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20200818 Late CorrespondenceFrom: Katie Lozano Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 5:03 PM To: Loheit (US), Kurt W <kurt.w.loheit@boeing.com> Cc: CityClerk <CityClerk@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: Last minute input for tonite Hello Mr. Loheit, Thank you very much for your feedback. I will include this email with the staff report as late correspondence. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst/Open Space Manager Recreation and Parks Department City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 katiel@rpvca.gov City Hall is open to the public during regular business hours. To help prevent the spread of COVID - 19, visitors are required to wear face coverings and adhere to physical distancing guidelines. Some employees are working on rotation and may be working remotely. If you need to visit City Hall, please schedule an appointment in advance by calling the appropriate department and follow all posted directions during your visit. Walk-ups are limited to one person at a time. Please note that our response to your inquiry could be delayed. For a list of department phone numbers, visit the Staff Directory on the City website. From: Loheit (US), Kurt W <kurt.w.loheit@boeing.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 4:46 PM To: Katie Lozano <KatieL@rpvca.gov> Subject: Last minute input for tonite Katie, Since I will be unable to attend the Council Meeting regarding the issue of access to the reserves I am providing electronic input. My apologies for any comments that may be redundant or previously captured with staff findings as this was written at the last minute and some text may be incorrect or poorly written. All comments reflect my opinion and experience and do not represent any organization or entity. The user experience does not typically start at the trailhead. In most cases it starts with some combination of research and curiosity prior to the actual visit. Their research may involve online information or peer interaction, their curiosity may be nothing more than an exploration of something new without prior investigation. In either case their experience starts with the infrastructure support surrounding the open space: proximity to the user, amenities, parking, facilities, water, are only a few considerations a user may have interest in. From a top level view the access issues begin before a user has even seen the area. In today’s social media driven world outreach to the user community should be more than a map and directions, it actually begins with understanding behavior patterns and using them as part of an overall strategy to manage access. In general the Preserves are a collection of individual lands that vary in size, connectivity, and experience. These are key elements of understanding some of the access issues currently under review by Staff. While several of the individual lands are inter-connected through direct adjacency or non- preserve connections each of them still retain some characteristics that are unique to the individual preserve. Understanding and exploiting this uniqueness could benefit the overall management challenges associated with access. To fully exploit the characteristics two pieces of information are crucial: 1) what is unique in each area, and 2) how is that uniqueness messaged to users in order to improve their experience and ultimately contribute to access management. The first characteristic of uniqueness is an understanding of the detailed attributes within each preserve. This is more than a generalized description of philosophy, but rather a substantial assessment that any user can quickly review and make an informed decision on alignment with their expected experience. Well defined attributes of the land allow users to choose their destination point, and by default provide a layer of dispersion that starts before a visitor has arrived. As an example the experience at Portuguese Bend is far different than Vista Del Norte, yet they are less than a mile apart from each other. Portuguese Bend offers longer and more challenging terrain, whereas Alta Vicente provides a shorter, less demanding experience. Both have different trail features, terrain, viewshed, and amenity, historical and cultural elements. By exploiting the details, the user is better armed to align their experience, which can be distributed to other users seeking similar experiences, and a potential for better compliance along with access distribution. The second characteristic is how to reach the user community. This is relatively simple as social media is the tool of informational choice these days. The key here is a messaging approach that is appealing to the media site visitor and connects with them and their experience. The current information is arguably no more than written information put on social media. Remember that social media is more than getting information