20191203 Late CorrespondenceTO:
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DATE:
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CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
CITY CLERK
DECEMBER 3, 2019
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
E Email from Michael and Suzanne Griffith
** PLEASE NOTE: Materials attached after the color page(s) were submitted
through Monday, December 2, 2019**.
Respectfully submitted,
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Octavia Silva
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 9:49 AM
CityCierk
FW: RPV City Council Consent Calendar -Dec. 3, 2019
late Correspondence for Item E on consent calendar
Octavio Silva
Senior Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Community Development Department
30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
www.rpvca.gov
octavios@rpvca. g ov
(31 0) 544-5234
From: suzanne black [mailto:suzannejoyblack@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2019 9:15AM
To: Octavia Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>
Subject: RPV City Council Consent Calendar-Dec. 3, 2019
Hi Octavio,
I understand that this is late correspondence. Please let me know that you received. Thank you.
Dear Members of the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council,
We own a Zone 2 Undeveloped Lot located at 11 Fruit Tree Road in Portuguese Bend.
We want to first commend the City Council and Staff. A lot of work and due diligence has been performed
on this issue and we appreciate it.
On November 19,2019, the City Council passed unanimously a resolution that approved and certified the
Final EIR which allows for the development of 31 undeveloped lots in Zone 2 of Portuguese Bend.
As your consultants indicated during the meeting and in its report, the City has been looking at this issue
for many years. Multiple Studies/Reports, CEQA required EIRS and public hearings have been performed
and conducted. The conclusion remains the same--it is safe to build on the remaining Zone 2 (Non-
Monks) lots.
We're writing today to strongly support the staff recommendation to adopt Ordinance No. 631, as
written. The City Council that was in effect in November 2019 has performed its job. Pulling this
resolution from the Consent Calendar now would be highly unusual and would only draw out the issue
further, at more expense to all those involved.
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We appreciate your attention to this matter. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael & Suzanne Griffith
Best Regards, Suzanne Black Griffith
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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
FROM: CITY CLERK
DATE: DECEMBER 2, 2019
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, December 3, 2019 City Council meeting:
Item No. Description of Material
PUBLIC Email from Nadia Georgieva
COMMENTS
D Email from Sunshine
E Emails from: Sunshine (see Item D); Michael Nopper; Jerry Johnson;
Peter Nopper; Neil Siegel
G Email from Sunshine (see Item D)
F Email exchange between Deputy City Manager Yap and April Sandell
H Emails from Sunshine (Additional email, see Item D)
Respectfully submitted,
_____________________
Emily Colborn
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From: Nad Gv <nvgeorg@gmail.com >
Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 3 :45 PM
To: CityCierk <CityCierk@rpvca.gov>; Emily Colborn <ecolborn@rpvca.gov>; Sharon Loveys
<sharon .loveys@yahoo.com >
Subject: To City council: not on agenda item -Tue, Dec 3rd
Dear city council people,
Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving holiday!
I'm not sure if I could make it to the tomorrow's meeting and I want to share this with you , hoping we can
get some help with the issues.
After the big rain on Wednesday and Thursday , and for few days after , a rat is still rotting in the water
drainage between our property and GH Pacific terrace mausoleum.
Also , although it is not very visible from the pictures , you can see that the gutters are rusty, all covered with
green disgusting sludge , which is also in the cement drainage and over the walls around the drainage holes ...
Seems like no one is taking care ofthat area, which gives rise to flies and unpleasant odor. See the pictures
below . I can send you more detailed one of you need me to.
One of the CUP for GH requires the perimeter to be kept in good condition , clean and free of debris , I guess
dead animals included :), sludge and slime also ...
Could you please help with this?
I really believe that being a good neighbor includes taking care of the property so it is not disgusting to the
neighbors . I'm tired of acting as a "police" reporting all this to you or calling them to take care of the
matters. They should do that without being asked for!
Thank you!
Nadia (Vista Verde owner)
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Late corr?
