of Directors can modify their Rules and Regs at any time to alter the rental periods (short term) ... so they do not have the issues faced by other non -condo neighborhoods. In short, this issue if very very complex and not one that can be addressed at some quick city council meeting. It should require a detail assessment of the extent of the problems (and determine if there really is a problem), what can really be done about it, and if it is in the best interest of the people involved. ...Jack Pharris Jack Pharris REALTOR, Broker Associate The Real Estate Group (TRG) 23805 Hawthorne Blvd. #100 Torrance, CA 90505 Office: 310-540-0072 Cell: 310-971-7030 Fax: 310-540-8336 Email: 3ackPharris880gmail.com DRE #01394699 On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Diane Smith <radlsmith(a)cox.net> wrote: I agree - I think former interim city manager Carolynn Petru will be speaking out against this too Diane Sent from my Whone On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Akhtar Emon <alifCOcox.net> wrote: To: John Maniatakis, President , CHOA, Copy : CHOA Board, and RPV City Council, Subject : Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: "Short term rentals". --------------------------------------------------- As a fellow CHOA Board Member, I would like to inform you Re: many HOAs & community opposition to ALL "short term rentals" in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in P.V. News published today on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M. I have Copied the RPV City Council (CC) here. Other CHOA Board Members are also welcome to voice their opinion directly to the CC http://www.pvnews.com/opinion/rpv-should-ban-all-short-term- rentals/article c9c610b8-7adf-ile6-8056-ff4bl6db6lfl.html?mode=iqm Regards, Akhtar H. Emon -------------------- CHOA Board Member, Please see the Editorial copied below. 3 RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News Fback Side Panel RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang I Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest-house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short- term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short-term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 Similar articles • Change yourself to improve the world 4 •; Honoring American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF • Unintended consequences for cyclists • Follow procedural rule • Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life From: Dawning Wu <dawninglwu@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 2:39 PM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; octavio@rpvca.gov Subject: Airbnb Proposed Ordinance - Thank you for your time Greetings, members of City Council, Ara, and Octavio! I am a graduate student in Pittsburgh, PA, originally from San Jose, CA. Recently I stayed at an Airbnb hosted by Millie Lee at 6971 Grovespring Drive in RPV (the City). I stayed in the City two nights for a wedding (I was bridesmaid) and was quite reluctant to spend the exorbitant amount of money on a two -night hotel stay nearby. However, I knew I had to stay in close proximity to the wedding venue, since we had an early call time. Thankfully, I found Millie's Airbnb early in the process and made contact with her. I explained the reason for my stay and she was very fast in correspondence online. When I arrived at the stay, she was very friendly towards me and beyond hospitable; I felt very welcomed to the City. Because of her and the affordability of her Airbnb, I now find RPV to be a place where I might come back for a visit. In fact, I made a mental note to refer my friends to her place, if ever they needed a place to stay in RPV. This was before she told me about this proposed ordinance. Due to the nature of RPV's being a high cost of living area, I believe the City would be limiting its expansion and development by preventing Airbnbs from operation. This means of attracting people who otherwise would not come to the City position Airbnb stays, such as Millie's, in a critical role for attracting mid-level income families to RPV, which coincides with General Plan goals of maintaining an urban environment element and investing in future growth. Additionally, per the RPV General Plan, the Airbnb stays enhance the socio/cultural element for the City, as Millie informed me that it has enriched her life in the relatively short amount of time that she has been involved as an Airbnb host. This also coincides with the Land Use Plan: "to provide for land uses which will be sensitive to and enhance the natural environment and character of the community, supply appropriate facilities to serve residents and visitors, promote a range of housing types, promote fiscal balance, and protect the general health, safety, and welfare of the community." I believe and can personally testify that Airbnbs far outperform larger hotel businesses in this matter of welcoming visitors to the City in a way that encourages building long-term relationships with the City and enhances the probability of returning. Staying in a hotel does not result in personal connection and therefore it becomes a one-time visit, especially due to the exorbitant costs of staying in hotels in RPV. Airbnbs are different and beneficial for this purpose, as building relationships with the hosts encourage multiple visits and help visitors gain different levels of exposure to the City, as the hosts often provide useful information for the visitors. Therefore, I urge you to reconsider the proposal to ban short-term rentals in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes. Please let me know if you have any questions about my stay at 6971 Grovespring Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes with Millie Lee. I will be more than happy to testify on behalf of Millie, as much as I have capability. Thank you very much for your time and consideration, Dawning Wu 408-513-7942 dawninglwu(? gmail. com Dawning Wu B.S., Environmental Sciences 2013 M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering 2016 From: Fernanda Padilla <fernanda@amoramores.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 12:24 PM To: CC; PC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva Subject: STR Dear City Counsel members: It has been brought to my attention that there is a motion to ban short term rentals in our city. We have been sharing our home with guests from around the world for the past several months and have had nothing but great experiences. Allow me to first share with you that most of our guests come to weddings in the surrounding wedding venues, such as Terranea, Trump Golf, etc. However, we have also had visitors from throughout the United States and Europe that have come to enjoy our beautiful scenery and have chosen our community as a base for their LA or California visit. Most of our visitors come as a family and have small children or toddlers, that choose our home to benefit from our own toddler's room, play room and infrastructure that our guests would otherwise not benefit from in a hotel. STR provides people the opportunity to enjoy our beautiful city, either in an affordable manner or simply the opportunity to enjoy a more local experience while enjoying the comforts of a home. We understand, stand by and support the city ordinance regarding noise, large gatherings, etc. We want our city to be as quiet and peaceful as it is, while at the same time welcoming and celebrating the thousands of visitors, cyclist, trail walkers, etc that enjoy the scene and beuty of our city on the weekends and holidays and that further represent a source of income to the commercial business and our community in general. In such sense, we make it clear to our guests that large gatherings, parties and non compliance with noise ordinance is absolutely prohibited. Further, this is our house and the last thing we want is for it to be visited by guests that would use our house for improper purposes or that would put ourselves at odds with our neighbors and our community. In order to accomplish this, all of our guests go through a thorough screening process that includes but is not limited to identity verification, both on line and off line, as well as previous referrals. We have rented our home out over the weekend or on holidays over 20 times in the last 12 months and have not had one complaint from anyone and as a homeowner and family have received nothing but gratefulness and outstanding guests that have treated our home as their own. Last but not least, it is important to consider that such activity has become an important source of suplemental income for our household, that would be detrimental for us to loose. When we decided as a community to have world class resort such as Terranea, we also decided that we wanted to share the beauty of our community to hundreds, if not thousands of people every weekend. To imply that crime rate or housing value is reduced because of short terms rentals, is not only unsubstantiated but also sensationalistic and serves no purpose other than to create a ridiculous fear factor. We ask that any decision is made on a fact basis and setting a side unfolded information, emotion or subjectiveness emerged from gross ignorance. Given the above, I respectfully urge you to reconsider such motion and in turn, continue to enforce and educate our neighbors about our city ordinances regarding noise, parties and all the other valid concerns that may have given light to the ban initiative. Please know that we have been and will continue to be committed to such ordinances and that, just as everyone else in our community, we want our city to continue being, quiet, peaceful and beautiful, while at the same time having the opportunity to share such blessings with others while having earning much needed suplemental income. With hopes that this letter may provide proper balance in order for the Honorable counsel to make a balanced and proper decision I remain, Sincerely, Fernanda Padilla From: Margaret Shih <marg.shih@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 10:46 AM To: CC Cc: James Bertolina; Gail Parker; Joe Barger; gregmitre; Faith Stapleton Subject: Short Term rentals Dear Members of the City Council, We have learned about city council meeting on Sept 20, 2016 to consider banning Air BnB and other short term rentals. Unfortunately, we cannot attend the meeting. Because this issue is so important to us, we are taking time out of our vacation to write and express our strong support for prohibiting short term rentals in RPV, as it has been banned for all neighboring communities and cities nearby. We have been living in RPV for more than seven years. Last year, our neighbor across the strong sold his home and the new owners are using their property as a rental through AirBnB. We have a young child and do not like the constant flow of strangers into and out of our neighborhood. We are particularly uncomfortable with the nature of some of the rentals at the AirBnB property on our street: for some rentals, we have observed many cars coming to and from the property at all hours of the night, with parties sometimes spilling out of the garage, and strangers standing around staring down residents. Some may argue that prohibiting AirBnB will hurt property values; in reality, the reverse is more likely the case. Permitting AirBnB diminishes the reputation of safe, stable, and family -friendly communities that enhance the desirability of RPV. Further, if the permanency and pride of homeownership are replaced with the transience of investors, you lose the involvement and preservation of community that separates RPV from other cities. A complete ban of short-term rentals completely is the only acceptable option. It is most easily enforceable and addresses the concerns of the neighborhood. Please be sure that the penalties are severe enough to offset any economic benefits individuals might get from illegally renting out their properties. Thank you for your consideration. Margaret Shih and Alan Tomines 3705 Hightide Dr. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (310)750-6302 From: Guy Grant <GuyGrant@arenapainting.biz> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 6:28 PM To: cc Subject: FW: Short Term Leases Hello City Council, I live and own # 6 Thyme Place, Rancho Palos Verdes. We have a short term leaser on Narcisa Drive which has become a problem in our neighborhood due to traffic, noise and trash. I please ask you to join the other cities on the peninsula and not allow these type rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Please contact me with any questions. Very truly yours, Guy Grant Arena Painting Contractors, Inc. CA License #637669 525 E. Alondra Blvd. Gardena, CA 90248 310.856.0120 ext. 111 310.856.0126 fax 310.345.5109 mobile guygrant@arenapainting.biz From: waterlinepro@cox.net Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 7:02 PM To: CC Subject: Short-term rentals Re: Short-term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes I cannot understand why Council is even considering allowing short—term rentals within our city. Our city is a well-balanced city, with clearly defined zoned areas for single family residential, multi -family residential, commercial, institutional and open space. While we all benefit from TOT and other revenues generated from Terranea Resort and Trump National Golf Course, let us not forget Rancho Palos Verdes is essentially a bedroom community. By allowing short-term rentals we are allowing a cottage hotel industry to develop which circumvents our city's zoning codes, hotel building safety codes and TOT revenue. Some may debate short-term rentals are not a form of hotels, I disagree. Semantics aside, there is a bigger issue at stake. We live in the Country Club area, on Crest Road below Ralphs Market. As you know, our neighborhood has experienced a long crime spree and only through the combined efforts of the Sheriff, Neighborhood Watch, and alert and aware citizens have we finally begun to stem this crime wave. On our street, everyone is hyper aware of every parked car and the coming and going of people. During our evening walks my wife and I make mental notes about any suspicious cars we see parked on the street along with strangers, and yes, on several occasions we have called Lomita Sheriff to come out and investigate. By allowing short-term rentals we lose the ability to recognize which cars, and people, are here legitimately and those who might wish us, or our property, harm. If short-term rentals are allowed we will surely see a spike in crime, trash and noise. How is the city going to police short-term rental operators and their 'guests'? Just look at the Del Cerro Park situation and its issues to realize the extreme potential result of allowing short-term rentals. Please join our neighboring cities and ban short-term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. From: Dennis Benner <dwbenner@cox.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 6:48 AM To: cc Subject: Ban on Short Term Rentals Another reason to ban short term rentals is the fiscal impact on the city/county. With more traffic, more traffic violations will mean more law enforcement costs and, ultimately, lower values for real estate. Please carefully think through this situation — a thinking person would obviously ban all short term rentals. Please do you job. Thanks Dennis Benner 29906 Avenida Magnifica Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310 717 1000 cell Virus -free, www.avastcom 1 From: Janet Nitz <nitzj@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:49 PM To: cc Subject: 100% ban on short-term rentals I am resending the email I sent on 8/26/16 to the City Council members supporting a 100% ban on any and all short term rentals. From: Janet Nitz <nitzj(q-)_sbcglobal.net> Subject: Support 100% ban on short-term rental in RPV Date: August 26, 2016 5:26:35 PM PDT To: ken.dyda rpvca.gov, brian.campbeII(q-)_rpvca.gov, ierry.duhovic(a�r pvca.gov, susan.brooks(Qrpvca.gov, anthony.misetich(aDrpvca.gov, Pc (d_)rpvca.gov I understand that the city council is considering whether or not to allow short-term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. I support a 100% ban on any and all short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. It is also my understanding that there was a meeting with the Planning Commission this week at Hesse park and concerned residents raised the issues below. • Short-term rentals are a commercial activity that should not be allowed in residential areas • Short-term rentals will render neighborhood watch and Megan's Law useless because there will be a steady flow of strangers into our community and we will no longer know our neighbors or know who is staying in our community. • Short-term rentals have the potential to negatively impact our property values • Short-term rental are and will continue to cause excess trash, noise, congestion, and traffic • All of the neighboring communities (Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach) have banned short-term rentals • Allowing short-term rentals with restrictions is a potential cause for abuse and will be very difficult to enforce I believe all are valid concerns and are grounds to support a 100% ban on short-term rentals. Sincerely, Janet Nitz 7071 Crest Rd Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 From: Mark Talavera <talama001@aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 3:36 PM To: cc Subject: support of a 100% ban on any and all short-term rentals in residential areas in RPV. I support a 100% ban on any and all short-term rentals in residential areas in RPV. Mark Talavera 30055 Avenida Elegante Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 From: Mike Nitz <mmmmnitz@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 4:22 PM To: cc Subject: Fwd: Support 100% ban on short-term rental in RPV We understand that the city council is considering whether or not to allow short-term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes; and that the RPV Planning Commission voted 4-2 for a ban of short term rentals with the exception of allowing the owners living at the property to rent out a room or a guest house. We agree with the Planning Commission, except that the "exception" could make the restriction difficult to enforce. We are in favor of a ban on short term rentals, WITH NO EXCEPTIONS, for the following reasons: • Short-term rentals are a commercial activity that should not be allowed in residential areas. • Short-term rentals will render neighborhood watch and Megan's Law useless because there will be a steady flow of strangers into our community and we will no longer know our neighbors or know who is staying in our community. • Short term renters would reduce the effectiveness of Neighborhood Watch. • Short-term rentals have the potential to negatively impact our property values. • Short-term rentals are and will continue to cause excess parties, trash, noise, congestion, and traffic. • All of the neighboring communities (Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Palos Verdes Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Redondo Beach) have banned short-term rentals. Hopefully the City Council will see fit to TOTALLY ban short term rentals in RPV. Michael and Marilyn Nitz 26129 Birchfield Ave. RPV 90275-1717 310-373-2696 mmmmnitz cr,mail.com From: Guri Otterlei <guri.otterlei@cox.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 5:14 PM To: CC; PC; Octavio Silva Subject: Short Term Rental Staff Report Dear Octavio, City Council and Planning Commission: I reviewed the staff report regarding ShortTerm rentals and found the public's comments section to be very telling; all emails supporting a full ban (about 90 total) are written by Rpv residents who live and own homes in Rpv. However, of the emails against a full ban, a very small number (about 7) are themselves operators of Airbnb's, and the remaining are non-resident vacationing guests; they are people from Germany, China, Carlsbad, San Diego, Alabama .....