to an individual, it is an information distribution between users and their connections. One person looking at the Preserve site has the potential to distribute it out to hundreds or thousands. What is needed is for the information to be important to their experience objectives and incentivize them to be distributed to their peers so that like-minded experiences utilize the appropriate preserve rather than a “hunt and peck” method. This doesn’t mean that the rules and directions aren’t important to see, it just means that most folk’s primary rationale for visiting is the experience they seek. If they find the experience they are looking for first, the additional information will be more easily absorbed, since their initial inquiry was addressed up front. As mentioned in the report the average daily use is somewhere in the 700 visitors a day. What is important is not really the average daily, but the daily distribution patterns. There are peak days during a week and within the day there may be one or more peak times. There are likely use peaks as well, which may separate the type and time of different user groups. Understanding these variables in distribution combined with experience expectations will help to define where the critical time windows are, who are the user groups during those times, and how short/long they are expected to be in the open space. This information can be utilized to offer alternatives for those with differing expectations. As an example Portuguese Bend may see the majority of use in peak times, however it is likely that some of those users may only want a simple or short duration experience. Preemptively making them aware through social media of alternatives such as Vista Del Norte that are better aligned with their expectations could reduce the pattern in Portuguese Bend. This requires the information be accessible in the social media outlet, and it would be more than “here is an alternative”. It might be better served to state something like “if you are looking for a brief time to walk in a low stress environment, try the loop at Vista Del Norte. Parking is easy at the mall and this short half mile hike starts and ends at the same trailhead. Along the top are excellent views of the Los Angeles basin and the Santa Monica bay”. Changing behavior requires a rationale for the change to occur, which requires enough positive attributes for a user to accept the recommendation. This is a simplified version of a systematic approach to access management. The actual work to implement will require in-depth study, assessment, media savvy, along with implementation planning and results monitoring. And it is only one tool of many to address the issues. I bring it up for the simple reason that in my brief (but admittedly not in-detail) review of the staff report I did not see anything related to the user or their experience expectations. If your customer base is not part of the equation, you are more likely to develop a solution that creates more problems. This is somewhat supported by the fact that the Preserves are popular because of the experience. The issue is that when something becomes accessible it will grow in popularity. The system element missing was how to accommodate the infrastructure to support the growth in interest. The access problem would exist regardless due to the location of the Preserves in a somewhat of a land-locked bedroom community, however mitigation is not insurmountable, just a bit of a bigger challenge that requires multiple integrated elements. Thanks, Kurt Kurt Loheit 3200 La Rotunda RPV, CA TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY CLERK AUGUST 18, 2020 ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material presented for tonight's meeting. Item No. K 1 Description of Material Attachment B (Amendment No. 5 to Lease Agreement with AT&T) Email exchanges between City Manager Mihranian and: Kathy Edgerton; Mickey Radich; Email exchanges between Senior Administrative Analyst Lozano and: Romas Jarasunas; Barry Rodgveller; Emails from: Jane and Jim lsomoto; Sunshine; Don Douthwright; Thomas Olson; Diane Blade Respectfully submitted, L:\LATE CORRESPONDENCE\2020 Cover Sheets\20200818 additions revisions to agenda.docx FIFTH AMENDMENT TO BUILDING LEASE AGREEMENT THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE BUILDING LEASE AGREEMENT ("Amendment") by and between the CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ("Lessor") and NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC, formerly known as Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Company and AT&T Wireless, ("Lessee") is effective as of the 1st day of July, 2019. RECITALS A. On November 15, 1988, Lessor and Lessee entered into that certain Building Lease Agreement ("Agreement") whereby Lessor agreed to lease certain real property and grant an irrevocable, non-exclusive easement to Lessee for an initial term of ten (1 0) years beginning September 1, 1988, with