Teresa Takaoka
Monday, December 2, 2019 9:32 AM
CityCierk
FW: Start now. December 3, 2019 Council Items and consideration of changes to standard
procedures
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Subject: Start now. December 3, 2019 Council Items and consideration of changes to standard procedures
MEMO
DATE: November 27, 2019
FROM: SUNSHINE
TO: New RPV City Council, new Staff positions and the usual interested parties
RE: URGENT. There is a "do something" which may stop Staff from "doing something" and
postpone the demise of RPV as we thought we knew it. Who can?
Can the new Council and the new City Manager say... STOP the presses. Madam City Clerk, do not
submit these documents to LA County until we have a closer look at them? I hope so. I hope it is not too
late.
This was not in the text of the Agenda Report nor in Staff's Power Point Presentation.
l. J>urposes. The purposes of this Conservation Easernent are to ensure the Property will
be retained for~yer in its natural, restored or enhanced condition consistent with the
habitat protection requirements of the NCCP/lTCP and to prevent any use of the
l)roperty that will impair or interfere vvith the Conservation Values of the Property.
Grantor intends that this Conservation Ease1nent will confine the use of the Property to
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activities that are consistent \vith such purposes, including, \Vithout li1nitation, activities
involving the preservation, restoration and enhancetnent of native species and their
habitats.
Unless we do something to better define "Conservation Values", that means "pure habitat"; No humans
allowed except authorized Biologists. As a Grantor, it is not my intent to give up the pleasure of visiting
open space on unfenced trails based on omissions in the list of activities which are "consistent" with the
RPV General Plan as opposed to Conservation Values.
Then, there needs to be a consideration of changes to standard procedures so that more undisclosed
consequences don't get slipped past us.
Council and the public need more access to Staff's decision-making process. Even the standard notice to
property owners within 500 feet comes too late. A ListServ notice should go out whenever a "project" that
involves physical property is assigned to an Administrative Analyst, Planner or Engineer. The categories
should be updated and a new PR program initiated to educate the public about the opportunity. This will
make it all the more important for everyone who composes said notices to follow the template so that all
the info is included, particularly the name of a contact person, not just a department.
Following are suggestions I have made in the past. Given the changes in several situations, I am
requesting that Council request that Staff produce a "Position Statement" on each one for the record. As in
justify why they keep pursuing obsolete programs, avoiding completing other goals and are not meeting
deadlines. These are not just rhetorical questions. I call it "damage control" while "moving forward".
First and foremost is that Staff produce a clear and concise "interpretation" of Council's Requests to the
City Manager. This is the sort of thing I would expect to see come back on the Consent Calendar. What I
have noticed on many occasions is that Council Moves Staff's Recommendation with some modifications
and some time later, the Minutes do not reflect what the City Manager actually instructs his Staff to do
differently.
Please restore having speakers state their name for the record at the beginning of their comments. In
general, Emily's voice does not record well on the video. Along the same line of transparency, on every
Agenda, the public is advised not to include "personal information" in their correspondence because it may
end up on the "public record". This admonishment does not include when it is to the public's advantage to
have people of a like mind be able to contact them for future lobbying or legal action.
This one comes under "follow the money". Item D is an annual process based on keeping individual
departments from squirreling away "earmarked" donations. The "recycle drawing" has "grown like
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Topsie". The "Quimpy Fund" gets almost no mention. These are all monies which come out of resident's
pockets. Council has the "discretion" on how these funds are spent but is rarely given the opportunity to
discuss/modify how much money is going where.
Item E. My suggestion was that Staff present a defense of why they keep recommending tweaks to the
Moratorium Codes instead of just recognizing that it has accomplished its objective and recommending that
all this "fine print" go away based on the validity of the Codes which apply to the whole City. Why not?
Item G represents my concern about what "receive and file" really means. No matter what the Council,
Commission or Committee has to say, Staff just keeps doing and not doing whatever. Is there a list
anywhere of all the activities people are no longer allowed to do in the whole City because one little group,
somewhere, was offended? Nudity, smoking, consuming alcoholic beverages, growing hedges just to
name a few. Make a "law" and we all get to pay for the enforcement. To what end?