+++ you name it! Their comments are all very similar, ie. they think our area is beautiful and peaceful, the host is nice, and it's an affordable option for them. No surprise they think it's nice here (that's why us residents pay what we do to live here), but regarding affordability; is it in our city's interest to provide "affordable lodging" to the world here in our otherwise extremely highly priced neighborhoods? As is evident from most residents' comments; the very same people who love our area so much are destroying peace and safety for us residents. It's appalling that all these visitors' emails have even made it into this report, and are being presented equally with those of Rpv residents and home owners. We truly hope these visitors' interests and enthusiasm for coming here will have no real impact, and that our city council will make the only logical decision and vote for A FULL BAN on short term rentals in Rpv. Thank you, Guri Otterlei Sent from my iPhone From: Sent: To: Subject: RPV City Council Members; Robert Cumby <robert.cumby@cox.net> Wednesday, September 14, 2016 6:57 PM CC Short Term Rentals - RPV I am currently President of the Portuguese Bend community Association in rancho Palos Verdes. After receiving comments from community members in our last Board of Directors meeting, I have been instructed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Directors to communicate the following: "The Portuguese Bend Community strongly supports a total ban on short term rentals in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes". Thank you for your consideration of our position in this matter. Respectfully; Robert Cumby PBCA Board of Directors, President From: N Nastanski <nastano@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:28 PM To: cc Subject: Short -Term Rentals 9/14/2016 Rancho Palos Verdes City Council Members: I have read the AGENDA DESCRIPTION: Consideration and possible action to review Development Code Amendment options for addressing Short -Term Rentals (Case No. ZON2016-00188). I am opposed to Short -Term rentals and would recommend a prohibition of Short -Term Rental without exceptions. Short -Term rentals are a business and should not be allowed in residential neighborhoods. Sincerely, Norbert Nastanski 29513 Baycrest Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 1 From: Noel Park <noelparkone@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:53 PM To: CC; John Freeman; Sharon Fair; Willie Quan; Cheryle Ushkow-Kolodny; Mac Chapman; John Spielman; Akhtar Emon; Norbert Nastanski Subject: Short term rentals I am the new President of the Pacific View Homeowners Association, representing 345 homes in the area west of Hawthorne Blvd. surrounding Hesse Park. Tonight our Board voted unanimously to oppose ALL short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Noel Park 6715 El Rodeo Road RPV 90275 562-413-5147 From: Noel Park <noelparkone@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:02 AM To: Akhtar Emon Cc: John Freeman; Sharon Fair; Mac Chapman; CC; Willie Quan; Cheryle Ushkow-Kolodny; John Spielman; Norbert Nastanski Subject: Re: Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Thanks to all for your support on this issue. I have met Mike Huang and he knows whereof he speaks. He lives next door to on of the problematic, nuisance, "short term rentals". He is working really hard to organize the opposition. It should be a very interesting Council meeting. Best to all, Noel On Sep 15, 2016 8:29 AM, "Akhtar Emon" <_alif a,cox.net> wrote: To: Noel Park, President, PVHA Subject : Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Dear Noel Park, (PVHA President) As a fellow Board Member, I would like to thank you for your timely action in opposing ALL short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in P.V. News published today, on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M : http://www.pvnews.comlopinionlrpv-should-ban-all-short-term-rentals/article c9c610b8-7adf-lle6-8056- ff4b16db6lfl.html?mode jqm Regards, Akhtar H. Emon -------------------- Please see the Editorial copied below. RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News back ISide Panel RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang I Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest-house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short-term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short-term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 Similar articles Change yourself to improve the world Honoring American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF Unintended consequences for cyclists Follow procedural rule Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life Sent from my Wad On Sep 14, 2016, at 9:52 PM, Noel Park <noelparkone cr,gmail.com> wrote: I am the new President of the Pacific View Homeowners Association, representing 345 homes in the area west of Hawthorne Blvd. surrounding Hesse Park. Tonight our Board voted unanimously to oppose ALL short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Noel Park 6715 El Rodeo Road RPV 90275 562-413-5147 3 From: Akhtar Emon <alif@cox.net> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:29 AM To: Noel Park Cc: CC; John Freeman; Sharon Fair; Willie Quan; Cheryle Ushkow-Kolodny; Mac Chapman; John Spielman; Norbert Nastanski; Akhtar Emon Subject: Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals To: Noel Park, President, PVHA Subject: Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Dear Noel Park, (PVHA President) As a fellow Board Member, I would like to thank you for your timely action in opposing ALL short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in F.V. News published today, on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M : http://www.pvnews.com/opiniotVrpv-should-ban-all-short-term-rentals/article c9c610b8-7adf-lle6-8056- ff4bl6db61fl.html?mode =jqm Regards, Akhtar H. Emon -------------------- Please see the Editorial copied below. RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News back ISide Panel RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang I Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest-house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, i congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short-term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short- term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 Similar articles Chance yourself to improve the world Honorinlz American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF Unintended consequences for cyclists Follow procedural rule Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life Sent from my Wad On Sep 14, 2016, at 9:52 PM, Noel Park <noelparkoneggmail.com> wrote: I am the new President of the Pacific View Homeowners Association, representing 345 homes in the area west of Hawthorne Blvd. surrounding Hesse Park. Tonight our Board voted unanimously to oppose ALL short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Noel Park 6715 El Rodeo Road RPV 90275 562-413-5147 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: To Akhtar Emon <alif@cox.net> Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:27 AM John Maniatakis CHOA Board CC; Krista Johnson <kristamjohnson@cox.net>; Prim Hamilton CHOA Treasurer; Jeanne Jeanne Lacombe CHOA Board; Diane Smith; Jeff Richards CHOA Board; Jack Pharris; Jack Pharris CHOA Board; Akhtar Emon Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals John Maniatakis, President, CHOA, Copy: CHOA Board, and RPV City Council, Subject: Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: "Short term rentals". As a fellow CHOA Board Member, I would like to inform you Re: many HOAs & community opposition to ALL "short term rentals" in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in P.V. News published today on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M. I have Copied the RPV City Council (CC) here. Other CHOA Board Members are also welcome to voice their opinion directly to the CC : http://www.pvnews.com/opinion/rpv-should-ban-all-short-tenn-rentals/article 00108-7adf-lle6- 8056-ff4b 16db61 f l .html?mode=i qm Regards, Akhtar H. Emon -------------------- CHOA Board Member, Please see the Editorial copied below. RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News back Side Panel RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang ( Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest- house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short-term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short-term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 Similar articles Change yourself to improve the world Honoring American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF •'' Unintended consequences for cyclists • Follow procedural rule • Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life 3 From: Steve Gordon [mailto:sgordon100@cox.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:56 AM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.Rov> Subject: Please ban short term vacation rentals Dear Mr. Silva, We are writing to ask the City Council to enact a complete ban of short term vacation rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Living on the same street as two Airbnb operators, we have seen first-hand how the character, quality and safety of a neighborhood changes for the worse because of short term rentals. We would hate for this to become the norm in Rancho Palos Verdes. Please vote to support a complete ban of short term rentals. Respectfully, Mary and Steven Gordon 7130 Avenida Altisima Rancho Palos Verdes CA 90275 Regards, Mary Gordon From: Naydene Ziak <naydenez@mac.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:39 AM To: cc Subject: Short term rentals We do not want any short term rental in RPV please do not allow this to pass. Naydene & Neil Ziak 29515 Driftwood lane Rancho Palos Verdes Sent from my iPhone From: Diane Smith <radlsmith@cox.net> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 11:02 AM To: Akhtar Emon Cc: John Maniatakis CHOA Board; CC; Krista Johnson <kristamjohnson@cox.net>; Prim Hamilton CHOA Treasurer; Jeanne Jeanne Lacombe CHOA Board; Jeff Richards CHOA Board; Jack Pharris; Jack Pharris CHOA Board Subject: Re: Attn. CHOA, Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals I agree - I think former interim city manager Carolynn Petru will be speaking out against this too Diane Sent from my Whone On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:26 AM, Akhtar Emon <alifncox.net> wrote: To: John Maniatakis, President, CHOA, Copy: CHOA Board, and RPV City Council, Subject: Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: "Short term rentals". As a fellow CHOA Board Member, I would like to inform you Re: many HOAs & community opposition to ALL "short term rentals" in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in P.V. News published today on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M. I have Copied the RPV City Council (CC) here. Other CHOA Board Members are also welcome to voice their opinion directly to the CC : http://www.pvnews. com/opinion/rpv-should-ban-al l-short-tenn- rentals/article c9c6lOb8-7adf-lle6-8056-ff4bl6db6lfl.html?mode=iqm Regards, 1 Akhtar H. Emon CHOA Board Member, Please see the Editorial copied below. RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang I Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest-house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short-term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short-term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 Similar articles •' Change yourself to improve the world • Honoring American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF •' Unintended consequences for cyclists •; Follow procedural rule • Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life 3 From: wnitz@sbcglobal.net Sent: Thursday, September 1S, 2016 LOS PM To: cc Subject: Short term rentals 1 am strongly opposed to allowing short term rentals in RPV. I have also heard that many of the people that responded in support of short term rentals in RPV are not residents and it is my opinion that their votes should not be counted! Bill From: Susan <sueestes@cox.net> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 5:03 PM To: CC Subject: Opposition to short-term rentals As a home owner (Susan M. Estes, 3446 Seaglen Dr., RPV and 36 year resident of RPV) I strongly OPPOSE any short-term rental of residential homes in RPV. As I am unable to attend the Sept. 20, 7:00 pm meeting at Hesse Park, please count my voice in opposition to this. Other Peninsula communities have wisely voted against this. Communities that have allowed these short term rentals find many difficulties, possibly lowering property value, and hence revenue for same cities. Please respond that my voice will be counted. Sincerely, Susan M. Estes 310-377-0773 From: Ara Mihranian Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 11:48 AM To: Tracy Burns; Octavio Silva; CC Subject: RE: Short Term Rentals - missing emails from CC packet Hi Tracy, If emails were sent directly to individual City Council members and not to CC@rpvca.gov then Staff would not have received the email to attach to the staff report. I say this because I am now hearing that some folks did just that. I think in your case, the emails you are referring to were submitted to the City prior to the August 23rd Planning Commission meeting. In this case, these emails were not attached to the Council Staff Report but provided to the Council and the public via the following link that is noted on the cover page of the Staff Report: http://rpv.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=5&clip_id=2612 Ara Ara Michael Mihranian Community Development Director 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-544-5228 (telephone) 310-544-5293 (fax) aram@rpvca.gov www.rpvca.gov 17 Do you really need to print this e-mail? This e-mail message contains information belonging to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, which may be privileged, confidential and/or protected from disclosure. The information is intended only for use of the individual or entity named. Unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, or are not an intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately. Thank you for your assistance and cooperation. -----Original Message ----- From: Tracy Burns [mailto:akamomma@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 10:43 AM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Subject: Short Term Rentals - missing emails from CC packet Octavio, I will re -read the staff report, but it seems some of my emails that I sent before the deadline were not included in the published packet. Specifically, those that included relevant AirBnB renter reviews for my neighbor's and other nuisance AirBn6 properties in RPV. Yet, I see images included in the Pro -Hotel owner section. Why were my emails not included? Also, Janet Nitz sent in an email on 08/26 and her brothers, who are also residents, sent in emails on 8/27 and 8/29, none of their emails were included. I tried to call this morning, but I was told you were busy at the front desk. If we resend the missing emails will they be included in the published packet online? Additionally, it seems about 20+ AirBnB guests submitted emails in support of the unregulated hotels operating in our neighborhoods. Some of these guests just so happen to operate their own AirBnB's. I hope the City Council put the needs of it's resident before AirBnB guests. Let me know if you want me to resend the emails that were not included. Thanks, Tracy Burns THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. =1 q S EP 15 2016 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT C61 Wednesday,August 24, 2016 T- AIRPX-9 Mr. Binzer said he got the idea for the company when his Check the Rules Before hometown of Tiburon, Calif., on the north shore of the San Francisco Bay, decided to ban Booking With Airbnb short-term rentals Mr. Binzer for years had been renting out BY LAURA KUSISTO Airbnb Inc. is shaking the hospitality industry helping turn people's hom into hot THE rooms. Now, PROPERTY is facing turb REPORT lence of i own. The San Francisco comp founded eight years ago, h been a hit with travelers well as home dwellers looki to rent out their places for e tra income. It now operates 34,000 cities around the wor and was recently valued by i vestors at $25.5 billion. But many local gover ments are pushing back. So are aggressively enforci longstanding rules prohibiti short-term rentals. Others moving to pass new rul Potential penalty in New York state for advertising rentals via Airbnb worried that Airbnb is co tributing to a shortage of fordable housing by turn scarce apartments into hot rooms, or that the servic could trarisfoni quietresiden- tial neighborhoods into pa hot spots. The backlash from loc governments has presented opening for San Francis startup Host Compliant which formed last year to hel cities crack down on Airbn abuses by rooting out rent listings that violate local law A spokesman for Airbn said the company tries t comply with local laws, ad that many governments acros North America have passe laws allowing short -terns rent als and moved to collect t revenue on them. "We nee new rules for home shari and governments around the world are already embracing Airbnb. We want to keel his home whenever he trav- working with governments to eled to visit his native Den - up craft rules that work," the mark. He was upset by the I y spokesman said. blanket rule banning the grac- es Airbnb posts listings on its tice entirely, he said. el website and via its mobile app Yet Mr. Binzer said his com- it of properties available for pany's aim isn't to drive u_ short-term rental. Travelers Airbnb out of business. "It be- ts often get bargain rates on liv- came apparent to me that our ing quarters, while the home city was just making decisions any dwellers pull in extra income. based on anecdotes and hear - as New York state in June say. There was no data to back as passed legislation, awaiting up that there was a need to ng the governor's signature, that ban it," he said. X_ strengthens existing rules ban- /rhe company now has in r� short-term rentals. Under about 15 local governments as Id the new legislation, home clients, ranging from Vancou- i�_ dwellers; apartment operators ver to Napa, Calif., Mr. Binzer and other Airbnb users would said. The service can cost tens n- face penalties of up to $7,500 of thousands of dollars a year, me for advertising rentals via the but city officials say it can ng service. Cities from Anaheim, save them from hiring one or ng Calif., to Berlin have imple- more full-time staff people. are mented similar bans in recent Other companies have es, months. The rules generally sprung up to cater to the apply to residential buildings Airbnb economy. Sub - with three or more units, in- letAlert-com helps landlords en- cluding co-ops and condos, but force leases that forbid tenants not single-family homes. from subletting without permis- But the governments have Sion. David Shapiro, director of ,.found that the new laws are sales, said it has customers in difficult to enforce because about two dozen cities since Airbnb and rival sites often launching in April 2014. don't publicly list addresses, Stifling short-term rentals isn't always in a city's best n economic interest, said Arun Host Compliance Sundararajan, a New York Uni- ng versity professor. el compiles data lake "Ifa city is deeply depen- e the location of short- dent on tourism, there's a huge rt tial terra; rent0l. listings. expansion that can come from being a city that has a huge number of affordable and inter - al esting Airbiib listings," he said. an making it a time-consuming co process to find offenders. e, Host Compliance compiles p data like the location of short - b term rental listings to provide al cities with reports on which s. listings violate local rules. The b service can help municipalities o understand rental activity bet- ter so they can craft more ef- s fective regulations.' d "What we're trying to get - through is a transition from� ax the Wild West to something d that's a sustainable business," ng said Host Compliance Chief IUlrik Binz Executive Ulrik Binzer. ��ince c Room Boom Property listings on Airbnb have soared in recent months in the U.S. and around the world. 