options of Lessee to extend the term for two (2) additional five (5) year periods thereafter, in exchange for payment by Lessee. B. Effective June 3, 2008, Lessor and Lessee entered into a First Amendment to the Agreement, which extended the te1m ofthe Agreement from August 31, 2008 to June 30, 2009. C. Effective June 16, 2009, Lessor and Lessee entered into a Second Amendment to the Agreement, which extended the term of the Agreement from June 30, 2009 to June 30, 2014. D. On November 4, 2015, Lessor and Lessee executed a Third Amendment to the Agreement, which extended the term ofthe Agreement from June 30, 2014 until June 30, 2016. E. Effective July 1, 2016, Lessor and Lessee entered into a Fourth Amendment to the Agreement, which extended the term until June 30, 2019. F. Lessor and Lessee now desire to amend the Agreement to extend the term (retroactive to July 1, 2019) until either June 30, 2022, or until Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall, located at 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275, is reconstructed, as defined below, whichever occurs first, and to amend the rent adjustment provisions of the Agreement to provide for rent to increase by five percent (5%) annually, irrespective of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). G. Lessor and Lessee hereby further intend to ratify and affirm the continuous and interrupted term of the Agreement commencing September 1, 1988, and continuing through the effective date of this Amendment. TERMS 1. Extension of Term. The term of the Agreement is hereby extended until either June 30, 2022, or until Rancho Palos Verdes City Hall, located at 30940 Hawthorne Boulevard, Rancho Palos Verdes, California 90275, undergoes reconstruction, whichever occurs first. Lessor and Lessee hereby ratify and affirm the continuous and unintenupted term of the Agreement 01203.0015/652123.3 B-1 K. commencing September 1, 1988, and continuing through the effective date of this Amendment. For the purposes of this Amendment, "reconstruction" includes any discretionary or necessary construction, demolition, repair, remodeling, or retrofitting activity that interferes with the Lessee's use of its wireless telecommunications facilities or any accessory equipment such that the facilities or equipment require removal or replacement. The decision to engage in such reconstruction shall be in the sole discretion of the Lessor, and Lessor shall provide Lessee at least thirty (30) notice of commencement of such reconstruction, at which commencement the term shall terminate. 2. Annual Rent Adjustments. Effective and commencing on July 1, 2019, notwithstanding any provision of Section 3(C) of the Agreement to the contrary and in lieu of the annual rent adjustments provided for therein, the Annual Rent due under the Agreement shall increase by five percent (5%) on July 1 of each calendar year for the remainder of the Term of the Agreement. The first such five percent (5%) increase shall take effect on the effective date of this Amendment, July 1, 2019, and all accrued back rent due to Lessor pursuant to this section upon execution of this Amendment shall be paid by Lessee within 30 days of the date of full execution of this Amendment. 3. Notices. Lessee's notice addresses listed in the Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety and the following are substituted in lieu thereof: New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC Attn: Network Real Estate Administration Re: Cell Site No.: LAC124; Cell Site Name: City ofPalos Verdes (CA) Fixed Asset No.: 10085903 1025 Lenox Park Blvd. NE, 3rd Floor Atlanta, GA 30319 With a required copy to: New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC Attn: Legal Dept. Re: Cell Site No.: LAC124; Cell Site Name: City of Palos Verdes (CA) Fixed Asset No.: 10085903 208 S. Akard Street Dallas, TX 75202 4. Continuing Effect of Agreement. Except as amended by this Amendment, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. From and after the date of this Amendment, whenever the term "Agreement" appears in the Agreement, it shall mean the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment to the Agreement. 5. Affirmation of Agreement; Warranty Re Absence of Defaults. Lessor and Lessee each ratify and reaffirm each and every one of the respective rights and obligations arising under the Agreement. Each party represents and warrants to the other that there have been no written or oral modifications to the Agreement other than as provided herein. Each party 01203.0015/652123.3 B-2 represents and warrants to the other that the Agreement is currently an effective, valid, and binding obligation. Lessee represents and warrants to Lessor that, as of the date of this Amendment, Lessor is not in default of any material term of the Agreement and that there have been no events that, with the passing of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a material default under the Agreement. Lessor represents and warrants to Lessee that, as of the date of this Amendment, Lessee is not in default of any material term of the Agreement and that there have been no events that, with the passing of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a material default under the Agreement. 