Item H, This is not the end of a long and winding road. Pun intended. Deadman's Curve is an historic
landmark's name. The Sol Vista Trail is an historic trail name. The Palos Verdes Loop Trail is a regional
concept. The PVDE Roadway Safety Project is based on a grant application. The City has completed
construction of the Trail Connection for the Deadman's Curve Segment (Conestoga Trial) Project.
This trail project was approved by the City Council in the Fiscal Year 2016-17 Capital Improvement
Program budget. A public meeting was held on June 6, 2018 to obtain feedback regarding design
elements of the project. $404.688.00 for what? That makes a year and a half and I still have not been
able to comment on how the "design elements" for this little segment compare with the Design Program for
the PVDE Roadway Safety Project and the expected update of the Trails Network Plan "narrative" for the
PV Loop Trail segment A29. Not that I haven't asked to see them. There is no Conestoga
Trail. Deadman's Curve is one of nine portions of the PVDE Roadway Safety Project. How can Council
and the public get to see an accounting of the status of the whole project? As in, has Staff proposed a
modification to the Palos Verdes Drive East Roadway Profile north of Calle Aventura? Oops, we don't
have one. Somebody might want to Ask Willdan Associates since they are still working for the City and
produced our original Street Standards Study Report.
There are two sides to each of these suggestions. One is how do we, the people get to make sure that
Staff is considering all of the "consequences" while Staff manages a project? (When given the opportunity,
our informed population can spot errors and omissions before serious damage is done.) The other
is... How does Council get to learn which policy or goal took precedence when Staff recommends a
particular action? (From here on, every action will be a balance between infrastructure enhancement and
habitat enhancement.) Staff has been given the authority to decide what is "appropriate
development". That also means they get to choose what is "not appropriate". There should be a time and
a place for them to justify each such decision. That should be the primary discussion when we all consider
the Landslide Remediation Engineering recommendations.
My continued observation and suggested solution is that we need a Commission to work out the kinks in
the projects which don't get reviewed by the Planning Commission. Too many decisions are being made
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before Staff produces a complicated recommendation to Council. Do notice that recording the
Conservation Easement was one of four parts of the NCCP approval recommendation. My suggestion is
to call it an Infrastructure and Activities Commission. Our parks, reserves, utilities, storm water flow
controls, trails, emergency access and other public amenities all need to fit together in an order which
makes them the most cost effective and the least impactful on our greater community.
For instance. Did any "citizen body" get to really look into the details of the Conservation Easements which
Council just approved in the same Motion which approved the NCCP/HCP? Reality check. It is the
recording of these easements which will officially eliminate the continuity of the California Coastal Trail and
the Palos Verdes Loop trail. Not, the pending permits based on the NCCP.
Now you know why there have been no public workshops to review the progress of the Trails Network Plan
update. Since before 2004, the "pure habitat" advocates could not allow the public to know about this very
important step toward their ultimate goal. Can the new Council and the new City Manager say... STOP
the presses. Madam City Clerk, do not submit these documents to LA County until we have a closer look
at them? I hope so.
And, some people are calling Trump a BS artist. Does RPV still have a swamp to drain? Or, which side is
Ara Mihranian on? May the City Clerk and her people be enjoying the Holiday instead of filling in the
blanks on the draft Conservation Easements.
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From: Octavia Silva
Sent:
To:
Monday, December 2, 2019 11:28 AM
CityCierk
Subject: FW: Letter to CC supporting EIR adoption
Late Correspondence related to Item Eon CC consent calendar.