3 million active listings 2 2015 1'16 Source: YlpltData LATE CORRESPONDENCE 9/20/16 CC: Item 1 Airbnb Wall Street Journal Article From: Bob Nelson RPV, CA 90275 To: Ara Mihranian, Director Community Devel Dept This chap in Tiburon CA is our enforcement. Some say he's laughing all the way to his bank since, if you got a letter from his company, would you open it? RPV will pay him what? SEP 15 2016 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT From: Nona Datta <nonadatta@hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 5:49 PM To: CC Subject: Re: Short-term rentals (aka AIRBNB) - City Council Meeting Should be strongly discouraged. It only encourages crime and unwanted activities. Only one fish is needed to muddy the waters. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2016, at 7:31 PM, Sandy Draffen <sandy_@draffen.com> wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Janet Nitz <nitzj(a sbcglobal.net> Subject: Short-term rentals (aka AIRBNB) - City Council Meeting Date: September 14, 2016 at 2:00:52 PM PDT To: Undisclosed recipients:; Hi Everyone, Thank you to all of you who have sent emails to the individual RPV City Council members voicing your support of a 100% ban on any and all short-term rentals in residential areas in RPV. Unfortunately, we have just been advised that emails needed to be mailed to: cc@rpvca.gov We would appreciate it if you would resend your email to the cc ,rpvca. ov email address as soon as possible so they can be included in the packet for the City Council. We would also appreciate it if you contact any friends or family members who sent emails and ask them to resend them to the above email address. If you have not already sent an email, there is still time to do so. This is a really important issue that deeply impacts our community. As a reminder, we encourage as many people as possible attend the RPV City Council on Tuesday, September 20th, at 7:00 P.M in the Community Room at Hesse Park to review the Planning Commission's recommendation on regulating the Short -Term Rentals. Thank you. Janet From: Sokun Kan <ksokun@yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:09 PM To: de Lamare,R Gregory; CC Cc: PC Subject: Ban Short Term Rentals Dear PV City Council Members & RPV Planning Commission, This email is to support a full ban on short-term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes WITHOUT ANY EXCEPTIONS. The short-term rentals are disruptive to the neighborhood due to excessive traffic and noise from large events, we never know who is staying in the house next door to us, and these rentals are eroding the quality of life in Rancho Palos Verdes. We deserve the same rights to peaceful, safe enjoyment of our homes just like the residents of neighboring cities that have banned short-term rentals without any exceptions to protect homeowners in their cities. As someone who lives across from a short term rental property, I personally experience the above problems first hand on a regular basis. On a peaceful Saturday morning, I am subjected to a crowd of wedding attendees walking across my property gawking at me as I tend to my garden. I love the peace and quiet of this idyllic cul-de-sac. I do not wish to be an exhibit in a zoo on my own property. On a weekday afternoon, I witness one of these lovely guests urinating from the front balcony of said rental property. I have small children. I do not wish to expose them to indecent exposure from their own yard. Loud, vulgar language can be heard whenever these guests come out on the balcony. I am beginning to think I live in da `hood and not an upscale multimillion dollar residential neighborhood. The short term rental property owner claims she is always at the house with these guests. This can only mean the owner tolerates such uncouth behavior for the sake of money at the expense of her neighbors. Following is an excerpt from one of the reviewers of said Airbnb rental property. Note the highlighted comment on how wonderful these guests are. The 7 nights we spent in Mm's PV house will go down in history as the most relaxing and memorable of our lives. We rented the entire house, aside from the host and her son staying in their massive office area, which accommodated a sizable group who all flew in for our wedding at the Wayfarer's Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes. Mm's pre -visit communication far exceeded any customer service experience that I've had, and her level of generosity certainly extended throughout our stay. The photos on the site are a little misleading, as they do NOT do the property the amount of justice it deserves! The home is by far the nicest that I have ever stayed in, and is perfect down to the smallest of luxurious detail. (ie. furniture, fixtures, towels, bedding, pool, etc.) The views and location are hard to beat, whether you're looking for relaxation, sightseeing, beachcombing, or any other exploration of the greater Los Angeles area. It is also within a hills climb to the best Ralph's grocery market ever. We attempted to keep the partying and noise to a minimum, but even our loudest and most obnoxious nights did not appear to bother neighbors or the owner's slumber; although I would have never tried to find that line as the property naturally gave us a sense of respect that you would experience in your own home. The amazing pool area and backyard had more than enough space for a 50 -person wedding rehearsal dinner that was also easy for caterers to setup/serve/prepare. I cannot say enough positive things about the home, nor can I find a negative about it. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay, we appreciate Mm's hospitality and care, and will stay again when opportunity allows. From Tracy and I, the Aussies, and all the rest who called your home our home for a week: THANK YOU for being a part of what made our trip one that we will never forget. Yes, we notice the loud obnoxious behavior. Out of consideration for our neighbor because we thought these were her friends we did not complain. We can tolerate the occasional loud partying from neighbors, but we do not wish to live in a commercial zone. When we bought our house, this was a quiet cul-de-sac where we thought was the idyllic place to raise our children in peace and security. Please do not turn this slice of paradise into a perpetual spring break mecca. Please ban short term rentals with no exception. Sincerely, Sokun Kan 7233 Avenida Altisima Rancho Palos Verdes, CA This communication, together with any attachments or embedded links, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is confidential or legally protected. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, dissemination, distribution or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail message and delete the original and all copies of the communication, along with any attachments or embedded links, from your system. From: lizhaigl@gmail.com on behalf of Liz Haig <eahaig@netzero.net> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:20 PM To: cc Subject: RPV Short -Term rentals (Airbnb) Dear City Council: As a long time resident of RPV and neighbor to several residential rental. properties, 1. strongly oppose short term rentals in. my community. We have had to deal with. additional traffic and noisey neighbors as the renters do no respect the property and do not care about their neighbors and the neighborhood. Please do not implement this Amendment as it will affect the tranquility and safety of our community. 1 From: Sent: To: Subject: jm ma fosse <jmafosse@yahoo.com> Thursday, September 15, 2016 9:36 PM CC Fw: Short Term Rentals To whom it may concern. I just received the information that my earlier message sent to members of the City Council could not be delivered as I sent it and, as per instruction, I am resending it to c r vcv. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: jm ma fosse <jmafosse@yahoo.com> To: "susan.brooks@rpvca.gov" <susan.brooks@rpvca.gov>; "brian.campbell@rpvca.gov" <brian.cam pbell@rpvca.gov>; "ken.dyda@rpvca.gov" <ken.dyda@rpvca.gov>; "ken.dyda@rpvca.gov" <ken.dyda@rpvca.gov>; "jerry.duhovic@rpvca.gov" <jerry.duhovic@rpvca.gov>; "anthony.misetich@rpvca.gov" <anthony.misetich@rpvca.gov>; "PC@rpvca.gov" <PC@rpvca.gov> Cc: "mikehgalaxy@gmail. com" <mikehgalaxy@gmail. com>; "jmafosse@yahoo.com" <jmafosse@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2016 2:59 PM Subject: Short Term Rentals Dear Members of the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council and Planning Commission, I would like to go on record as being adamantly in favor of a strict ban on short term rentals within our city. It is my understanding that all of our neighbor cities already have such a ban and I can see nothing but disadvantages should it be allowed in any form in Rancho Palos Verdes. I have been a resident of Rancho Palos Verdes since before we were a city and I know from first hand experience how much work went into establishing a city that is conducive to quality family living. The negative effects of the short term rental situation are already plainly evident and, I hope, can be stopped by establishing a ban on the practice as soon as possible. Thank you for your concern and help in this matter. Sincerely, Mary Alice Fosse 30089 Avenida Classica Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 From: Dolores Deinhart <doldeinhart@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 8:47 AM To: cc Subject: Short term rentals I am in favor of total banning of short term rentals in RPV. From: sfair40004@cox.net Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 9:29 AM To: CC Subject: Short Term Rentals - City Planning To whom it may concern, I have lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for 43 years. I want to express my concerns about short-term rentals (i.e., less than 30 days) in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, now being considered by City Planning. 1) It is my understanding that the current R-1 zoning designation for single-family homes restricts legal "residential" rentals to a minimum of 30 days. Therefore, short-term rentals would appear to constitute an illegal "commercial" activity. People who operate short-term rental facilities are operating for profit! To make this commercial activity legal, the City of RPV would likely have to require that owners obtain a city business license, and pay city taxes for each short- term property rental. 2) Any changes to current requirements would be difficult to enforce; occupancy requirements, e.g. mandating that the owner live on the premise, or limiting the number of "tenants" per room, would likely be impossible to enforce with limited manpower. It seems unlikely that RPV residents would want to pay higher taxes in order to afford additional sheriffs to monitor residential occupancies or investigate additional traffic and noise violations. 3) Availability of short-term rentals would put neighbors in the position of living next door to a virtual motel. Neighbors could be subjected to unlimited "tenants" coming and going at odd hours, as well as limited street parking, increased street traffic, exposure to noise, litter, parties, etc. If neighbors' rights were compromised, they would be obligated to contact local law enforcement. This situation could jeopardize neighborhood relationships, and ultimately reduce the desirability of RPV neighborhoods. 4) My neighborhood has a Neighborhood Watch program, but has still had break-ins and robberies. Many neighborhood children walk to and from schools, crossing streets. Availability of short-term rentals would bring in more strangers with no ties to the community, with more traffic, and allow would-be criminals easier access to many RPV neighborhoods, especially since short-term rentals have been banned in all three neighboring cities on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. 5) The operation of "short-term rental facilities" in a neighborhood would have to be disclosed for any real estate sales, and would likely reduce the property values of homes located nearby. Failure to disclose these operations could result in lawsuits. I value the peace and serenity of my neighborhood home in Rancho Palos Verdes, and do not want to have short-term rentals nearby. Please maintain the current municipal restrictions, and if necessary, coordinate with the City Council to enact a ban on all short-term rentals in RPV to protect and safeguard our community. Thank you. Sincerely, Sharon Fair (310) 989-6078 (Cell) 6656 EI Rodeo Road Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 From: Gabriella Yap Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 10:38 AM To: Karen & Chan; CC Subject: RE: Staff Report released Short Term Retal Dear Karen, Thank you for your email, which has been received by the City Council. I wanted to address your concern about inclusion of "guest comments" in the staff report. Under the Brown Act, the City is required to make any and all materials the Council received about an agenda item available to the public, regardless of whether they are from residents or not. I've included the code section below for your reference. California Government Code 54957.5. (b) (1) If a writing that is a public record under subdivision (a), and that relates to an agenda item for an open session of a regular meeting of the legislative body of a local agency, is distributed less than 72 hours prior to that meeting, the writing shall be made available for public inspection pursuant to paragraph (2) at the time the writing is distributed to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the body. (2) A local agency shall make any writing described in paragraph (1) available for public inspection at a public office or location that the agency shall designate for this purpose. Each local agency shall list the address of this office or location on the agendas for all meetings of the legislative body of that agency. The local agency also may post the writing on the local agency's Internet Web site in a position and manner that makes it clear that the writing relates to an agenda item for an upcoming meeting. (3) This subdivision shall become operative on July 1, 2008. (c) Writings that are public records under subdivision (a) and that are distributed during a public meeting shall be made available for public inspection at the meeting if prepared by the local agency or a member of its legislative body, or after the meeting if prepared by some other person. As background, cities are not required to post their Council agendas until 72 hours prior to a meeting, but our City, in an effort to provide better customer service and allow people to become more informed about issues, provides the agenda a full week in advance. So although the Brown Act is not clear on whether these rules would apply to materials submitted more than 72 hours prior to a meeting, it appears the same rule should apply to keep with the spirit of the law and upholding transparency in government decisions. Thank you again for your email and please let us know if there is anything we can assist you with. Sincerely, Gabriella Yap Deputy City Manager 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (310) 544-5203 (310)544-5291 From: Karen & Chan [mailto:keyshiao@cox.net] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 8:59 AM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Staff Report released Short Term Retal Dear Council Members, I've reviewed the report prepared by staff ahead of City Council meeting on 9/20/16, specifically the compilation of public comments concerning short term rental (STR). All of the 80+ emails/letters supporting a complete ban on STR without exception were authored by RPV residents, many of whom have lived here for decades. Only a handful of emails (7) opposing the ban were from STR operators who reside in RPV; the remaining emails were from STR "guests" hailing from all over the world. It is troubling to see that these "guest comments" have been included in the staff s report. Their very inclusion seems to imply that these transient "guests" have as much say in what's best for RPV as long-time, tax -paying residents. Clearly, transient guests do not have as much at stake as residents. RPV residents invest both time and money into this community that they call home. Over night renters are only concerned with cost of nightly rate. This is made plain by their repeated emphasis in lauding STR as an "affordable" way for them to visit our otherwise expensive city. The words of these passersby who have nothing invested in our community should not be given the same weight and consideration as residents who have lived here for years. Moreover, many of these guest emails appear to be canned and pro forma, relating to one specific STR and containing similar if not identical language. Should the interest of one STR operator trump the interest of all other city residents? Should monetary windfall for a small minority of homeowners take precedence over the greater good for the city? How is it equitable for STR operators to profit at the expense of their neighbors, who abide by the zoning law and choose not to operate a hotel out of their homes? Home owners who purchased single family residences in residential areas have the right to expect their neighborhood to remain free of commercial activities short of a zoning change. STR completely obliterates that right by running a hotel in an area that specifically prohibits such business enterprises. Please keep these points in mind and vote to ban all short term rental without exception. Thank you for your consideration. Karen Sent from my Whone From: James R. Smith <jrsmith210@cox.net> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 12:00 PM To: CC; PC Subject: AirB&B on Hightide Drive Please deny any exceptions of the AirB&B Ban for the residence at 3664 Hightide Drive, RPV, CA 90275. This home is NOT occupied by the owner and this neighborhood does not want party houses renting out to transient renters. Prior to moving two blocks away, we previously lived next door to this residence when it was owned by Dick Clark. The current owner has turned it into a beautiful rental, but not an owner occupied home. We support banning all AirB&B rentals in RPV. Thank you for your consideration. James and Jean Smith 30717 Ganado Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 From: John Freeman <jrfree@cox.net> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:13 PM To: CC Subject: Fwd: Short-term rentals Mayor Dyda, Pardon me for misspelling your name in my previous email. It must be the fault of this iPhone... Regards, John Freeman Sent from my Whone Begin forwarded message: From: John Freeman <jrfreecox.net> Date: September 16, 2016 at 1:03:37 PM PDT To: ccgrpvca.gov Subject: Short-term rentals Dear Mayor Dida and city council members, I am opposed to any and all short term rentals. I believe if allowed they would fundamentally change the character of RPV, violate the RPV General Plan, as well as conflict with the RI zoning for residential areas. Less is more! Save RPV! Vote NO! Thank you. John Freeman I From: Jo Boehm <bobnjoboehm@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 1:11 PM To: cc Subject: Ban ALL Short Term Rentals Do you have plans to convert Rancho Palos Verdes to a brothel city? I want a ban in all short term rentals. We have then nearby. Jo Boehm From: William Quan <williequan@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:46 PM To: cc Subject: SHORT TERM RENTALS Dear Mayor and all council members: Please do not permit or approve any regulations permitting any form of "short term rentals" of homes in RPV. Thank you, William Quan 6844 Faircove Drive RPV, CA 90275 From: Chris Huang <cgpharmd@cox.net> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 8:38 PM To: CC Cc: PC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva Subject: Short-term Rental- 7 New listings in RPV within the last week and a half Dear City Council members: Please ban all short-term rentals with no exceptions in Rancho Palos Verdes. I've included examples of 7 new listings on Airbnb alone within the last week and a half. More and more of these short-term rentals or de facto hotels and motels are popping up in our city because we continued to allow them and all other surrounding cities have already ban this commercial activity in single family residential zone. There will be an increase in problems and complaints from residents as more and more of these illegal use of the single family houses as hotels and motels and not in accordance with zoning law. The commercial activity is changing the characteristics of our neighborhoods. Thank you for your attention and consideration Chris Huang Avenida Altisima, RPV 1. Miraleste Area Crown Villa of Ranchos Pars Verdes Entire home/apt - 6 guests 2. PV Monaco area EM Rancho Palos Verdes 180' Ocean View Master Suite Private room . 