6. Adequate Consideration. The parties hereto irrevocably stipulate and agree that they have each received adequate and independent consideration for the performance of the obligations they have undertaken pursuant to this Amendment. 7. Authority. The persons executing this Amendment on behalf of the parties hereto warrant that (i) such party is duly organized and existing, (ii) they are duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment on behalf of said party, (iii) by so executing this Amendment, such party is formally bound to the provisions of this Amendment, and (iv) the entering into this Amendment does not violate any provision of any other agreement to which said party is bound. [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE] 01203.0015/652123.3 B-3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment on the dates set forth below, with express intent that this Amendment shall be effective as of July 1, 2019. ATTEST: Emily Colborn, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ALESHIRE & WYNDER, LLP William W. Wynder, City Attorney [BRJ] Lessor: CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES John Cruikshank, Mayor Date: _______ , 2020 Lessee: NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC By: AT&T Mobility Corporation Its: Managers By:~ Si;o"-'de, N.ame: ,-~~ Snowde~ Title: '/h-e_,.. (Vlc.nc:i~e r DATE: Au.tl ~sf ~, 2020 NOTE: LESSEE'S SIGNATURES SHALL BE DULY NOTARIZED, AND APPROPRIATE ATTESTATIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, OR OTHER RULES OR REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO LESSEE'S BUSINESS ENTITY. 01203.0015/652123.3 8-4 CALIFORNIA ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this cetiificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy or validity of that document. STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES On , 2020 before me, , personally appeared , proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature:--------------- OPTIONAL Though the data below is not required by law, it may prove valuable to persons relying on the document and could prevent fraudulent reattachment of this form. D D D D D D D CAPACITY CLAIMED BY SIGNER INDIVIDUAL CORPORATE OFFICER TITLE(S) PARTNER(S) D D ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TRUSTEE(S) LIMITED GENERAL GUARDIAN/CONSERVATOR OTHER~---------------- SIGNER IS REPRESENTING: (NAME OF PERSON(S) OR ENTITY(IES)) 01203.0015/652123.3 DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT TITLE OR TYPE OF DOCUMENT NUMBER OF PAGES DATE OF DOCUMENT SIGNER(S) OTHER THAN NAMED ABOVE 8-5 CALIFORNIA ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy or validity of that document. STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES On , 2020 before me, , personally appeared , proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are sub cribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their uthorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity up n behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certifY under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the Stat ofCalifomia that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature:-~------~-----~ Though the data below is not required by la , t may prove valuable to persons relying on the document and could prevent fraudulent reattachment of this for D D D D D D D CAPACITY CLAIMED BY INDIVIDUAL CORPORATE OFFICER TITLE(S) PARTNER(S) D D ATTORNEY-IN-FA TRUSTEE(S) GUARDIAN/CO OTHER'-------1---------- SIGNER IS REPRES NTING: (NAME OF PERSON ) OR ENTITY(IES)) 01203.0015/652123.3 DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT TITLE OR TYPE OF DOCUMENT NUMBER OF PAGES DATE OF DOCUMENT SIGNER S OTHER THAN NAMED ABOVE B-6 ACKNOWLEDGMENT A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. State of California County of ~B"'\':c\ ~ \ On \\ '>\&\\'is· \\ l rl-. ~ ?h;D before me Joyce Story-Notary Public •-------------------------------------(insert name and title of the officer) personally appeared ---.:~~:=...l,.-+-_.;:,~~~~...::.;:,:~.~---------------------------- who proved to me on the basis of atisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. (Seal) 8-7 From: Sent: To: Teresa Takaoka Tuesday, August 18, 2020 8:33 AM Nathan Zweizig Subject: FW: RPV City Council Meeting 8/18/2020, Agenda Item #1, Nature Preserve Impacts on Surrounding Neighborhoods lc From: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 12:55 PM To: 'Del Cerro HOA' <DeiCerro_HOA@hotmail.