Thank you,
Octavia Silva
Senior Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Community Development Department
30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
www. rpvca.gov
octavios@rpvca.gov
(31 0) 544-5234
From: Michael Napper [mailto:mikenopper@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 6:12 PM
To: Octavia Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>
Subject: Letter to CC supporting EIR adoption
November 26, 2019
Michael Napper
3802 Rosecrans St. #365
San Diego, CA 92110
m ikenopper@aol. com
619-761-3172
Subject: Letter in support of approving the implementing language to the City landslide moratorium ordinance, in accordance'
the resolution passed by the City Council on November 19, 2019
Dear members of the City Council of Rancho Palos Verdes:
On 19 November 2019, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes unanimously passed a resolution approving I
certifying the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) regarding the development of 31 currently-undeveloped lots
within Zone 2 of Portuguese Bend, and also approving a change to City landslide moratorium ordinance (15.20.040) so
as to allow all of the currently-undeveloped lots within "Zone 2" to be able to apply for development under the same rules and
procedures as are currently in force for the "Monks lots" within that same Zone 2. I congratulate the City Council and staff on this
action.
It is my understanding that on 3 December, the City staff will present to the City Council a resolution (via the consent calendar)
that would approve the exact language implementing the change to the City landslide moratorium ordinance that was approved
on 19 November. I write in strong support of having the City Council approve that implementing language at the 3
December meeting, which will allow the ordinance to take effect 31 days later.
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I believe the City Council and the staff have reached a proposed outcome that is fair to both the lot owners and the owners of
existing housing within the Zone 2 area.
Thank you and the staff for your dedicated work.
Sincerely,
Michael Nopper
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From:
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Subject:
Late Correspondence on Item E
Thank you,
Octavia Silva
Senior Planner
Octavia Silva
Monday, December 2, 2019 11:21 AM
CityCierk
FW: Consent calendar of 12/3/2019 re; Zone 2
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Community Development Department
30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
www. rpvca.gov
octavios@rpvca.gov
(31 0) 544-5234
From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:jjmountainman01@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2019 9:25AM
To: Octavia Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>
Subject: Consent calendar of 12/3/2019 re; Zone 2
To the Members of the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes
Support of APPROVAL of the FEIR pertaining to Zone 2 and the modification of the Landslide
Moratorium
Congratulations to the City
Council for resolving this long standing issue with fairness and reason. All property owners in Portuguese Bend will now be
treated equally. Accepting the consent calendar on December 3, 2019 as recommended by your staff, coupled with the
unanimous vote on your November 19, 2019 by yourselves. Would be an outstanding achievement by the
City. Thank You for all your hard work and attention to this matter Jerry
Johnson lot owner Zone 2
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Subject:
Octavia Silva
Monday, December 2, 2019 10:26 AM
CityCierk
FW: City Council adoption of the FEIR
Late Correspondence related to Item Eon CC consent calendar.
Thank you,
Octavia Silva
Senior Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Community Development Department
30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
www.rpvca.gov
octavios@rpvca.gov
(310) 544-5234
From: Peter Napper [mailto:pnopper@outlook.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2019 9:33AM
To: Octavia Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>
Subject: City Council adoption of the FEIR
Dear city council,
I ask that you support the adoption of the FEIR on December 3rd as it stands. This document has been through a rough and
arduous journey to make it to the consent calendar. It has gone through extensive review by the city with thoughtful revisions
made along the way including continuous input from both proponents and opponents.
A lot of attention has been given to reviewing this document. Any concerns from the public have been addressed by the city on
many multiple occasions. I can't imagine a new concern which would merit this document to be pulled from the consent
calendar.
I also wanted to give special thanks to Ara Mihranian and the city staff for all their hard work.
Peter Napper
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From:
Sent:
To:
Subject:
Octavia Silva
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 11:23 AM
CityCierk
FW: letters for the record
Attachments: Siegel --letter in SUPPORT of the implementing language for amendment to the landslide
moratorium ordinance.pdf; Friend --letter in SUPPORT of the implementing language for
amendment to the landslide moratorium ordinance.pdf
Late Correspondence for Consent Item E.