2 guests 3. Miraleste area [M Cute & Cozy Retreat wf Pool + Private Entrance! Private room • 2 guests 4. Miraleste area IM Sunny & Private Pool -side Retreat Near Beach! Private room • 2 guests 5. PV Drive West area EM Charming home wl ocean view, & walk to Terranea Private room - 2 guests 6. PV Drive South area ® Charming serine upscale bedroom Private room • 5 guests 7. Miraleste area ® Rancho Palos Verdes Retreat Private room -2 guests From: Cheryle Ushkow <clushkow@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 8:20 AM To: Noel Park Cc: Akhtar Emon; John Freeman; Sharon Fair; Mac Chapman; CC; Willie Quan; John Spielman; Norbert Nastanski Subject: Re: Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Good Morning Noel I am planning to attend the Council meeting Tuesday! Thank you also Akhtar for the emails you have also forwarded. Cheryle Sent from my iPhone On Sep 15, 2016, at 9:01 AM, Noel Park <noelparkoneggmail.com> wrote: Thanks to all for your support on this issue. I have met Mike Huang and he knows whereof he speaks. He lives next door to on of the problematic, nuisance, "short term rentals". He is working really hard to organize the opposition. It should be a very interesting Council meeting. Best to all, Noel On Sep 15, 2016 8:29 AM, "Akhtar Emon" <alif(a�cox.net> wrote: To: Noel Park, President, PVHA Subject: Editorial in P.V. News today, Re: Short term rentals Dear Noel Park, (PVHA President) As a fellow Board Member, I would like to thank you for your timely action in opposing ALL short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Below is an excellent Editorial in P.V. News published today, on this very concerning issue, which is on the RPV City Council's Agenda for their Sep. 20, 2016 meeting at Hesse Park, 7 P.M : 1 http://www.pvnews.com/opinion/rpv-should-ban-all-short-term-rentals/article c9c610b8-7adf- 11 e6-8056-ff4b 16db61 f l .html?mode=jgm Regards, Akhtar H. Emon -------------------- Please see the Editorial copied below. RPV should ban all short-term rentals - Peninsula Newspaper - Opinion - Palos Verdes Peninsula News back Side Panel RPV should ban all short-term rentals By Mike Huang f Posted 14 hours ago On Aug. 23, the Rancho Palos Verdes Planning Commission effectively recommended rezoning all residential areas to allow hotels by permitting short-term vacation rentals of one room or a guest-house if the owners live on the property. I strongly urge the City Council to completely ban short-term rentals without exceptions because the Planning Commission recommendation is flawed and unenforceable. The problems many residents have had with short-term rentals have been extensively discussed at previous meetings, including excessive noise, traffic, loud parties, congestion, lack of security and boorish behavior of renters. Short-term rentals also decrease property values of nearby homes. The short-term operators are profiting at the expense of nearby residents' peace and enjoyment of their homes. The Planning Commission restrictions will not solve the problems caused by short-term rentals. There will still be a flow of strangers coming into our neighborhood on a transient basis. We have no idea who is staying in the house next door, and those strangers change daily. Neighborhood Watches will be rendered useless. Many of our residents choose to live in Rancho Palos Verdes because of the quality of life, serenity and close-knit community. Allowing short-term rentals in any form will fundamentally change the residential character of the neighborhood. The enforcement of the restrictions are virtually impossible. Many short-term rental operators in the city own multiple properties. These same operators can vest their properties in separate corporations or trusts and then hire people to live in these properties and manage them as rentals. For short-term rentals with individual owners, the city will not be able to catch owners "not living" on the property. Operators can also list their rooms on different rental websites. Code enforcement will not be able to determine if operators are only renting out one room on any given night. Even if an operator is caught renting multiple rooms, the operator can claim that only one of the rooms is rented on a short-term basis. The city will not be able to prove otherwise. Our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach all have an absolute ban on short-term rentals. Operators will come into our city if they cannot run their business in other nearby cities. We deserve the same protection for the peaceful enjoyment of our homes. This matter will be reviewed by the City Council at their meeting on Sept. 20, at 7 p.m., at the Hesse Park community room. Please attend. Mike Huang is a real estate broker who has lived in Rancho Palos Verdes for more than 30 years. 0 Similar articles • Change yourself to improve the world • Honoring American pilot Billy Fiske of the RAF Unintended consequences for cyclists • Follow procedural rule •' Real Star Trek history: Scotty saves a life Sent from my Wad On Sep 14, 2016, at 9:52 PM, Noel Park <noelparkone(a7mail.com> wrote: I am the new President of the Pacific View Homeowners Association, representing 345 homes in the area west of Hawthorne Blvd. surrounding Hesse Park. Tonight our Board voted unanimously to oppose ALL short term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. Noel Park 6715 El Rodeo Road RPV 90275 562-413-5147 3 From: Andrew Kitto <andrewkitto@msn.com> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 2:35 PM To: cc Subject: Fw: Short Term Rental From: Andrew Kitto <andrewkitto@msn.com> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 2:33 PM To: ken.dyda@rpvca.gov Cc: cc@rpvca.go Subject: Short Term Rental Dear Mr. Dyda, I strongly urge the city council to completely ban on short term rentals. We choose to live in the city because of the quality of life, serenity and close knit community. Allowing short term rental will disturb all that, will increase crimes in the city, will increase traffic, PVDE is a one lane and winding road, and fundamentally will change the character of the city. For these reasons we urge the city council to ban on short term rentals. All other neighbouring cities had banned short term rental. RPV will become a hub for rentals because it is banned in the neighbouring cities and of its beautiful coastal lines and wonderful views. Thank you for your understanding. Sincerely Andrew Kitto, Ph.D. 3545 Starline Dr. RPV 1 From: Jeannette Peterson <janrpv@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 11:11 AM To: CC; cc@pvc.gov; Octavio Silva Subject: Excessive noise after 10 PM at AireBnB on Hightide Drive, RPV To Whom It May Concern: From: Jack & Lois Karp <JLKarp@Cox.net> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 2:19 PM To: CC Subject: 9/20/16 City Council Agenda Item 1. Public Hearing -Code Options for short term rentals Honorable Mayor and City Council RE: 9/20/16 City Council Agenda Item 1. Public Hearing -Code Options for short term rentals Do not change the codes or zoning to accommodate short term rental properties. Short term rentals are deleterious to our peace and quiet and enjoyment of our homes. We chose to live here in a residential community with residential zoning. Short term rentals are no different than hotels, are a commercial venture and belong in commercial zones only. Allowing short term rentals is an unenforceable situation. Proving the owners are home and the rental is truly short term is an impossibility. The City does not have the manpower to enforce. We do not wish to have transient people, noise and additional parking on our streets. Short term rentals destroy our "Neighborhood Watch", which is a big asset to keeping our community safe. The other cities here on the peninsula have banned short term rentals. Let's keep the peninsula free of short term rentals. Jack & Lois Karp From: Michael Huang <mikehgalaxy@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 2:45 AM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva Cc: PC Subject: Comment on Staff Report in Support of Ban on All Short -Term Rental in Rancho Palos Verdes Attachments: Petition Supporting Full Ban of Short Term Rentals.pdf; Petition Supporting Short -Term Ban from Peninsula Seniors.pdf, Newport Beach Staff Report on Short -Term Rentals.pdf Dear Members of the City Council, My name is Michael Huang. I am a resident of Rancho Palos Verdes, and I strongly support the full ban of all short-term rentals without any exceptions. I have read the staff report for the September 20 city council meeting in its entirety and would like to comment on the following matters: Tally of Written Responses I have made a tally of the positions of all the emails in the staff report: 84 residents wrote in to support the full ban of all short-term rentals 7 short-term operators wrote in to oppose the ban 1 short-term operator's boyfriend wrote in to oppose the ban 2 residents wrote in to oppose the ban 22 non-residents of two operator's rentals wrote in to oppose the ban because they had a nice stay at the rentals at a good price Discounting the non-residents' emails, the numbers are 84 in support of ban and 10 in opposition to the ban. Or 89% support the ban and 11% oppose the ban. So you can see that most of RPV residents support the full ban. Only the operators oppose the ban because they want to protect their profits. Similarly, I have enclosed a petition signed by 16 residents out of 19 resident -occupied homes on my cul-de-sac street. The other 3 residents were not home. I have also attached a petition signed by a group of seniors at the most recent Peninsula Senior meeting. Extent of Short -Term Rental Problems Across City In the May 17 staff report, three properties (Hightide, Avenida Altisima, and Sunnyside Ridge) were identified as problem properties by code enforcement. In the emails from the September 20 staff report, residents reported problems from 7 additional short-term rentals, specifically: Crest Avenida Altisima 2 (a second short-term rental opened up in August of this year. On this cul-de-sac street of 19 resident - occupied street, 2 of them are short-term rentals.) Eddinghill Indian Peak Martingale Floweridge Portuguese Bend area Either the problem was under reported or the number short-term rental homes are increasing dramatically. I believe it is a combination of these two factors. This past weekend, Chris Huang sent in an email to the city council that documented 7 new AirBNB listings in our city in approximately the past two weeks. Party Houses not the Only Problem - Short -Term Rentals Are Also Problems The operators provided documentation in the staff report in Section D on dealing with party houses. But we are not having problems with just party houses in our city. We are talking about the broader issue of short-term rentals changing the residential character of our city. By its transient nature, short-term rentals of even one room in a house significantly degrades the peaceful, semi -rural nature of the city we love. My current situation is an excellent example. In August, my neighbor started renting out rooms in her house on AirBNB. She is renting out her master bedroom by advertising that she can sleep as many as six people in that room with 1 regular bed and 2 air mattresses. She is also renting another room for as low as $45 per night. Since she started her hotel operation, we have endured a slew of different people and different cars flowing through her house. We know that at check-in time in the late afternoon, a group of new renters will arrive, and that at check-out time in the morning, these renters will leave to be replaced with a different cast of renter in the afternoon. In between, we see the renters come and go causing excess traffic and congestion. We also see different renters in her backyard which overlooks our yard. They take pictures and stare at us when we use our backyard. We used to leave our front windows open and wave to our neighbors when we see them on a stroll. Now, we keep our windows and shades closed even on hot days to prevent these renters from peering into our window. Living next to this type of short-term rental was not what we expected when we bought our house on this quiet street and remodeled it extensively to make it our home. The problems we are facing will still occur if we allow short- term rental of any form in our city. We Are Not Like The City of Los Angeles - Every City Will Have Different Solutions to Short -Term Rentals The short-term operators also submitted documentation on what the City of Los Angels is doing about regulating Short - Term rentals. But we are not like the City of Los Angeles. Los Angles is a large sprawling city with many areas close to major tourist attractions. In fact, we are more like our neighboring cities of Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, and Hermosa Beach. All of these cities have banned all forms of short- term rentals, even the one -room option our planning commission has recommended. Interestingly, the Neighborhood of Brentwood, which unfortunately for them is part of the City of Los Angles, is urging their residents to oppose allowing short-term rentals at an upcoming hearing. I would submit our city is more like Brentwood in character. Here are their arguments against short-term rentals on the website of Brentwood Homeowners Assocation: Start of Brentwood Homewoners Assocation Website strangersYou must act now to prevent your neighbor from renting to a constant stream of After you read below, write Councilman Bonin by clicking here! What is a short-term rental, and where are they prohibited? A short-term rental is defined as a rental of all or any portion of a residential building for 30 days or less. Current zoning laws in Los Angeles prohibit short-term rentals in R1 and other single- family residential zones, as well as in R2, RD, and R3 lower density multi -family residential zones (in other words, the illegal "Airbnb", WRBO", "Homeaway" platform ). Residential zones are intended to provide a quiet living environment, free of commercial and industrial activities. What is the threat? The Los Angeles City Council has directed City Planning to draft new rules that would legalize certain short-term rentals, and capture the "Transient Occupancy Tax" from all hosts, similar to the tax collected by hotels. The threat is to the very existence of quiet residential neighborhoods, as such, and to the quality of life we had a right to expect when we invested in our home or condo or even long-term apartment lease. LAPD supports Neighborhood Watch programs that are founded on knowing your neighbors — short-term rentals make that impossible. Also, security and safety concerns increase every time alarm codes and gate codes are given out to strangers. In addition to security concerns, short-term rentals bring parking, traffic, littering, noise and other nuisance issues. What action can I take? People showing up have an exponential impact over emails, although everything helps. The rental industry is spending heavy on a campaign to solicit council support. Testify at the Hearing on Tuesday, Sept 29, 2015, 6:30pm at Mar Vista Park Auditorium, 11430 Woodbine St, Los Angeles. Here are some talking points: 1. The fact the City does not have the resources to enforce current zoning laws does not mean the answer is to legalize the activity 2. Entire homes and buildings are being operated much like illegal rogue hotels by owners and investors who are renting out non-stop to tourists; Airbnb refuses to turn over host names and addresses by claiming right of privacy, and thereby hinders enforcement of restrictions on short-term rentals. 3. Since the City has not enforced the current clear zoning laws against the flood of illegal rental activity, it is not realistic to expect enforcement of more liberal and more complex rules 3 4. Real enforcement could be accomplished by providing for a private right of action (with recovery of attorney fees) for short-term rental violations (similar to the recent law passed in Manhattan Beach which prohibits all short-term rentals in residential zones) 5. ALL short-term rentals must be prohibited; limiting rentals to buildings or units that are a person's primary residence would still be permitting the invasion of commercial leasing activity into a residential neighborhood where short-term rentals are now prohibited; these illegal rentals have already resulted in a new industry to clean the rooms and linen and towels using employees not subject to hotel employee protections. There are no good "short-term rentals." 6. The emotional stories about the financial problems (can't pay the mortgage, or student loan) of short-term rental hosts should not be solved on the backs of their neighbors. 