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: RPV City Council Meeting 8/18/2020, Agenda Item #1, Nature Preserve Impacts on Surrounding Neighborhoods Hi Kathy, The City is in receipt of your email expressing the Del Cerro HOA's recommendations. Your email will be provided to the City Council as late correspondence in advance of Tuesday's meeting, and I plan on providing it to other residents who are submitting emails on this subject. Thank you, Ara From: Del Cerro HOA [mailto:DeiCerro HOA@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 12:07 PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: RPV City Council Meeting 8/18/2020, Agenda Item #1, Nature Preserve Impacts on Surrounding Neighborhoods Honorable Mayor and City Council, The attached letter regarding nature preserve impacts on surrounding neighborhoods is attached for your consideration. Sincerely, Kathy Edgerton President, Del Cerro HOA 1 / Honorable Mayor and City Council Members, Thank you for your continued willingness to address the traffic and parking conditions that persist near the entrance of the Burma Rd. trailhead at the end of Crenshaw Blvd. After 8 years of continuous efforts by the City Staff and City Council to ameliorate conditions, we find that conditions improve after each new set of parking restrictions and signage is implemented. However, as more people become aware of the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, the number of visitors and the associated impacts to nearby residents continue to increase, reducing the benefits derived from the City's efforts over time. And the Safer at Home measures to control the spread of the COVID pandemic have exacerbated already difficult conditions. While the pandemic may abate at some point in the future, it is highly likely that the increase in visitors resulting from it will continue because of the unique attractiveness of the area. Traffic/Parking Conditions at End of Crenshaw Blvd. (South of Crest Rd.) We know that you are very aware of the conditions. However, we would like to briefly share some quantitative data that indicate the magnitude of the problems the surrounding neighbors encounter. Much of the information was derived by one of our residents using video footage from his security camera. We would be glad to discuss how the information was developed if you have any questions. • Crenshaw Blvd. south of Crest Rd. is a 2-lane dead-end street that services 256 homes (in Del Cerro, Island View, PV Park Place and Rancho Crest HOAs). • Approximately, 8,000 vehicles travel Crenshaw from Crest Rd. to the end at Seacrest weekly. Since all of the surrounding streets are cui-de-sacs with no outlet, those vehicles must then travel out of the area, doubling the number of vehicle trips along that corridor to 16,000. • Up to 2,000 vehicles per day arrive in the area on weekends. Up to 1 ,200 vehicles arrive per day on weekdays. • From 6 am to 8 pm, the 41 parking spots on Crenshaw between the Island View entrance and Park Place are filled 92% of the time on weekdays and 98% on weekends. All of the 41 spots are typically filled by 6:00am on weekends and by 6:30am on weekdays. • Because of the high parking spot fill rate, visitors frequently stop their vehicles in either the southbound or northbound traffic lane while waiting for a parking spot to be emptied, forcing residents and their guests to move into the opposing lane of traffic to pass through the area. This is particularly true where Crenshaw narrows toward the end and visibility of vehicles exiting Park Place is blocked by the parked cars. 1 • Visitors also stop and wait for parking spots to become available in the parking area next to St. John Fisher Church. Since there is a median separating the two lanes of traffic there, residents are unable to pass around the waiting vehicles and have no option but to wait until the car is moved. • Visitors waiting for a parking spot often speed forward or even drive rapidly in reverse to obtain a vacated spot. • Visitors waiting in the northbound lane often cross the opposing traffic to make a U-turn to obtain a parking spot. In addition, visitors who are leaving will cross the southbound lane and make a U-turn to leave the area in the northbound direction. • Visitors also regularly make U-turns at the end of Crenshaw and at multiple intersections within Del Cerro. • At the same time, there is heavy pedestrian traffic from the 171 total parking places spilling into the street. (The 171 parking places include those along Crenshaw south of Crest Rd., Park Place, Crest Rd. east of Crenshaw, and the east side of Crenshaw north of Crest Rd.) Dangerous Traffic Results As a result of the visitors' actions, the traffic conditions are very dangerous. Residents' entrance into and exits from the neighborhood are impeded by vehicles stopped in traffic lanes and they must dodge unpredictable U-turns along the way -while trying to maintain a safe distance from pedestrians. This is all occurring along a street that has a 40 mph speed limit. Indeed, while driving through the parking area at the end of Crenshaw, one of our