Thank you,
Octavia Silva
Senior Planner
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
Community Development Department
30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
yvww. mvca.gov
octavios@rpvca.gov
(310) 544-5234
From: Neil Siegel [mailto:siegel.neil@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 1:37 PM
To: Octavia Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>
Cc: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; Neil Siegel <siegel.neil@gmail.com>
Subject: letters for the record
Octavia --Attached please find two letters in support of the Council passing the implementing language for the
amendment to the City Landslide Moratorium ordinance via the Consent Calendar at the 3 December City Council
meeting.
Please confirm receipt. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you again to your team for your efforts.
Yours,
Neil Siegel
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Neil Siegel, Ph.D.
Lot owner at 7 Thyme Place
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
(please direct correspondence to siegel. neil@ gmail.com)
310-375-9907
25 November 2019
Subject: Letter in support of approving the implementing language to the City landslide
moratorium ordinance, in accordance with the resolution passed by the City Council on 19
November 2019
Dear members of the City Council of Rancho Palos Verdes:
On 19 November 2019, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes unanimously
passed a resolution approving I certifying the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
regarding the development of 31 currently-undeveloped lots within Zone 2 of Portuguese
Bend, and also approving a change to City landslide moratorium ordinance (15.20.040) so as
to allow all of the currently-undeveloped lots within "Zone 2" to be able to apply for
development under the same rules and procedures as are currently in force for the "Monks lots"
within that same Zone 2.
I congratulate the City Council and staff on this action.
It is my understanding that on 3 December, the City staff will present to the City Council a
resolution (via the consent calendar) that would approve the exact language implementing the
change to the City landslide moratorium ordinance that was approved on 19 November. I write
in strong support of having the City Council approve that implementing language at the 3
December meeting, which will allow the ordinance to take effect 31 days later.
I thank you for your efforts in this matter. This matter has been complicated, but the City
Council and the staff have reached a proposed outcome that is fair to both the lot owners and the
owners of existing housing within the Zone 2 area.
Thank you for listening to my opinion on this matter.
IS&
Neil Siegel, Ph.D.
(contact information: siegel.neil@ gmail.com)
Robyn Friend, Ph.D.
19 Golden Spar Place
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
(please use this address for correspondence, or robyn@robynfriend.com)
310-375-9907
25 November 2019
Subject: Letter in support of approving the implementing language to the City landslide
moratorium ordinance, in accordance with the resolution passed by the City Council on 19
November 2019
Dear members of the City Council of Rancho Palos Verdes:
My husband and I own a lot within Zone 2 of the Portuguese Bend community, and previously
lived in that community for many years.
On 19 November 2019, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes unanimously
passed a resolution approving I certifying the final Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
regarding the development of 31 currently-undeveloped lots within Zone 2 of Portuguese
Bend, and also approving a change to City landslide moratorium ordinance (15.20.040) so as
to allow all of the currently-undeveloped lots within "Zone 2" to be able to apply for
development under the same rules and procedures as are currently in force for the "Monks lots"
within that same Zone 2.
I congratulate the City Council and staff on this action.
It is my understanding that on 3 December, the City staff will present to the City Council a
resolution (via the consent calendar) that would approve the exact language implementing the
change to the City landslide moratorium ordinance that was approved on 19 November. I am
writing in strong support of the City Council approving that implementing language at the 3
December meeting, which will allow the ordinance to take effect 31 days later.
I thank you for your efforts in this matter. This matter has been complicated, but the City
Council and the staff have reached a proposed outcome that is fair to both the lot owners and the
owners of existing housing within the Zone 2 area.
Thank you for listening to my opinion on this matter.
Yours trulv.
~~d
Robyn Friend, Ph.D.
(contact information: robyn @robynfriend.com)
Subject: FW: MetaViewer.php. CONSENT CALENDAR Item DEC. 03.2019. Eastview matter/ STAFF'S
Part B "Forthcoming" report
From: April Sandell <hvybags@cox.net>
Subject: Re: MetaViewer.php. CONSENT CALENDAR Item DEC. 03.2019. Eastview matter/ STAFF'S
Part 8 "Forthcoming" report
Date: November 26, 2019 at 3:59:53 PM PST
To: Gabriella Yap <gyap@rpvca.gov>
Cc: CC <CC@rpvca.gov>
Hi Ms. Yap,
I think you might agreed, a good deal of the original plans to install some 12 or so cameras have significantly
changed over the course of three years. Sorry, ifl haven't kept up to the extent possible. But frankly, minor
adjustments to language in any contract can create a significant difference. I guess, we'll just have to wait and see
what happens over the course of time.