7. The fact the members of the "Los Angeles Short Term Rental Alliance" may be better organized because of their financial stake in the outcome should not be used to support new zoning rules that destroy neighborhoods; the Alliance supports no limitations on multiple rentals of primary homes, second homes, or investment properties 8. The LA Times reports on a study that shows Airbnb hosts who list two or more whole units provide 37% of Airbnb's revenue in Los Angeles. The LA Times reports that Airbnb alone spent more than $100,000 last year lobbying city officials. If you didn't know about these issues, it's because there is an organized effort to push through zoning changes that would destroy cohesive residential neighborhoods. If you don't want to find yourself living next to a defacto hotel, and dealing with parking, traffic, noise and safety concerns that negatively impact your quality of life, make your voice heard at the Hearing on Tuesday, Sept 29, 2015, 6:30pm — 8:30pm, at Mar Vista Park Auditorium, 11430 Woodbine St, Los Angeles. Write us and let us know how you feel. More importantly, write Councilman Bonin and let him know you want him to oppose short- term rentals by clicking here! End of Brentwood Homeowners Assocation Website Page 6 of the staff report also mentions one that some of the operators provided additional information on other cities that are also regulating short-term rentals "effectively" such as Newport Beach. The enclosed Newport Beach City Council staff report from September 13, 2016, shows that Newport Beach is having problems with their short-term rental regulations, and that they are considering restricting short -temp rentals and increasing code enforcement. Page 3 of this report also states that short-term rentals are not allowed in single-family zoned areas in that city even though they acknowledge that "vacation rentals are part of the community's culture". Conversely, our city has a semi -rural culture, and our planning commission want to allow short-term rentals in single family zones! That is just lubricious! Enforcement of Full Ban on Short-term Rentals The enforcement of a full ban on short-term rentals can be accomplished. As the staff report indicated, Host Compliance can be hired to monitor advertising. But the actual 4 verification of compliance of a full ban will realistically be accomplished by the neighbors. The neighbors will know if the operator is renting out rooms on a short-term basis by monitoring if the people and cars at the rental is changing daily. It is unrealistic to expect code enforcement to perform this monitoring because they are only available during working hours, but the neighbor is always there. By implementing the loopholes for short -tern rentals as recommended by the planning commission, the neighbor will no longer be able to verify if the operator is only renting one room on a short-term basis. Code enforcement will also not be able to do so. Counterpoint to Operator's Opposition to Short -Term Rental Ban Some operators claim they need the income from their short-term rentals. Counterpoint - I sympathize with homeowners who are in financial need, but they should not be able to profit at the expense of their neighbors. Shot -term rentals provide alternative accommodations for guests visiting the city. Counterpoint - I would submit to the city council that the right of residents' peaceful enjoyment of their homes takes precedent over visitors' right to alternative accommodations. Operators rent to nice, well-educated people. Counterpoint -Regardless of what type of person the operators rent to, the transient nature of these short-term rentals is not compatible with our city. Operators claim they can do what they want with their property. Counterpoint - The rights of the operator as property owners has limits, and that limit is reached the exercise of that right impinges on the rights of the neighbors. The operator can also rent their rooms or house for 30 days or more. We should study problem further before we do anything. Counterpoint - The September 20 city council will be the second time the city council meets on this issue. The planning commission has already examined this issue at two meetings. This process started in October 2015. It has also been a year. It is time to pass the full ban. We should pass a nuisance/noise ordinance instead. Counterpoint - Nuisance and noise ordinances will not fix the transient problem of short-term rentals. Also, most of the noise and nuisance problems occur during the evening hours and weekends when there are no code enforcement officers available. The sheriffs department should not be used to enforce nuisance/noise ordinance. We have enough problems with theft and burglaries for them to deal with. Citv Needs Full Short -Term Rental Ban as Tool to Prevent Problems There are those who may argue that a full ban on short-term rental will not work because there are short-term rentals advertised in the other Peninsula cities even though they have prohibited short-term rentals, That is like arguing that laws do not work because crimes are committed! In fact, the data does show that full bans will significantly reduce the numbers of short-term rentals. I previously sent an email showing data from AirDNA, a third -party supplier of marketing data for AirBNB operators. The email shows that as of September 2016, there were 86 short-term rentals listings on AirBNB in Rancho Palos Verdes. In the neighboring Peninsula cities of Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, and Palos Verdes Estates, there were a total of only 13 short -rental listings combined! Our city has over 6 times the number of listings of the other three cities combined. This large discrepancies comes about because these cities have all banned short-term rentals, and we have not. The number of listings in these other cities will decrease because many of the cities have only recently prohibited short-term rentals. On the other hand, our number of short-term rentals will increase significantly if we do not ban it, Most importantly, we do not have any tools to fight the problem of short-term rentals. We need the full ban to provide the city with the tools. For the above reasons, I urge in the strongest terns for members of the city council to fully ban all short-term rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes for the sake of our residents. Thank you. Sincerely, Michael Huang Petition in Support of Full Ban on Short Term Rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes We, the undersigned below, are residents of Avenida Altisima: in Rancho Palos Verdes. We currently have two houses on our street that are short-term rentals. As a result of these two short-term rentals, we have had the following problems:' * Many different people coming and going from day-to-day. We have no idea who is living next door to us on any one day. * When the renters have gatherings at the rentals, the guests park on both sides of the street, and it is narrows the street so that 2 -way traffic is not possible. * Excess noise, traffic, and congestion. Because of the short-term rentals, the safe and secure feeling of the neighborhood on our street is significantly diminished. Short-term rentals is a commercial activity, and should not be allowed in a residential area zoned for single family homes. For the above reasons, we support the Full Ban on Short Term Rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. -71 ` / Avenida Altisima —7 � ^ Avenida Altisima 713 ' Avenida Altisima ��_ Avenida Altisima �` k� Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima r7-1 � Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima 7' Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima . 21 ✓ Avenida Altisima Petition in Support of Full Ban on Short Term Rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes We, the undersigned below, are residents of Avenida Altisima in Rancho Palos Verdes. We currently have two houses on our street that are short-term rentals. As a result of these two short-term rentals, we have had the following problems: * Many different people coming and going from day-to-day. We have no idea who is living next door to us on any one day. * When the renters have gatherings at the rentals, the guests park on both sides of the street, and it is narrows the street so that 2 -way traffic is not possible. * Excess noise, traffic, and congestion. Because of the short-term rentals, the safe and secure feeling of the neighborhood on our street is significantly diminished. Short-term rentals is a commercial activity, and should not be allowed in a residential area zoned for single family homes. For the above reasons, we support the Full Ban on Short Term Rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes. �) Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima 46 Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima 76 S'� %V i.5- -72-3 3 Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima Avenida Altisima AvenidaAltisima Avenida Altisima O�EWP0 CITY OF mss. z NE W-- PORT BEACH <,FpRN'P City Council Staff Report September 13, 2016 Agenda Item No. SS6 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Kimberly Brandt, Community Development Director - 949-644-3232, kbrandt@newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Brenda Wisneski, Deputy Community Development Director — bwisneski@newportbeachca.gov PHONE: 949-949-644-3297 TITLE: STUDY SESSION - Short Term Lodging Permits ABSTRACT: This is a continuation of the August 9, 2016 Council study session. At that meeting staff presented their findings and recommendations related to short term lodging and public comments were received. However, due to time constraints, not all members of the public were able to speak and the Council did not discuss the item. Therefore, the study session item was continued to this meeting. DISCUSSION: A detailed staff report was distributed at the August 9, 2016 meeting. The link to the report is provided below: Staff continues to meet with community groups and collect input from the public. Provided below is the two phased approach which staff recommended at the August 9, 2016 study session. Phase One — Implement through summer 2018, which includes 2 summer seasons 1. Expand the STL Operational Requirements. See Attachment 1. STL permits are subject to standard conditions listed in Municipal Code Section 5.95.050, which was last updated in 2003. Comments from residents, as well as STL managers, indicate the need for a more robust list of conditions to ensure that best practices are implemented. It is also recommended that the operational standards be separate from the Municipal Code so that they can be updated as needed, as determined by the City Manager. The standards would be posted on the City's website and attached to all STL permits. SS6-1 STUDY SESSION — Short Term Lodging September 13, 2016 Page 2 2. Require permits to be renewed on an annual basis. Currently STL permits are issued on a one-time basis. Offering a streamlined, on-line service would allow permits to be renewed more easily, and an annual renewal will ensure that operators are kept aware the City's operational standards. 3. Require Property Owner to Submit HOA verification. Prior to the City's issuance of a STL permit, documentation from the homeowner association shall be submitted verifying that respective HOA's CC&Rs allow for vacation rentals. This requirement may also be included in Municipal Code. 4. Require a Minimum Stay — 4 nights or other appropriate #. Requiring a minimum night stay is common for most STL management companies. Longer rentals reduce guest turnover and associated impacts such as large amounts of trash, frequent cleaning services, and personnel and laundry. Staff recommends that this be included as a new operating standard. 5. Include "Homesharing" in Municipal Code definition. Homesharing is the practice of leasing one room within a residential unit where the owner, tenant, agent, or rental manager is the long-term occupant of the unit. Transient occupancy taxes are also collected for Homesharing. Homesharing does fall within the City's definition of a short-term rental, but staff recommends that the term be clearly identified in the Municipal Code. 6. Phase out the 212 "grandfathered" single family properties. STL permits located in single-family zones which were issued prior to June 1, 2004 are considered "grandfathered" and there is not a Municipal Code provision to phase out the ability to have a STL permit. There are 212 "grandfathered" properties, and 92 have active STL permits. To maintain the single-family character of these neighborhoods and eliminate the inequity created by the ability for these properties to obtain STL permits in the single-family zones, staff is recommending that these properties be phased out by an appropriate amortization period such as 10 years or perhaps less. 7. Increase Code Enforcement Program. The community would benefit greatly with the implementation of a more aggressive enforcement program aimed at vacation rentals. While vacation rentals are part of the community's culture, the increase in these uses has the potential to impact the quality of life for residents. For this reason, enforcement of best practices and elimination of vacation rentals in unpermitted zones is critical. A comprehensive Code Enforcement Program is attached which would be supported by one part-time contract position in Code Enforcement, another part-time contract position in the Revenue Division and an outside vendor. The total annual cost of the Code Enforcement Program is $204,000 to $211,000. 8. Continue to negotiate with online host platforms. Discussions with on-line platforms continue, but with limited progress. Therefore, an effective code enforcement program is critical. SS6-2 STUDY SESSION — Short Term Lodging September 13, 2016 Page 3 Phase Two — Evaluation of Phase 1 Effectiveness Staff would return to the Council in fall 2018 with monitoring data to determine the effectiveness of Phase One in improving compliance with the STL provisions. If additional regulations are needed, considerations may include establishing a cap on the total number of STL permits issued citywide or geographically, extending the length of minimum stay requirements, limiting the number of days any particular property could be used for vacation rentals, and/or other more aggressive code enforcement efforts. Phase Two may also include increased audits to improve compliance with transient occupancy tax requirements. Currently, audits are limited to hotels which are conducted by a city employee. Recognizing the growth of STL permits in the City and the limits of the current auditing efforts, a contract employee devoted to the auditing and enforcement of the City's Municipal Code transient occupancy tax provisions would increase compliance. A full time, contract auditor is estimated to be $110,000 annually. Not Recommended 1. Expansion of STL areas. STL is currently permitted in residential zones, with the exception of single-family and some Planned Community districts. The City Council requested staff review allowing STL within the few small pockets of single-family districts on the Peninsula which are located amongst two -unit residential districts. Research reflects that many of these single family districts were re -zoned to single family in 1989 due to their small size, while other areas have historically been designated single family. The purpose of precluding STL in single family neighborhoods is to maintain the single-family character of these areas. Therefore, expansion of the areas where STL is permitted is not recommended. CONCLUSION With City Council's direction, staff will return to a regular meeting to request consideration of necessary amendments to the Municipal Code and additional resources required for implementation. Correspondence received since the August 9, 2016 study session is provided as Attachment A. ATTACHMENT: Attachment A — Correspondence SS6-3 'T� M 6 A-V\j ear vtO Petition in Support of Full Ban with on Exceptions on Short Term Rentals in Rancho Palos Verdes We, the undersigned below, are residents of Rancho Palos Verdes. We support the full ban on short-term rentals with no exceptions. Short-term rentals cause the following problems: * Short-term rentals is a commercial activity and does not belong in residential zones. Homes operating as short-term rentals are de facto hotels. * Many different people coming and going from day-to-day. We have no idea who is staying next door to us on any one day. * Neighborhood Watch rendered useless because of constant flow of strangers into community. * Excess noise, traffic, and congestion. * Decreased property value. Buyers seeking safety and tranquility of Rancho Palos Verdes not willing to buy house next to hotel. * Proposed restrictions on short-term rentals not enforceable and will cause more problems. For the above reasons, we support the Full Ban on Short Term Rentals with no Exceptions in Rancho Palos Verdes. 69, zf'a Oil From: Octavio Silva Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 7:45 AM To: Nathan Zweizig; Lorna Cloke Cc: Teresa Takaoka Subject: FW: AIR BnB Hightide Late correspondence. -----Original Message ----- From: Faith B. Stapleton [mailto:fbstapleton@cox.net] Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 2:28 PM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov> Subject: AIR BnB Hightide Dear Mr. Silva, Trust your weekend was a pleasant one or possibly there is an AirBnB as your neighbor. I do not take the time to report each and every incicident from disturbance of Air BnB guests on Hightide. Same thing over and over, bunch of cars parked, chatting people anticipating party time. Followed by either inccreasing party sounds and or downright boisterous noise which impact one's sleep; and it goes on and on reaching crescendo in the early hours of the next day which is today. At 3656 Hightide for a multitude of reasons, uninterrupted sleep is a necessity, beyond normal well being, not an occasional luxury. This is what i contracted for when I purhased my RPV home. Because the powers which be, have decided to indescriminately change the rules, we of this ilk should accept, I think not! Call the Sheriff, causes more personal disruption which will carry over to the next day. Why.... they could care less, just more personal agitation, anger and frustration. Just do the Right Thing then we all can once again divert this effort to more productive positive stuff. "Time" is my most valuable asset, and it is being stollen from me; that is criminal. There is no argument, DO THE RIGHT THING, BAN ALL SHORT TERM RPV RENTALS and this story will yet have an acceptable final ending. Sincerely, Faith Stapfleton 3656 Hightide Drive, RPV. From: Octavio Silva Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 1:43 PM To: Nathan Zweizig; Lorna Cloke Subject: FW: Letter to be read Sept. 20 2016 at City Council Meeting Late correspondence. Thanks Octavio From: Anita Gash [mailto:anitagl@cox.net] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 12:48 PM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov> Subject: Re: Letter to be read Sept. 20 2016 at City Council Meeting Hello Octavio, Here's the copy of the statement that will be read for me. Please send to appropriate persons. Thanks for your help with this. Best, Anita Gash My name is Anita Gash and due to a health issue I'm not able to be here. I have asked a representative to read the following statement into the record. I am asking the City Council for a total ban Code Amendment prohibiting all short term rentals in single family residential districts, in line with the total ban of our neighboring cities of Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates and Palos Verdes Estates. My husband and I have lived in our home on Eddinghill Drive in Los Verdes neighborhood for more than 40 years. My husband had just started his teaching career and we had to scrimp, save and borrow money from my parents to afford our home, but knew it was worth it because of the rural beauty, residential neighborhood, good schools, a safe place to raise a family. In 2012 we watched our neighbor across the street remodel his home from a one story three bedroom house with carport to a 4600 plus sq.ft. two story five bedroom home each with it's own bathroom and turn it into a short-term rental with up to four rooms per night. The specific issues related to this rental can be found in my letter to the Planning Commission. Over the years we grew to love the neighborhood and knew we would stay on into retirement and give back to the city by volunteering. Now well into our senior years we no longer feel safe with transient populations staying