neighbors was broadsided by a vehicle making a U-turn while exiting from a parking spot, resulting in serious injury to a passenger. Residential Quality of life Impacts The preserve is open from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset (currently 5:15 am to 8:40 pm). Parking is prohibited on Crenshaw during the hours when the preserve is closed. The residents whose properties abut Crenshaw Blvd., the Crenshaw Extension and the Burma Rd. trail are disturbed by incessant noise from before 5 am to 9:30 pm every day of the week- including constant horn honk alarm activations, car alarms, car doors slamming, loud music and loud voices. Since a gate that keeps people from entering when the preserve is closed has not been installed yet, many visitors still arrive well beyond the preserve posted hours, park on Crenshaw and enter the nature preserve or Del Cerro Park for late-night parties. 2 All of this activity and noise creates extended disturbances to the peace and quiet of the neighborhood. Del Cerro HOA Recommendations We request that the City Council take the following actions: • Place the highest priority on installing the trailhead gates at the Burma Rd. and Rattlesnake Trail trailheads as soon as possible. The gates were approved by the City Council in July 2018 and January 2019, respectively. • Approve the opening of the two trailhead gates from 7 am to sunset. We expect that the closure of the gates will substantially reduce the early morning and late night noise currently being experienced by reducing the motivation for visitors to arrive when the gates are closed without requiring significant enforcement. The current design of the gates will still allow visitors to the preserve to enjoy the sunset and then leave at their convenience, but not allow people to enter once the gates are closed. The gates will also enable enforcement of preserve closures due to rain or during periods of high fire danger. • Approve the elimination of parking on Crenshaw Blvd. south of Crest Rd., while redirecting visitors to available space on Crenshaw north of Crest Rd. (including the west side adjacent to the Art Center) and Crestridge (west of Crenshaw). While 65 parking spaces would be eliminated from the area adjacent to homes and St. John Fisher Church, more than that number of parking spaces are available, but not currently used, on the west side of Crenshaw next to the Art Center and on Crestridge -most of which are no farther from the trail than visitors are already walking. • Approve the opening of a new primary trailhead away from RPV residents adjacent to PV Drive South (i.e., Gateway Park). This would make a large segment of the preserve much more accessible to residents and visitors, yet would be a significant distance from homes to minimize any negative impacts. Parking would be much closer to where trails begin -and therefore more convenient for visitors. A trailhead off PV Drive South would also have the benefit of enabling preserve visitors to begin their hikes at the bottom of the preserve, hike uphill, then return to their cars by walking downhill when they are getting weary, reducing the likelihood that hikers may be overcome by exhaustion. • Continue City Staff's efforts to actively promote access to the Alta Vicente Reserve trails adjacent to the Civic Center with ample available parking and improve the amenities there. • Use search engine optimization techniques to direct internet searches to promote the trails at City Hall and a new trailhead at Gateway Park (as soon as it becomes available). This will undoubtedly help to direct newcomers to trailheads that can accommodate larger numbers of visitors. 3 • Coordinate the Staff's efforts to promote Alta Vicente Reserve and Gateway Park and optimize internet searches with the PVP Land Conservancy to assure consistent messaging. Conclusions The above actions will help to provide immediate relief to weary residents. We believe that red curbing Crenshaw Blvd. is the option with the greatest immediate and sustainable positive impact to the surrounding neighborhoods. It can be implemented with minimal cost and, most importantly, it is a self-regulating solution that requires minimal enforcement. We have also noted that visitors seem to avoid parking next to red curbs more than they comply with posted No Parking signs. Appropriate signage/message boards on Crenshaw and Crest Rd. can be used to notify current preserve visitors who already use the Burma Rd. and Rattlesnake Trail trailheads (and therefore would not be searching the internet for trail information) of the additional available parking north of Crest Rd. and the trails at the Civic Center. This signage, in conjunction with website information available to potential newcomers, will help to steer visitors in the near term to the Civic Center. As indicated in the staff report, enforcement of parking violations has been somewhat effective (with emphasis placed primarily on violations