Again, thanks for time and consideration.
April
On Nov 26,2019, at 10:01 AM, Gabriella Yap <gyap@rpvca.gov> wrote:
Hi April,
I'm sorry you feel that way. However, if you recall, cameras in the Eastview area were first approved at the
December 20, 2016, meeting, and then discussed and/or mentioned in staff reports at the following meetings:
March 20, 2018, June 5, 2018, July 31, 2018, and August 20, 2019. This doesn't even include the SCE pole
purchase that took place mid-year, which was to provide a way to provide a cost-effective way to place the
cameras in addition to savings from changing out the LED bulbs. The cameras have been discussed at length as
part of the City's Public Safety Strategic Plan, which is an ongoing plan to reduce crime, and only item
forthcoming is the contract and minor adjustments to the language.
Thank you.
Gabriella Yap
Deputy City Manager
City of Rancho Palos Verdes
30940 Hawthorne Blvd.
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
(310) 544-5203 (office)
(310) 544-5291 (fax)
From: April Sandell [mailto:hvybags@cox.net]
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2019 5:48 AM
To: Gabriella Yap <gyap@rpvca.gov>
Cc: CC <CC@rpvca.gov>
Subject: MetaViewer.php. CONSENT CALENDAR Item DEC. 03.2019. Eastview matter/ STAFF'S Part B
"Forthcoming" report
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Hi Ms. Yap
It seems inappropriate to have this item on the consent calendar absent the "forthcoming" report. The
information provided doesn't adequately reason or justify the expenditure at this time.
Thanks for your attention.
Happy Thanksgiving.
April Sandell
28026 Pontevedra Dr.
RPV, CA 90275
https :/ /rpv. granicus. com/Meta Viewer. php ?view id='5 &event id': 12 94&meta id=7 7314
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Teresa Takaoka
Monday, November 25, 2019 1:51 PM
Nathan Zweizig; Enyssa Memoli
Subject: FW: Proposed Development at 28160 Palos Verdes Drive East and Deadman's Curve NOC, Dec.
3 Item H
Late corr
From: SUNSHINE <sunshinerpv@aol.com>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2019 1:49 PM
To: pvpasofino@yahoo.com; TSC <TSC@rpvca.gov>; PC <PC@rpvca.gov>
Cc: Elias Sassoon <esassoon@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; Jaehee Yoon <jyoon@rpvca.gov>; david.lukac.us@gmail.com;
beachjake@sbcglobal.net; jeanlongacre@aol.com; stoneladybug@sbcglobal.net; amcdougall1@yahoo.com;
susanmswank@gmail.com; momofyago@gmail.com; info@pvpwatch.com; David Bradley <david.bradley@rpvca.gov>;
MrsRPV@aol.com
Subject: Re: Proposed Development at 28160 Palos Verdes Drive East and Deadman's Curve NOC, Dec. 3 Item H
Hi Madeline,
I can't think of any more to say to the Traffic Safety Committee, specifically. This is just another case of
Staff feeding "the public" a little piece of a much bigger plan with no opportunity for even this Advisory
Committee to influence the quality or advisability of said "bigger plan". Even the PVDE Roadway Safety
Project is a fragmented piece of a bigger plan which Staff has not presented to anyone in relation to the
Updated General Plan and the NCCP which they have been implementing since 2004.
Item H on the December 3, 2019 Council Consent Calendar essentially authorizes payment for what could
have been a much better infrastructure project for a lot less money. It is not as though you and I and some
other people did not show up and speak up when we had a chance. Keep asking about the Bronco to
lower Headland piece of the project. If the funding for the construction drawings shows up on the Council's
Consent Calendar without further public review, we will all get screwed, again. Or, has it?