in our neighborhood much less across the street. As a member of Neighborhood Watch I no longer know who belongs here and when the next shoe will drop and a short-term rental or two or three will crop up next door or around the corner. My friend who is a realtor told us because of the short-term rental it's a mandatory disclosure when we go to sell. She said a" single-family home or condo unit next door to a short-term rental — where the occupants change every few days — will take longer to sell and bring in lower offers. You never know who your neighbors could be, and that's a classic situation of property stigma." This is a broader issue that impacts not just our Los Verdes neighborhood but all single family neighborhoods in the broader community, our city. One hears a lot from short-term renters about their rights as a homeowner. It doesn't give them the right to trample the rights of owners who want to preserve the very nature and character of a neighborhood zoned residential which is why they moved there in the first place. I want to thank the Council for reading through an amazing amount of material related to this issue and for your commitment in service to our City. It is indeed a big responsibility and your efforts are appreciated. Sincerely, Anita and Ken Gash September 20, 2016 From: Octavio Silva Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 9:09 AM To: Nathan Zweizig; Lorna Cloke Subject: FW: Code Amendment Short -Term Rentals From Anita Attachments: 20160625_105029_resized jpg Late correspondence From: Anita Gash [mailto:anitagl@cox.net] Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 9:02 AM To: Octavio Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov> Subject: Fwd: Code Amendment Short -Term Rentals From Anita Octavio, attached is the letter I sent to the Planning Commission and thought was included in the City Council packet of letters. Soon to follow is the letter I will ask a neighbor to read. Thanks Anita Gash -------- Forwarded Message-------- Subject:Code Amendment Short -Term Rentals Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 11:56:41 -0700 From:Anita Gash <anitaglncox.net> To:octavios@Epvca.gov Dear Mr. Silva, I am writing in support of the Code Amendment prohibiting short-term rentals in single family residential districts. My neighbors and I signed a petition and submitted it to the City several months ago asking for a ban on such rentals citing local cities that have done so. My husband and I have lived at 6534 Eddinghill Drive, RPV sine 1971. Several years ago the neighbor across the street at 6527 remolded his home from a one story three bedroom house to a 4600 sq.ft. two story home with five bedrooms each with a private bath. Soon thereafter he began his short-term rental business, renting up to four rooms per night and continues right up to today. This has created the following problems: 1. Concerns about increased crime. I am a Neighborhood watch co -block captain and the rental guests show up from all parts of the US and foreign countries. Taxis come and go and the number of different cars parked in front of our houses can be up to 20 per week. The listing on Airb&b states the home is a mansion in an expensive neighborhood. With the increase in break-in in the city and especially in the Vista Grande area where I live, this is not something Neighbor Watch wants advertised. Additionally the site says one room available but is 1 followed by this statement. "Even if Airbnb shows NO ROOMS available, PLEASE, INQUIRE, OR GO TO LISTING NO. 2 OR NO. 3 IT'S THE SAME HOUSE BUT DIFFERENT ROOMS. OR TRY INSTANT BOOK ROOMS MAY STILL BE AVAILABLE." This property also advertises on other rental sites. 2. Hotel guests block neighbors' driveways and there are hotel guests checking in at hours. (Attached is an example of what goes on. This was an overnight guest from last week. Texas plates). 3. A young couple stating at the b&b got into a loud argument at 11 PM outside on a Saturday night. Guests have gone onto private property posing for pictures, and using neighbor's trash cans. 4. My realtor told me anyone selling a home near a short-term rental must disclose this and it lowers property values. we and our neighbors have had to deal with the above problems for at least four years and I know many others in the City have also. Thank you for taking action on this issue for all the residents in RPV. A short-term rental business can pop up anywhere so hopefully with this ordinance others won't have to experience what we've been dealing with and we'll finally have relief. Sincerely, Anita & Ken Gash 310-541-3516 2 FOU447 EQMFll M LOV&--, I WIT r"- Mtniplq -doom --V. job. Ar ;A. 4a 1, 15, --zD /,,/ a From: donway@cox.net Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 3:35 PM To: CC Subject: Ban on short term rentals Esteemed council members: I do not wish to be repetitious, as I have written before, but wish to again urge you to enact an outright ban on short term rentals in our city. As such bans have already been enacted by neighboring cities, if RPV takes only half measures such as our Planning Commission has recommended, I fear that we could become a "sanctuary city" for short term rentals. Whenever a "For Sale" sign appears in front of a house neighbors fear that it will be bought by a new owner to use as a short term rental. This already happened on the street where I live and will be happening more and more all over the city if a ban is not enacted. Please relieve us of the fear that a hotel might be our new neighbor whenever we see a "For Sale" sign in the neighborhood. Donald A. Way 3640 Hightide Drive 1 From: donway@cox.net Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 3:23 PM To: CC Cc: PC Subject: Ban on short term rentals Esteemed council members: I do not wish to be repetitious, as I have written before, but wish to again urge you to enact an outright ban on short term rentals in our city. As such bans have already been enacted by neighboring cities, if RPV takes only half measures such as the Planning Commission has recommended, I fear that we could become a "sanctuary city" for short term rentals and more and more properties will be used for that purpose as RPV will be the only place in the area allowing them. One short term rental on my street now is one too many. Donald A. Way 3640 Hightide Drive From: Hans H. Kuehl <kuehl@usc.edu> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 11:02 AM To: CC Subject: Short Term Rentals City Council, We are in support of a full ban of short term rentals. Hans and Anna Kuehl 3527 Vigilance Dr. RPV From: Steven Williamson <sd williamson@mac.com> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:02 AM To: CC; Ara Mihranian; Octavio Silva Cc: Maura Mizuguchi Subject: Airbnb Proposed Ordinance Dear Sir or Madam, I recently sent a message to the RPV council noting my strong opposition to any short term rentals in RPV. I have since explored this subject in greater depth & would like to alter my recent position. My change is based on reading the submissions to you from my friend, Ms Maura Mizuguchi. I think her arguments are compelling. Also there is the matter of basic freedom. To paraphrase John Stuart Mill, A property owner has the right to use the property as he desires so long as he does not impinge on the rights of his neighbors to use their property. Further, as other cities have discovered, outright bans result in massive litigation costs. It seems to me that simple solutions to the current predicament must exist. These solutions should address the . concerns of those for & those against. Some thoughts: The permitting solution, seems the easiest. Homeowners could apply for a permit & the permitting ordinance would stipulate the suspension of the permit in the event violations occur. Suspension meets the objections of those who want quick action. Institute & strictly implement fining permit holders who violate noise abatement ordinances by assessing escalating fines similar to those in the Newport Beach ordinance ($1,000 for first offense, $2,000 for second offense, $3,000 for third offense). This would address the party house concerns. Sincerely, Steven Williamson Steven D Williamson sd williamson(cDmac.com 30419 Rhone Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275 USA From: Brenda L. Tavera <BTavera@DDSFFIRM.com> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 12:48 PM To: CC; Ken Dyda; Brian Campbell; susanb@rpvca.go; Jerry Duhovic; Anthony Misetich Cc: Lisa Padilla; Jennifer T. Taggart Subject: Palos Verdes American Youth Soccer Organization ("PV AYSO") Attachments: L - RPV City Council (w-enc).09-19-16.pdf Please see attached letter from Jennifer T. Taggart, Esq. in connection with the above -referenced matter. If questions arise, please contact Ms. Taggart. Thank you. Brenda L. Tavera Legal Assistant DEMETRIOU, DEL GUERCIO, SPRINGER & FRANCIS, LLP 915 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 2000 Los Angeles, California 90017 Phone (213) 624-8407 Fax (213) 624-0174 Email: btavera(o-),ddsffirm.com http://www.ddsffirm.com/ The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. This message may be an attorney-client communication and/or work product and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. JEFFREY Z. B. SPRINGER STEPHEN A. DEL GUERCIO MICHAEL A. FRANCIS BRIAN D. LANGA JENNIFER T. TAGGART LESLIE M. DELGUERCIO TAMMY M. J. HONG DEMETRIOU, DEL GUERCIO, SPRINGER & FRANCIS, LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 915 WILSHIRE BLVD, SUITE 2000 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90017 (21 3) 624-8407 FAX (21 3) 624.0174 WWW.DDSFFIRM.COM September 19, 2016 VL4 ELECTRONIC MAIL (cc@ �,i,ea. ov1 CHRIS G. DEMETRIOU (1915-1989) RONALD J. DEL GUERCIO (RETIRED) RICHARD A. DEL GUERCIO (RETIRED) The Honorable Mayor Ken Dyda (via email: ken.dyda@rpvca.gov) Mayor Pro Tem Brian Campbell (via email: brian.campbell@rpvca.gov) Councilwoman Susan M. Brooks (via email: susanb@rpvca.go) Councilman Jerry V. Duhovic (via email: jerry.duhovic@rpvca.gov) Councilman Anthony M. Misetich (via email: anthony.misetich@rpvca.gov) City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Council 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 SENDER'S EMAIL ADDRESS JTAGGART@DDSFFIRM, COM SENDER'S DIRECT LINE (21 3) 624-8407 EXT. 150 Re: City Council Meeting September 20, 2016 — Agenda Item #2 Dear Mayor Dyda and Members of the City Council: As you know, I represent that Palos Verdes American Youth Soccer Organization ("PV AYSO"). PV AYSO has attempted to work cooperatively with the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ("City"). Specifically, PV AYSO has solicited the City's cooperation in resolving the concerns regarding the soil imported to the dirt plot area at the Ladera Linda fields. However, with very limited exception, the City has elected instead to attack PV AYSO and frustrate PV AYSO's efforts. For the record, PV AYSO objects to the transformation of the legislative and information sharing process to a quasi-judicial hearing process which affects the rights of PV AYSO and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District ("PVPUSD") without the Constitutional and statutory protections afforded in such a quasi-judicial process. The City is now making legal determinations without conforming to the requirements for quasi-judicial process, including, without limitation, the required that the decision makers be without bias and without prejudgment. For example, PV AYSO is quite concerned with the communications revealed in the recent response to PV AYSO's California Public Records Act request that all communications from either PVPUSD or AYSO are immediately transmitted by Councilmember Brooks to a very select group of City residents with inappropriate editorial comments for a quasi- judicial process. The instantaneous release of those communications to a very select group of residents demonstrates that the City has little or no interest in acting fairly or responsibly toward the approximately 2,500 members and the over 800 volunteers of PV AYSO. Rancho Palos Verdes City Council September 19, 2016 Page 2 The most recent conduct of the City Council and City staff during the August 16, 2016 and September 6, 2016 City Council meetings, the substantial and numerous inaccuracies contained in the various staff reports, and the City's documented approach to its so called fact finding and decision making with respect to the Ladera Linda fields have helped to persuade PV AYSO that the City generally is unwilling or incapable of productively and effectively addressing the Ladera Linda site. Moreover, as of today, PV AYSO has yet to receive any response to its repeated requests for a retraction and clarification as to the City Manager's statements made at the August 16, 2016 City Council meeting, and repeated again at the September 6, 2016 City Council meeting. As discussed in detail in our correspondence to the City on August 17, 2016, asbestos has not been found in the soils. The DTSC fence and post order is based solely on the presence of asbestos containing material (different from asbestos in the soil) on the surface of the imported soils, which debris was removed eleven months ago. Testing of the soil confirmed no asbestos in the soil. There is also no evidence whatsoever that there is more than one source of the imported soils. PV AYSO renews its request for a retraction and clarification. Although PV AYSO is electing not to comment on the numerous errors and inaccuracies in the materials submitted in support of Agenda Item #2, PV AYSO nevertheless will respond to the questions forwarded by Gabriella Yap to PV AYSO via email as follows: 1) What was Brent ref'erring to when he said "AQN D removed themselves weeks ago"? It is PV AYSO's understanding that SCAQMD no longer has any significant involvement. 2) What was Brent referring to when he mentioned DISC in his email last week and that we should "have extreme concerns over happenings this week" and "the ran7.itications the future brings"? The City should be focused on helping PV AYSO and PVPUSD work with DTSC to address any concerns and come to a resolution that allows PV AYSO to go back to its soccer programs and the PVPUSD to educating students. 3) The City of Torrance told us that although there was 1,300 CY of cut, there was 1,000 CY fill, resulting in a net export of 300 CY to 5433 Sharynne Lane. Their inspector also noted that they were not aware of any import soil brought to the property. Do you know why there is such a discrepancy between the 300 CY net export and the 1,100 CY dumped at 1..,1..,? It is PV AYSO's understanding from the City of Torrance (Curt Dittman, Plans Examiner Grading Division) that the cut of 1,300 cubic yards and fill of 1,000 cubic yards were not the same dirt. That is, the City's assumption that there is a net export of 300 cubic yards is wrong. Based upon PV AYSO's conversations with the City of Torrance, the City of Torrance's grading permit does not mean that 1,300 cubic yards of cut and 1,000 cubic Rancho Palos Verdes City Council September 19, 2016 Page 3 yards of fill mean a net export of 300 cubic yards. The grading permit numbers are estimates and the City of Torrance doesn't monitor those numbers. Usually, time and space constraints usually mean that the soil must be exported so that construction can be accomplished. Confirmation with the homeowner, the contractor, and the trucking companies and the supporting documentation confirm that 85 truckloads of soil were removed from 5433 Sharynne Lane and imported to Ladera Linda. For convenience, attached are the most recent emails with Mr. Dittman. 4) Do you have any other relevant materials from the City of Torrance's files besides the permit? PV AYSO has previously provided documents from the City of Torrance's files in addition to the grading permit to the City. PV AYSO refers the City to the prior correspondence submitted to the City and City Council. PV AYSO notes additionally that the permit is not final (as of last week) so not everything is available. 5) What were your thoughts behind the instructions given to Leymaster on what to test for? As explained in the report, Leymaster developed its sampling plan following the guidance documents/policies of DTSC and the LAUSD for imported soils. Leymaster chose sampling locations within the area of concern (the dirt plot area) at Leymaster's discretion based upon its experience. Leymaster analyzed for those constituents of concern consistent with DTSC and LAUSD policies. Leymaster was also instructed to identify any suspect asbestos containing material, and to identify any debris in the soil column. No suspect ACM was identified, and no debris was located in the soil column during sampling activities. 6) What/who initially gave Brent the idea that the dirt came from •l,rump and that it was tested? As previously explained, Brent Daniel's statement was a mistake. Please see PV AYSO's correspondence to the City dated September 6, 2016. The imported soil was tested. A geotechnical soil test was performed. Please see PV AYSO's correspondence of June 20, 2016. 7) How did you find out that was incorrect? PV AYSO corrected the misstatement regarding the source of the imported soil. Please see PV AYSO's correspondence to the City dated September 6, 2016. As for the testing, there is no incorrect statement. The soils were tested as required. PV AYSO will note that under these conditions, there is no requirement to test imported soils from a residential site for environmental contaminants. Rancho Palos Verdes City Council September 19, 2016 Page 4 8) Who was AYSO's contact that connected them to the dirt from 5433 Sbarynne Lane project? An independent contractor familiar with the 5433 Sharynne Lane project informed PV AYSO's field manager that there was an opportunity to obtain free dirt. PV AYSO typically buys dirt and it is expensive. The dirt at 5433 Sbarynne Lane was going to be taken to the same place from which PV AYSO typically purchases dirt, 9) Given that the soil was to be used for topdressing the fields, why compact it? The soil was leveled (not compacted) at the request of PVPUSD in response to complaints from. certain residents in the Ladera Linda neighborhood, If there are any questions regarding this response, please feel free to contact me. By providing this response, PV AYSO does not waive and express reserves any and all rights it may have, including those claims related to the City's failure to proceed with due process of law. Very truly yours, Jennie g fe T.Tart 11 Tag JTT/ Enclosure Jennifer T. Taggart nnraani ntn mnnmmio�amomnm�mmmmana®nnommoo�o®mar From: Dittman, Curt <CDITTMAN@TorranceCA,gov> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 7:22 AM To: Jennifer T. Taggart Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Yes it is different and not as detailed. I also do not specify that the amounts are estimations used to calculate fees. Hopefully subsequent emails will clarify the city's position that we do not know how much soil was exported, nor did we make any substantial effort to verify that the cut/fill amounts shown on the permit was exact. From: Jennifer T. Taggart [mailto: Ta art ddsffirm.