of permit parking on Park Place). However, up to now, enforcement has generally not been effective in addressing traffic problems on Crenshaw -and, honestly, having our deputies spending significant time enforcing the traffic or parking rules is not a cost-effective use of those resources. The overall size of the nature preserve is large enough to accommodate the current total number of visitors. Opening or expanding access at two additional widely dispersed locations (with substantial parking away from residents and adequate amenities) will also help to spread the visitors over a wider area and reduce negative impacts that neighboring communities and the preserve itself experience. It should be noted that all of the open space areas mentioned in the staff report that City Staff deemed comparable to the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve in size, beauty and recreational opportunity have multiple parking lots dedicated to public access. Parking Reservation System Based on our current understanding of the parking reservation system, Del Cerro residents see several drawbacks to the approach. • It is not self-regulating and would require a continuous high level of enforcement-and be substantially more expensive than red curbing. • While it could reduce the number of vehicles arriving in the area, it would not eliminate the traffic hazards of U-turns into and out of parking places, and people waiting in the 4 traffic lanes for a place to park. The current plan addresses parking enforcement, but not on traffic enforcement. • As currently envisioned, the recommended parking reservation system would not reduce the early morning/late night noise or control vehicle traffic on weekdays. • It would take longer to implement -and the neighborhood needs relief from the problems urgently. Thank you for your consideration of these requests. And many thanks to the City Manager and Staff for their diligent and creative efforts in working with us to find necessary solutions. Sincerely, The Del Cerro HOA Board Kathy & AI Edgerton Gregory MacDonald Miriam & Pete Varend Dion Hatch Bharathi Singh Mark Kernen Amy & Jeff Wang 5 From: Sent: To: Subject: Late correspondence. Katie Lozano Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:08 AM CityCierk FW: City Council Meeting 8/18/20 -Agenda Item #1: From: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 10:34 AM To: Mickey Radich <mickeyrodich@gmail.com> <mickeyrodich@gmail.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: City Council Meeting 8/18/20-Agenda Item #1: Hi Mickey, Thank you for taking the time to provide comments on tonight's agenda item regarding traffic and parking impacts at Del Cerro/Portuguese Bend Reserve. Your email will be provided to the City Council this evening as late correspondence. I appreciate the valuable input you have provided especially regarding the unintended consequences associated with creating a parking lot/trailhead at Gateway Park. The points you make, along with your suggested recommendations, will be communicated to the City Council for their consideration this evening. Best, Ara Ara Michael Mihranian City Manager C!TVOF I~CriO PALOS VERDES 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 31 0-544-5202 (telephone) 31 0-544-5293 (fax) aram@rpvca.gov www.rpvca.gov Do you really need to print this e-mail? :lr;s c~mail messaqe contains inhmnation belonqinq to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, which may be rwivilegcd, confidenti0l and/or protected from disclosure. The rniormiltkm /;; intended only for use or the individual_ or· (?ntity narned. Unauthot·ized dis:wrnination, distribution, <ll: copyinq is strictly prohibited. lf you received this c~t~ail "' error, or il!'C not ;m intended recipient, please notify tne sender 1rl'IIT1Cdtately. I !~ank you for your· assiStiHKe anu cooper<1t1on. 1 " From: Mickey Radich <.m)_ck~.Yr.Q_<i!f.h_@gmai!".£Qm> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 6:34PM To: cc <~~-@rnvca,ggy> Subject: Fwd: City Council Meeting 8/18/20-Agenda Item #1: Since 2015 the City Council and staff have held numerous meetings discussing the Del Cerro parking problems and the trail access management problems for the Portuguese Bend Preserve. Staff recognizes the problems and wishes to find a solution that will satisfy everyone involved. They has implemented many ideas but only a few things have helped. Very little has been accomplished in the last 5 years and we are still faced with the same parking issues and trail access management problems we have always had. After many attempts to resolve these problems, we are back to square one. It is time for us to think outside the box This Preserve was created to preserve the habitat and have open space for passive recreation. Many of the previous discussions were centered on use by the users; hikers, bicycles and horses. Many times all three groups are on the same trail at the same time. Some of these combined trails