I sent "my epiphany of 2018" about this lack of master planning to the City Council and a lot of other
people. Just last week, I sent it again with the observation that the Council and the Public are still being
excluded from the decision making process. Even the City Clerk cannot produce signed records of what
Staff instructs our Consultants to accomplish. That email follows. The PVDE Roadway Safety Project and
the lack of a functioning Trails Network Plan continue to be the best examples of how the residents of the
City Rancho Palos Verdes are being physically misled and fiscally drained even though Staff is claiming
that the NCCP has nothing to do with it.
Thank you for being willing the attend the Traffic Safety Committee Meeting. Be very careful about saying
anything that Staff might construe as your being in support of any part of this design or encroachment
permit. Even indicating an 8 foot wide trail is bogus until Staff discloses how it fits with the continuity of the
PVDE Roadway Safety Project and the Peninsula Wheel Trails Network.
SUNSHINE, RPV, 310-377-8761
Subject: Season's Greetings from Sunshine SUNSHINE
Date: 11/23/2019 2:55:37 PM Pacific Standard Time
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From: sunshinerpv@aol.com
To: cc@rpvca.gov, David.Bradley@rpvca.gov, MrsRPV@aol.com, pc@rpvca.gov, imac@rpvca.gov, fac@rpvca.gov, epc@rpvca.gov, tsc@rpvca.gov,
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This to you people who have and are volunteering your time and skills on behalf of the residents of the City
of Rancho Palos Verdes. Please hang in there from either side of the dais. The two new faces on the City
Council may be able to get public input to mean something. But, they will need your help.
'Tiz the Season to consider the difference between an epiphany and The Epiphany.
Dear friends, neighbors and people all over the world,
I am happy to report that I am alive, back to being ambulatory and still interested in more than my own life,
liberty and pursuit of happiness. I am ever so sorry to report that most of the people who feel the same
way have passed away.
The non-religious definition of the word epiphany is... a moment of sudden revelation or insight.
My epiphany of 2018 appears to have fallen on deaf ears as revealed by the RPV City Council's
unanimous votes on several Agenda Items on November 19, 2019. So, I am repeating it. It is not just my
expectation of enjoying my private property and my expectation to circulate freely on
community/government owned property which has been given away, it is yours, too.
"Local Control" is gone. The 2020 elections will reveal whether or not we have any "National Control"
left. My gift to you all is the attached "World's Smallest Political Quiz". It all comes down to your personal
and economic preferences. You need to know which political direction you want your votes to encourage.
Being in favor of "open space", "world peace", "sustainability", "free trade" and "human rights" means
nothing until you have that epiphany which defines how much you, personally, are willing to pay to not only
give up some of them for yourself but, for most everyone else.
The US of A is not a "Democracy". You pledge allegiance to a Republic which as lasted more than the
average lifecycle of a "civilization". The only "do something" that anyone can do is start paying attention to
the facts that are available only if you go looking for them.
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I suggest taking the time to rummage around www.votesmart.com and emailing questions to your
"electeds". They are no longer allowed to answer however, your questions go into the Public Record so
that you can testify that you brought it up.
If you want to opt-out of my world, please have the courtesy to send me an email saying so. Going "silent"
is getting tempting. The PVDE Roadway Safety Project and so many others are going to continue to
happen with or without our quality control and cost savings public input unless we find a better way to
speak up.
Silence is forever. I wish you a noisy rest of your life. .. . Sunshine 310-377-8761
July 21, 2019
It all comes down to how our affairs are micromanaged. A big example of my epiphany
Subject: It all comes down to how our affairs are micromanaged. A big example of my epiphany
Date: 7/21/2019 8:53:03 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: sunshinerpv@aol.com
To: cc@rpvca.gov, pc@rpvca.gov, imac@rpvca.gov, epc@rpvca.gov, fac@rpvca.gov, tsc@rpvca.gov, info@pvpwatch.com,
mickeyrodich@gmail.com, wgg@sguareoneinc.com, emenhiser@aol.com, hvybags@cox.net, momofyago@gmail.com,
leneebilski@hotmail.com, jeanlongacre@aol.com, pvpasofino@yahoo.com, bssi.campbell@gmail.com, smhvaleri@cox.net,
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Dear RPV residents,
My big epiphany of 2018 is that the RPV City Manager and his employees are conscientiously obstructing
the public's participation in the decision-making process. That reduces our "local control" and facilitates
the spending of our money on frivolous, poorly designed and/or otherwise uncoordinated activities.