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:01 PM To: Dittman, Curt Cc: Lisa Padilla; Gibson, Jeff; Segovia, Felipe Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Importance: High r The City of Rancho Palos Verdes has published its agenda package for this Tuesday's RPV City Council meeting. It includes an email from you to Kit Fox dated June 28, 2016 in which you state that "export is just the difference." The City is taking the position that the City of Torrance told it no import, so only 300 exported so that the dirt PV AYSQ imported must have come from another source. The email is attached at page G-4 of the Staff Report. A link to the staff report including your emails is: http://rpv.gran(cus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id =5&event_ld=725&meta_id=30774http://rpv.granicus.com/MetaView e(.php?view id=5&event id=725&meta id=30774 This is different than what you told me, including below. Can you please clarify whether or not the City of Torrance is stating that only 300 cubic yards of fill were exported from 54:33 Sharynne Lane? This is critical. I will tell you we have bills of lading supporting 85 truckloads from the site. Thank you in advance, Jennifer Taggart From: Dittman, Curt [CDITTMAN@TorranceCA.gov] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 4:34 PM To: Jennifer T. Taggart Cc: Lisa Padilla; Gibson, Jeff; Segovia, Felipe Subject: RE: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Hi Jennifer, Pretty sure I told them the same thing. Those cut and fill amounts are used to calculate fees and as long as they are close to actual we accept them. Like I said in our conversation I did not require cut/fill calculations and the permit numbers may not have included the pool. All the material was removed between the pre -job meeting and the first footing inspection. So sometime between February and May of 2015. Curt From: Jennifer T. Taggart [mailto:JTaggart@ddsffirm.comJ Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 2:13 PM To: Dittman, Curt Cc: Lisa Padilla Subject: Question Regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, GRD14-00036 Curt— You and I spoke on the telephone several weeks ago regarding 5433 Sharynne Lane, permit GRD14-00036. I represent PV AYSO. When we spoke, we discussed that the grading permit says 1,300 cubic yards cut, and 1,000 cubic yards fill, but that one couldn't assume that information meant at net export of 300 cubic yards. You explained that the numbers are estimates, that the City of Torrance doesn't supervise those numbers for exactness, and that time and space constraints could mean that up to 1,300 cubic yards are exported, and 1,000 cubic yards are imported. The grading permit doesn't give you the information as to what is exported and what is imported. I provided the City of RPV with the grading permit because the City of RPV is very concerned about the Ladera Linda fields, where approximately 85 truckloads of soil from 5433 Sharynne Lane were imported (estimated at 1,020 cubic yards). Now the City of RPV has told me the following and posed the following question: 3) The City of Torrance told us that although there was 1,300 CY of cut, there was 1,000 CY fill, resulting in a net export of 300 CY to 5433 Sharynne Lane. Their inspector also noted that they were not aware of any import soil brought to the property. Do you know why there is such a discrepancy between the 300 CY net export and the 1,100 CY dumped at LL? Did I misunderstand our discussion? Did the City of Torrance tell the City of RPV that only 300 cubic yards were exported from 5433 Sharynne Lane? Jennifer Taggart Partner Demetriou, Del Guercio, Springer & Francis, LLP 915 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2000 Los Angeles, CA 90017 213.624.8407 213.624.0174 (facsimile) www.ddsffirm.com From: Gary Randall <grapecon@cox.net> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 9:21 AM To: Kit Fox; CC Cc: CityManager Subject: RE: September 20th Staff report regarding Ladera Linda Fields Attachments: IMG 1348.JPG Hello Mr. Fox, Honorable Mayor, and City Councilmembers: Thank you all for researching the soil dump issue at the Ladera Linda fields and for the report you have published. I do appreciate that the city is taking this issue seriously and want to thank you for getting factual information out to the public. I encourage your continued diligence in seeing this thru to a full and complete resolution. In the staff report, there are several ariel photographs of the area, some in February and March of 2015 and then another in 2016. While I can't help you with ariel photographs, I do have several ground based photographs I personally took in April 2015. The one I attached here, taken on 4/9/2016 at 7:03 a.m., clearly shows the dirt piles that were dumped. This is part way thru the dumping and does not show all the truckloads that came in. This is obviously before AYSO/PVUSD used a large front end loader to "grade" it. I know there is no dispute that truckloads of dirt came in during that timeframe, but this additional photograph, when coupled with the ariel photos you have presented, may help to complete the picture. I believe in my picture you can see soil color differences that likely can be correlated to the March 2015 ariel photos. Respectfully Gary Randall Ladera Linda resident From: Kit Fox [mailto:KitF@rpvca.gov] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:36 PM To: CC Subject: September 20th Staff report regarding Ladera Linda Fields Dear Interested Party: The September 20th Staff report and attachments for this item are now available for review on the City's website at the following link: htt r v. ranicus.com MetaViewer. h ?view id=5&event id=725&meta id=30774 Sincerely, Kit Fox, AICD Senior Administrative Analyst Cittj Manager's Office Citic of Rancho Palos Verdes 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 T: (310) 544-5226 1 F: (310) 544--5291 E: kit{@rpvca. e ov From: Teresa Takaoka Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 7:55 AM To: Lorna Cloke Subject: FW: Please include this into the Ladera Linda report From: Gabriella Yap Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 4:56 PM To: Joan Davidson <j135cooper@yahoo.com>; Doug Willmore <DWillmore@rpvca.gov>; Kit Fox <KitF@rpvca.gov> Cc: Dave Aleshire <daleshire@awattorneys.com>; Teresa Takaoka <TeriT@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: Please include this into the Ladera Linda report Dear Joan, Thanks for your email. We'll include this in late correspondence as well. Take care and have a good weekend. Gabriella Yap Deputy City Manager 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 (310) 544-5203 (310) 544-5291 From: Joan Davidson [mailto:'135coo er ahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:19 PM To: Doug Willmore <DWiilrnore@rpvca.gov>; Gabriella Yap <gyap@rpvca.gov>; Kit Fox <KitF@rpvca. ov> Cc: Dave Aleshire <daleshireCo)awattorneys.com> Subject: Please include this into the Ladera Linda report Dear Doug, Please add this to the report. In CA only the following persons are allowed to sign off on sampling plans and create sampling plans for soils under the law. This is an email I received from DTSC in that regard. Leymaster Soil Report was signed by Charles Lindeman, a former REA--that is no longer recognized in CA. Thanks very much, Joan On Friday, July 29, 2016 2:53 PM, "Rowe, Williarnea.,DTSU' <William,.Rowe Qcdisc ,ca. gov> wrote, Dear Ms Davidson: I was cc'd by Ms Chau with your query. As you are aware, the Governor's budget of 2012 deleted the Registered Environmental Assessor program. Whether an individual was previously registered as an REA is no longer pertinent to their current work. The "validity" of a "soil report" is not determined by the DTSC. The DTSC may require certain provisions in any given report, on a case-by-case basis, at sites under DTSC oversight where the parties are directly working with the DTSC. To understand the broader context of soil sampling report requirements: a soil sampling effort requires preparation of a sampling work plan and a sampling report by a California Professional Geologist pursuant to the definition of the practice of geology by the Business and Professions Code Section 7802, as enforced by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (California BPELSG). Based on BPELSG enforcement actions, a soil sampling report (and the antecedent work plan) must be signed by a Professional Geologist who maintains responsible charge of work for the project. Their previous REE status was not and still remains irrelevant to their authority to sign a soils report. I hope this answers your question. If you wish to discuss this, please go ahead and contact me by phone, but considering my travel requirements, it would be best to email me first and then we can set up a time for discussion on the phone. From: Joan Davidson <jl35cooper@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 3:19 PM To: Doug Willmore; Gabriella Yap; Kit Fox Cc: Dave Aleshire Subject: Please include this into the Ladera Linda report Dear Doug, Please add this to the report. In CA only the following persons are allowed to sign off on sampling plans and create sampling plans for soils under the law. This is an email I received from DTSC in that regard. Leymaster Soil Report was signed by Charles Lindeman, a former REA--that is no longer recognized in CA. Thanks very much, Joan On Friday, July 29 2016 2:.63 PM„ "Rowe, William@D 'S " <William,Rowe dtsc.caY ov> wrote: Dear Ms Davidson: I was cc'd by Ms Chau with your query. As you are aware, the Governor's budget of 2012 deleted the Registered Environmental Assessor program. Whether an individual was previously registered as an REA is no longer pertinent to their current work. The "validity" of a `soil report" is not determined by the DTSC. The DISC may require certain provisions in any given report, on a case-by-case basis, at silos under DISC oversight where the parties are directly working with the DTSC. To understand the broader context of soil sampling report requirements: a soil sampling effort. requires preparation of a sampling work plan and a sampling report by a California Professional Geologist pursuant to the definition of the practice of geology by the Business and Professions Code Section 7802, as enforced by the Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (California BPELSC). Based on BPELSC enforcement actions, a soil sampling report (and the antecedent worm plan) must be signed by a Professional Geologist who maintains responsible zcharge of work for the project. Their previous REA status was not and still remains irrelevant to their authority to sign a soils report. I hope this answers your question. If you wish to discuss this, please go ahead and contact me by phone, but considering my travel requirements, it would be best to email me first and then we can set up a time for discussion on the phone. Good -luck -------------- ----------------------------------- - ------ ____---- ---- Lorna Cloke From: Kit Fox Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:44 PM To: Joan Davidson; Doug Willmore; Gabriella Yap Cc: Dave Aleshire Subject: RE: Letter to RPV from Joe Odencrantz, P.E.,Ph.D. an Environmental Consultant and Ladera Linda Thanks, Joan. This will be included as late correspondence. These items were provided to the City Attorney previously. You'll note that the City Attorney's memo (Attachment P) refers to the Williams Act complaint filed by Berry Hildebrand. Kit Fox, AIOP City of Rmicho Palos Verdes (310) 544-5226 kitf@rpvca. , ov From: Joan Davidson [mailto:j135cooper@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:21 PM To: Doug Willmore <DWillmore@rpvca.gov>; Gabriella Yap <gyap@rpvca.gov>; Kit Fox <KitF@rpvca.gov> Cc: Dave Aleshire <daleshire@awattorneys.com> Subject: re: Letter to RPV from Joe Odencrantz, P.E.,Ph.D. an Environmental Consultant and Ladera Linda Dear Doug, I read the Staff Report and did not see this email or the attachments within the email from Joe Odencrantz to you as documents in the staff report. Please enter this into the record/staff report. This email and attachments were sent to the city on July 29, and are very significant re: conclusions drawn on the Ladera Linda environmental concerns. Persons named below by Joe Odencrantz, P.E., Ph. D. do not have the current CA required license titles as stated and/or the licensing required to sign documents in this regard, The person sending you this email is a CA licensed professional, a Ph.D. and P.E. and trained in his field. Please forward to the city attorney as well as soon as possible. Thank you Joan Davidson On Friday, July 29, 2016 8:55 AM, Joe Odencrantz <jodencrantz(c tri-s.com> wrote: Dear Mr. Willmore: [Below you will find the contents of email I sent you yesterday afternoon at 1:42PM in proper format. As a result, you will also find the Cal Engineering Board record below for Mr. Leymaster and not as an attachment. 1 sent the email from my iPhone yesterday and there were multiple attachments which was not intended. You will find the July 15, 2015 Letter from Superintendent Austin and my letter dated July 20, 2016 to DTSC/PVPUSD attached hereto. 1 have copied Mayor Ken Dyda here as well for we had a chance to speak about the following concerns yesterday afternoon.] It has come to my attention that there are certain goings on at the PVPUSD that concern me greatly am duty bound by the ASCE Code of Ethics to inform you of my concerns as a State of California Registered Professional Civil Engineer. I have included two attachments and please examine my write-up to the DTSC Office of Investigations below. I believe the school district is making certain determinations of environmental risks that are not, in my experience, what takes place in our State, i.e. risk determination with no lead environmental regulatory agency such as DTSC, State Water Resources Control Board, AQMD or local health care agency. Please contact me via email or phone at 949 644 8602. Joseph E. Odencrantz, P.E., Ph.D. Licensed Civil Engineer Joe Odencrantz, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Tri -S Environmental Newport Beach, California p: 949-644-8602 Direct m: 949-698-8851 try Direct first please j odencrantzC6tri -s. com ,wvv-, .tri-s.com http://www. lei com/profiles/joeodencrantz littl?:i'/www.l.inkedin.coin/in/josel-?Ii.odencrantz "One World, One Environment" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: TFIE INFORMAT[ON CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT(S) NAMED ABOVE. IF THE READER OF TFIIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR ANY AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED'IJIAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR AND THAT ANY REVIEW, DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING OF TIIS MESSAGE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED'III IS COMMUN[CAI ION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY BY REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE AND DELETE THE ENTIRE MESSAGE FROM YOUR E-MAILSYSTEM WITHOUT PRINTING ANY COPIES OR FORWARDING TO ANYONE. THANK YOU. From: Joe Odencrantz[mailto:jodencrantz(a-).tri-s.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 5:21 PM To: 'Stephen. Hardy@dtsc.ca.gov' <Stephen.Hardy(a),dtsc.ca.g_ov>; 'hansen.pang@dtsc.ca.gov' <hansen.pang(a dtsc.ca.gov> Cc: 'Joan Davidson' <j135cooper(a)-yahoo.com>; 'ecarloshum@gmail.com' <ecarloshum(c.-),gmail.com>; 'bjhilde@aol.com' <bjhilde ),aol.com> Subject: Letter from PVPUSD to Mr. Hildebrand dated July 15, 2016 Gentlemen: Joan Davidson sent me the attached letter dated July 15, 2016 by Mr. Don Austin, Superintendent of PVPUSD this morning. The PVPUSD is apparently assuming the responsibility of regulatory agency in the attached letter and I believe you should be made aware. This does not seem right in my professional experience and a regulatory agency should be overseeing any environmental site characterization project(see 12/23/2015 report referenced below). I alerted you of the issue with Mr. Howard Spielman's license last week in my letter dated July 20, 2016 -attached. Here is what I wrote Ms. Davidson yesterday on the Leymaster Soil report dated December 23, 2015: available at this link https:Hd3oc3andiad7x7.cloudfront.net/LcEufxVBanPJrZS7zSB8817MBxoww4ld4imUCvFWh9KRNHpo. pdf Please read this: There is no REA program anymore. From the report pg 1 (pdf 2) in the sample collection section: "All samples were collected by Charles F. Lindeman, an Environmental Professional, REA-II No. 20251, under California's former Registered Environmental Assessor program." We should report Mr. Lindeman to http://www.bpelsq.ca.gov/. I saw his Conclusion "Based on the analytical results, the 1,100 CYs of soil sampled are acceptable for use at the Upper Ladera Linda Park." He is not licensed and only regulators can make that determination/signoff of whether soils are "acceptable". In FY 2012/13, SB 1018 (Senate Committee on Budget, c 39, stats. 2012) removed the Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) Program from statute, effective July 1, 2012. The REA Program was created in 1987 to provide qualified environmental professionals to help businesses comply with environmental standards. In November 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's All Appropriate Inquiry (AA1) final rule became effective. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (the `Brownfields Amendments') amended CERCLA to provide protections from liability for certain landowners and prospective purchasers of properties who can demonstrate compliance with specific statutory criteria and did not cause or contribute to contamination at the property. The process includes conducting an AAI by an Environmental Professional as defined by 40 Code of Federal Regulation Section 312.10. The federal and state definitions of an "Environmental Professional" differ, and therefore a person who qualifies as a REA may not meet the federal standard. In order to avoid confusion and to ensure consistency with the federal rule, the REA Program has been discontinued and REAs are now defined as Environmental Professionals. See here: on page 12>>> http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/idmanifest/upload/fee-summary 2014.pdf Related stories: http://ae.qsf.org/archives/153 http://citadelenvironmental.blogspot.com/2012/07/say-goodbye-to-registered-environmental.htmI http://cre-expert.com/bIoq/good-bye-registered-environmental-assessors-rea/ Here is what I learned about the owner of the Leymaster company. He is a Mechanical Engineer- LEYMASTER MARK STEWART. I believe one must be a professional civil engineer or professional geologist to sign off on soil characterization data. bbiit Us CtstttactlUs Lic6nsed Lboku Fern s Laws Search this site: This Site California License Search for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensee Name: LEYMASTER MARK STEWART License Type: MECHANICAL ENGINEER License Number: 23031 License Status: CLEAR Definition Expiration Date: 'September 30, 2016 Address: 5530 EL JARDIN ST City: LONG BEACH State: CA Zip:. 