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I am big on the One World Order Conspiracy Theory. If this does not explain why Staff is doing things the
way they do, one certainly cannot blame it on incompetence. It takes serious skills to obfuscate and omit
the facts.
This big example is the Palos Verdes Drive East Roadway Safety Project which has now come a long way
toward becoming a "debacle". Like with so many in the past, it started with a poorly written Grant
Application which the City Council authorized based upon very limited analysis and public review.
The grant divided and prioritized this project into nine sub-projects. Two of them have been completed to
the dismay of the roadway and roadside users. One is now under construction despite objections by the
public. (Most of which were not disclosed to the City Council.) Another, now called variations of a Bronco
to Lower Headland Roadway Widening Project, is in its fourth metamorphosis.
A recent review by The Traffic Safety Citizen Advisory Committee (TSC) essentially sent the whole
"concept" back to "square one". According to the Power-Point Presentation and the minutes of their June
24, 2019 meeting, the project now includes a redo on the completed PVDE/Bronco Intersection Project, the
directives in the RPV Trails Network Plan have not yet been considered and the Committee thinks that the
City Council should be given the opportunity to consider several different options in the effort to accomplish
several overlapping and not clearly defined objectives. Widening the roadway (and the project name
change) is a recently proposed solution to the reduce head-on collisions and lack of line-of-sight near-
misses objective.
According to the Agenda for the TSC's July 22, 2019 meeting, Staff will be presenting another concept,
anyway. And, said presentation/Staff Report is not available which precludes any comments in the form of
"late correspondence".
Council rejected Staff's recommended version 3 ish and approved Staff's recommendation to return the
grant money. The east side people are now getting jerked around using our local money.
Other than sending out infomercials such as this, I am at a loss as to how we can get our Staff to think of
the Palos Verdes Peninsula as an interconnected community which will be populated by more than birds,
plants and butterflies for at least a few more decades.
Thanks for taking your time to read this. Should I send another example based on the draft
NCCP? ... S 310-377-8761
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In a message dated 11/24/2019 6:13:05 PM Pacific Standard Time, pvpasofino@yahoo.com writes:
Dear Chairman and Committee Members -
I cannot fathom why City Staff is in support of an encroachment permit of 25'-27' of
Public ROW for the purpose of developing a private driveway at street level vs just
access to the property, as many homeowners on PVDE have.
While the owners will benefit from these dual driveways, the public receives no benefit
at all! Not even a guardrail for protection while traversing this area with its sharp turns
and motorists exceeding the posted limits and the 85th percentile speed of 38 mph. In
addition, PVDE is a favorite among groups of bicyclists and motorcyclists who tend to
hug the shoulder of the lanes. Without a barrier in this particular location (on a curve)
there is absolute potential for accidents involving equestrian/pedestrians and the
'cyclists.
Even the opinions of Willdan Engineering and JMC2 Civil Engineering seem to be in
conflict. The safety for all users, including the homeowner exiting either driveway, is
questionable.
We are experiencing a renaissance of interest from Public Works in recapturing
encroached upon Public ROWs to widen and make safer trail passage for the
equestrians/pedestrians in this Equestrian Overlay Zone area of RPV. I refer to the
PVDE Widening Project that is still being discussed and reworked and the newly
renovated Connestoga Project.
Thank you for seeing the obvious outrageousness of this request.
Madeline Ryan
28328 Palos Verdes Drive East
"May the Trails be with you ... " Madeline
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