90815 County: LOS ANGELES Actions: No Public Record Action(s) This information is updated Monday through Friday - Last updated: JUL-26-2016 Very truly yours, Joe Odencrantz Joe Odencrantz, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Tri -S Environmental Newport Beach, California p: 949-644-8602 Direct m: 949-698-8851 try Direct first please jodencrantz@Ptri-s.com www.tri-s.com tittr)://'w,ww.QooQle.com/Dro.files/iococtencrat-itz http://,Aryv�,v.linkedin. coin/in/j osephodencrantz "One World, One Environment" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: 'I I IF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR'IHE PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENTS) NAMED ABOVE, IF THE READER OF TFIIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR ANY AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THA"I YOU HAVE RECEIVED I HIS MFSSAGE IN ERROR AND CHAT ANY REVIEW, DISSENII NATION, DISTRIBUTION, ORCOPYING OF THIS NIESSAGE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN 4 ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME INIMFINATELY BY REPLYING TO THE XIESSAGE AND DELE-1F THE ENTIRE MESSAGEFROM YOUR E-MAILSYS'IEM WFIIIOUT PRINTING ANY COPIES OR FORWARDING 'IO ANYONE. THANK YOU. Lorna Cloke From: Joan Davidson <j135cooper@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:21 PM To: Doug Willmore; Gabriella Yap; Kit Fox Cc: Dave Aleshire Subject: re: Letter to RPV from Joe Odencrantz, P.E.,Ph.D. an Environmental Consultant and Ladera Linda Attachments: Hildebrand Response -Williams Act July 15 2016.pdf; July 29, 2016- Joe Odencrantz attachement to Doug Willmore Ladera Linda Park RPV Letter July 20 2016.pdf Dear Doug, I read the Staff Report and did not see this email or the attachments within the email from Joe Odencrantz to you as documents in the staff report. Please enter this into the record/staff report. This email and attachments were sent to the city on July 29, and are very significant re: conclusions drawn on the Ladera Linda environmental concerns. Persons named below by Joe Odencrantz, P.E., Ph. D. do not have the current CA required license titles as stated and/or the licensing required to sign documents in this regard, The person sending you this email is a CA licensed professional, a Ph.D. and P.E. and trained in his field. Please forward to the city attorney as well as soon as possible. Thank you Joan Davidson On Friday, July 29, 2016 8:55 AM, Joe Odencrantz <jodencrantz@tri-s.com> wrote: Dear Mr. Willmore: [Below you will find the contents of email 1 sent you yesterday afternoon at 1:42PM in proper format. As a result, you will also find the Cal Engineering Board record below for Mr. Leymaster and not as an attachment. I sent the email from my iPhone yesterday and there were multiple attachments which was not intended. You will find the July 15, 2015 Letter from Superintendent Austin and my letter dated July 20, 2016 to DTSC/PVPUSD attached hereto. I have copied Mayor Ken Dyda here as well for we had a chance to speak about the following concerns yesterday afternoon.] It has come to my attention that there are certain goings on at the PVPUSD that concern me greatly am duty bound by the ASCE Code of Ethics to inform you of my concerns as a State of California Registered Professional Civil Engineer. I have included two attachments and please examine my write-up to the DTSC Office of Investigations below. I believe the school district is making certain determinations of environmental risks that are not, in my experience, what takes place in our State, i.e. risk determination with no lead environmental regulatory agency such as DTSC, State Water Resources Control Board, AQMD or local health care agency. Please contact me via email or phone at 949 644 8602. Joseph E. Odencrantz, P.E., Ph.D. Licensed Civil Engineer Joe Odencrantz, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Tri -S Environmental Newport Beach, California p: 949-644-8602 Direct m: 949-698-8851 try Direct first please jodc:ncrantz@tri-s.com ww w.tri-s.com http://www.google.conVprofiles/ioeodencrant httn://N�,ww.l.inkectin.com/in/josepti.octencrantz "One World, One Environment" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT(S) NAMED ABOVE, IP -1 HE READER OF TEIIS bIESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR ANY AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIEN"I; YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED 'IFAS MESSAGE IN ERROR AND THATANY REVIEW, DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING ISM ESSAGE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECI;IVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY 13Y REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE AND DELETE THE ENTIRE MESSAGE FROM YOUR E-MAIL SYSTEM WITHOUT PRINTING ANY COPIES OR FORWARDING TO ANYONE. THANK YOU. From: Joe Odencrantz [mailto:jodencrantz@tri-s.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 5:21 PM To: 'Stephen. Hardy@dtsc.ca.gov' <Stephen.Hardy@dtsc.ca.gov>; 'hansen.pang@dtsc.ca.gov' <hansen.pang @dtsc.ca.gov> Cc: 'Joan Davidson' <j 1 35cooper@yahoo.com>; 'ecarloshum@gmail. com' <ecarloshum@gmail. com>; 'bjhilde@aol.com' <bjhilde@aol.com> Subject: Letter from PVPUSD to Mr. Hildebrand dated July 15, 2016 Gentlemen: Joan Davidson sent me the attached letter dated July 15, 2016 by Mr. Don Austin, Superintendent of PVPUSD this morning. The PVPUSD is apparently assuming the responsibility of regulatory agency in the attached letter and I believe you should be made aware. This does not seem right in my professional experience and a regulatory agency should be overseeing any environmental site characterization project(see 12/23/2015 report referenced below). I alerted you of the issue with Mr. Howard Spielman's license last week in my letter dated July 20, 2016 -attached. Here is what I wrote Ms. Davidson yesterday on the Leymaster Soil report dated December 23, 2015: available at this link https://d3ic3andiad7x7.cloudfront.net/LcEufxVBanPJrZS7zSB8817MBxoww4ld4imUCvFWh9KRNH pdf Please read this: There is no REA program anymore. From the report pg 1 (pdf 2) in the sample collection section: "All samples were collected by Charles F. Lindeman, an Environmental Professional, REA-II No. 20251, under California's former Registered Environmental Assessor program." We should report Mr. Lindeman to http://www.bpelsq.ca.gov/. I saw his Conclusion "Based on the analytical results, the 1,100 CYs of soil sampled are acceptable for use at the Upper Ladera Linda Park." He is not licensed and only regulators can make that determination/signoff of whether soils are "acceptable". In FY 2012113, SB 1018 (Senate Committee on Budget, c 39, stats. 2012) removed the Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) Program from statute, effective July 1, 2012. The REA Program was created in 1987 to provide qualified environmental professionals to help businesses comply with environmental standards. In November 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) final rule became effective. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (the "Brownfields Amendments') amended CERCLA to provide protections from liability for certain landowners and prospective purchasers of properties who can demonstrate compliance with specific statutory criteria and did not cause or contribute to contamination at the property. The process includes conducting an AA1 by an Environmental Professional as defined by 40 Code of Federal Regulation Section 312.10. The federal and state definitions of an "Environmental Professional" differ, and therefore a person who qualifies as a REA may not meet the federal standard. In order to avoid confusion and to ensure consistency with the federal rule, the REA Program has been discontinued and REAs are now defined as Environmental Professionals. See here: on page 12>>> http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/idmanifest/upload/fee-summary 2014.pdf Related stories: http://aegsf.org/archives/153 http://citadelenvironmental.blogspot.com/2012/07/say-goodbye-to-registered-environmental.htmI http://cre-expert.com/bIoq/good-bye-registered-environmental-assessors-rea/ Here is what I learned about the owner of the Leymaster company. He is a Mechanical Engineer- LEYMASTER MARK STEWART. I believe one must be a professional civil engineer or professional geologist to sign off on soil characterization data. Board for Profps-sional Engibeers, Land Swveycrs, and G-olo sts Statewide search: Search this site: This Site California License Search for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors �y Board for Profps-sional Engibeers, Land Swveycrs, and G-olo sts Statewide search: Search this site: This Site California License Search for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensee Name: LEYMASTER MARK STEWART License Type: MECHANICAL ENGINEER License Number: 23031 License Status: CLEAR Definition Expiration Date: September 30, 2016 Address: 5530 EL JARDIN ST City: LONG BEACH State: CA Zip: 90815 County: LOS ANGELES Actions: No Public Record Action(s) This information is updated Monday through Friday - Last updated: JUL-26-2016 Very truly yours, Joe Odencrantz Joe Odencrantz, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Tri -S Environmental Newport Beach, California p: 949-644-8602 Direct m: 949-698-8851 try Direct first please joctenc.raii.tz@tr.i-s.com ,ww-\v.tri-s.com httn:Hww",,>,ooQle.com/nrofiles/ioeodencrantz http://«�N,w.Iinkedin..coin/in/josephode nerantz "One World, One Environment" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT(S) NAMED ABOVE. IF TI Ir READER 01-1 HISMESSAGE IS NOT THE INLENDED RECIPIENT OR ANY AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED'rIIAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR AND THAT ANY REVIEW, DISSENHNATION, DISTRIBUEION, OR COPYING OF THIS MESSAGE IS STRICTLYPROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS CONIMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY BY REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE AND DELETETFIF EMPIRE MESSAGE FROM YOUR E-MAIL SYSTEM WITHOUT PRINTING ANY COPIES OR FORWARDING TO ANYONE. THANK YOU. Lorna Cloke From: Joan Davidson <jl35cooper@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2016 2:21 PM To: Doug Willmore; Gabriella Yap; Kit Fox Cc: Dave Aleshire Subject: re: Letter to RPV from Joe Odencrantz, P.E.,Ph.D. an Environmental Consultant and Ladera Linda Attachments: Hildebrand Response -Williams Act July 15 2016.pdf; July 29, 2016- Joe Odencrantz attachement to Doug Willmore Ladera Linda Park RPV Letter July 20 2016.pdf Dear Doug, I read the Staff Report and did not see this email or the attachments within the email from Joe Odencrantz to you as documents in the staff report. Please enter this into the record/staff report. This email and attachments were sent to the city on July 29, and are very significant re: conclusions drawn on the Ladera Linda environmental concerns. Persons named below by Joe Odencrantz, P.E., Ph. D. do not have the current CA required license titles as stated and/or the licensing required to sign documents in this regard, The person sending you this email is a CA licensed professional, a Ph.D. and P.E. and trained in his field. Please forward to the city attorney as well as soon as possible. Thank you Joan Davidson On Friday, July 29, 2016 8:55 AM, Joe Odencrantz <jodencrantz@tri-s.com> wrote: Dear Mr. Willmore: [Below you will find the contents of email l sent you yesterday afternoon at 1:42PM in proper format. As a result, you will also find the Cal Engineering Board record below for Mr. Leymaster and not as an attachment. / sent the email from my iPhone yesterday and there were multiple attachments which was not intended. You will find the July 15, 2015 Letter from Superintendent Austin and my letter dated July 20, 2016 to DTSC/PVPUSD attached hereto. / have copied Mayor Ken Dyda here as well for we had a chance to speak about the following concerns yesterday afternoon.] It has come to my attention that there are certain goings on at the PVPUSD that concern me greatly am duty bound by the ASCE Code of Ethics to inform you of my concerns as a State of California Registered Professional Civil Engineer. I have included two attachments and please examine my write-up to the DTSC Office of Investigations below. I believe the school district is making certain determinations of environmental risks that are not, in my experience, what takes place in our State, i.e. risk determination with no lead environmental regulatory agency such as DTSC, State Water Resources Control Board, AQMD or local health care agency. Please contact me via email or phone at 949 644 8602. Joseph E. Odencrantz, P.E., Ph.D. Licensed Civil Engineer Joe Odencrantz, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Tri -S Environmental Newport Beach, California p: 949-644-8602 Direct m: 949-698-8851 try Direct first please jodencrantz@tri-s.com. Nvww.tri-s.com http://www.google.coM/profiles/ioeodencrantz oM/profiles/ioeodencrantz http://www..I.inkedin.cotTVin/iosel-?hodener-,tntz "One World, One Environment" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: I IIF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN TEAS E-MAIL MESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THP DESIGNATED RECIPIENT(S) NAMED ABOVE. It-, THE READER OF J HIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR ANY AGENT RESPONS113LE FOR DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED 'THIS MESSAGE IN ERROR AND THA"T ANY REVIEW, DISSEMINATION, DIS FRIBUI ION, OR COPYING OFTHIS MESSAGE IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICATION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY BY REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE AND DELETE THE ENTIRE MESSAGE FROM YOUR E-MAIL SYSTEM WITHOUT PRINTING ANY COPIES OR FORWARDING IO ANYONE. THANK YOU. From: Joe Odencrantz [mailto:jodencrantz@tri-s.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 5:21 PM To: 'Stephen. Hardy@dtsc.ca.gov' <Stephen.Hardy@dtsc.ca.gov>; 'hansen.pang@dtsc.ca.gov' <hansen.pang @dtsc.ca.gov> Cc: 'Joan Davidson' <0 35cooper@yahoo.com>; 'ecarloshum@gmail.com' <ecarloshum@gmail.com>; 'bjhilde@aol.com' <bjhilde@aol.com> Subject: Letter from PVPUSD to Mr. Hildebrand dated July 15, 2016 Gentlemen: Joan Davidson sent me the attached letter dated July 15, 2016 by Mr. Don Austin, Superintendent of PVPUSD this morning. The PVPUSD is apparently assuming the responsibility of regulatory agency in the attached letter and I believe you should be made aware. This does not seem right in my professional experience and a regulatory agency should be overseeing any environmental site characterization project(see 12/23/2015 report referenced below). I alerted you of the issue with Mr. Howard Spielman's license last week in my letter dated July 20, 2016 -attached. Here is what I wrote Ms. Davidson yesterday on the Leymaster Soil report dated December 23, 2015: available at this link https://d3ic3andiad7x7.cloudfront.net/LcEufxVBanPJrZS7zSB8817MBxoww4id4imUCvFWh9KRNHpo. pdf Please read this: There is no REA program anymore. From the report pg 1 (pdf 2) in the sample collection section: "ATI samples were collected by Charles F. Lindeman, an Environmental Professional, REA-II No. 20251, under California's former Registered Environmental Assessor program." We should report Mr. Lindeman to http://www.bpelsq.ca.gov/. I saw his Conclusion "Based on the analytical results, the 1,100 CYs of soil sampled are acceptable for use at the Upper Ladera Linda Park." He is not licensed and only regulators can make that determination/signoff of whether soils are "acceptable". In FY 2012113, SB 1018 (Senate Committee on Budget, c 39, stats. 2012) removed the Registered Environmental Assessor (REA) Program from statute, effective July 1, 2012. The REA Program was created in 1987 to provide qualified environmental professionals to help businesses comply with environmental standards. In November 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) final rule became effective. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (the "Brownfields Amendments') amended CERCLA to provide protections from liability for certain landowners and prospective purchasers of properties who can demonstrate compliance with specific statutory criteria and did not cause or contribute to contamination at the property. The process includes conducting an AAI by an Environmental Professional as defined by 40 Code of Federal Regulation Section 312.10. The federal and state definitions of an "Environmental Professional" differ, and therefore a person who qualifies as a REA may not meet the federal standard. In order to avoid confusion and to ensure consistency with the federal rule, the REA Program has been discontinued and REAs are now defined as Environmental Professionals. See here: on page 12>>> http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/idmanifest/upload/fee-summary 2014.pdf Related stories: http://aegsf.org/archives/153 http://citadelenvironmental.blogspot.com/2012/07/say-goodbye-to-registered-environmental.htmI http://cre-expert.com/blog/good-bVe-registered-environmental-assessors-rea/ Here is what I learned about the owner of the Leymaster company. He is a Mechanical Engineer- LEYMASTER MARK STEWART. I believe one must be a professional civil engineer or professional geologist to sign off on soil characterization data. Board for Professional Engineers, Land Sfur eyors.. and Geologists ¢� Statewide search: Search this site: This Site California License Search for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensee Name: LEYMASTER MARK STEWART' License Type: MECHANICAL ENGINEER License Number: 23031 License Status: CLEAR Definition Expiration Date: September 30, 2016 Address: 5530 EL JARDIN ST City: LONG BEACH State: CA Zip: 90815 County: LOS ANGELES Actions: No Public Record Action(s) This information is updated Monday through Friday - Last updated: JUL-26-2016 Very truly yours, Joe Odencrantz Joe Odencrantz, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Tri -S Environmental Newport Beach, California p: 949-644-8602 Direct m: 949-698-8851 try Direct first please jodencrantz@tr.i-s.com. -Aryk-u.tri-s.coln htto://www.aooQle.com/Drofiles/ioeodencrantz http://NNnN,w..I.inkedin.com/in/joseL)li.odencrantz "One World, OneEDvironment" CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: 'I ITE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS &MAIL NIESSAGE IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL USE OF THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT(S) NAMED ABOVE. IF THE READER OF "CHIS MESSAGE IS NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT OR ANY AGENT RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING IT'IO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED I HIS MESSAGE IN ERROR AND THAT ANY REVIEW, DISSEMINATION, DISTRIBUTION, OR COPYING OF THIS MESSAGEIS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS COMMUNICA"CION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY ME IMMEDIATELY BY REPLYING TO THE MESSAGE AND DELETE THE ENTIRE MESSAGE FROM( YOUR E-MAIL SYSTEM WITHOUT PRINKING ANY COPIES OR FORWARDING TO ANYONE. THANK YOU. 4 t1 r�t 1 "rii �r 3f r¢ t�i�,j{fir t nr? TOM ''b�+» ��� July 20, 2016 Sent from jodencrantz@tri-s. com Mr. Hansen Pang, DTSC OCI Chief -Email: Hansen.Pang@dtse.ca.gov Ms. Linda Reid, Clerk, PVPUSD-Email: reidl@pvpusd.net Subject: Imported and Stockpiled Soil, Ladera Linda Park, Upper Field, 32201 Forrestal Drive, Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275 Dear Mr. Pang and Ms. Reid: I was asked by a local community leader, Ms. Joan Davidson, to review an email dated November 11, 2015 by Mr. David Schack of Alta Environmental and an Alta Environmental Soils Report dated December 3, 2015 by the same author plus Kristyn Drake and Steve Morrill, P.E. There is as much as 35% asbestos in roofing debris, 15% asbestos in white floor tile and mastic, and 30% asbestos in yellow sheet vinyl in samples collected at the dump site. I was also asked to review a PVPUSD Community Update Dirt Testing video dated July 2016 in which Mr. Howard Spielman, P.E. of Health Science Associates stated that he has reviewed tests that have been done which revealed all samples came back "non -detect" and there was "no indication to go any further". My client would like to review the sampling procedures and protocols of any testing Mr. Spielman has relied upon and to review all laboratory results (with full QA/QC reports from the laboratory) associated with that testing. My research shows that Mr. Spielman's California P.E. license was cancelled on September 30, 2006 and that he currently represents himself as a professional engineer. The Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists can enforce the laws that prohibit unlicensed practice. Very truly yours, TRI- ENVIRONMENTAL ._.�-----~ Joseph E. Odencrantz, P . ., Principal Civil Engineer Cc: Ms.. Joan Davidson 2121 Yacht Yankee Tel: (949) 644-8602 Newport Beach, California 92660 Fax: (949)-644-2016 www.tri-s.com