are 2 feet wide and as a result many trails have been badly damaged and users create their own new trails whenever they want. Some people are of the opinion that the trails can support thousands of users, at the same time (daily) because of its size, however history has shown us that is not true because the existing number of users are still damaging the trails and the habitat. We must limit the number of users to a manageable level so that we can protect this valuable habitat, otherwise it will be lost forever. I believe that one cannot solve these ongoing issues piecemeal. One must look at our trail system as a whole instead of moving a problem from one location to another. Agenda Item #1 is just such an example. It only talks about a Del Cerro solution. This report is very fragmented. it mentions Ladera Linda but never discussed and included its issues, yet alone any solutions. I strongly feel that before we attempt to have any discussions on traffic and parking for the Preserves, we must first determine how many users we can accommodate in any given Preserve and then proceed with the solutions for the traffic and parking problems. Bringing up Gateway Park as a solution, with 200 parking places, is not an answer. A previous City Council studied this idea thoroughly and decided that Gateway Park had many safety issues that are listed in an attached report. In the Del Cerro HOA report, they complain about users lining up and blocking their streets to wait for an empty parking place, while other users are making u-turns all over the area, which has caused a number of accidents. Del Cerro residents have my deepest sympathy because the residents need some immediate answers. The traffic in their neighborhood is unbearable. They should not have to face this daily and more so on weekends. This report attempts to control the number of users visiting the Preserve at any one time by instituting a parking permit program with a 3 to 4 hour time slot. That creates a driving free-for-all around the main Preserve entrances, especially at the end of the 3 to 4 hour shifts. You already have that situation around Park Place where cars are blocking the streets waiting for users to return to their cars after their usage and causes traffic congestion. Imagine this occurring at other trail heads as well. Users will quickly learn to get around the parking pass requirement to enter the preserve, by proceeding to one of the other 50 Preserve entrances. That does not work well because it will create parking congestion in many residential areas around the various Preserve entrances. This also makes the City responsible for every parking permit holder to have a reserved parking place. As I said before, we must look at all of our preserves together. The Abalone Cove parking lot is another traffic problem. On weekends, the lot fills up quickly and drivers wait in line in front of the gate and cars line up and block one of two eastbound lanes on PVDS. The proposed Gateway park, parking lot will also fill up quickly and there will also be a line of cars stretching out onto PVDS (with only one lane in each direction), which is in the slide area. There will be u-turns and drivers trying to get around the stalled traffic. This does not make sense while we are moving a traffic problem from one place to another. Having a preserve user permit makes a lot more sense. It does not make the City responsible for user parking places. Once the fencing and gate are installed at the preserve entrance at Del Cerro, those entering the Preserve can 2 be scanned while entering and the City Rangers can patrol inside the Preserve with a scanner to detect if someone entered the preserve illegally. The plan to direct users to park at City Hall and use the Point Vicente/Civic Center & PVIC trails is a good idea but may be difficult to get the users attention. Users will have a relatively small area, with trails not as challenging as those at Del Cerro and Forrestal. I feel that it would be difficult to get many users to abandon the Portuguese Bend Preserve for the Civic Center area. This Staff Report does not present anything new. It simply re-hashes everything that was suggested and tried over the last 5 years. In this report no mention was made of the Manhattan Beach Sand Dune Park which uses a preserve permit system and not a parking permit and it has been successful. Staff should be checking all of these other options, especially since some are nearby. A simple check of their website shows you how it works and it is simple to navigate. They have the ability to charge non-residents more than residents, probably because they did not use government grants and did not have to worry about any grant 'restrictions' and 'conditions'. Thinking outside the box for Del Cerro, I would suggest the following: 1. Install the fencing and gate at the trailhead at Del Cerro. 2. Change the trail hours so that residents are not disturbed at 5:00 to 7:00AM or after dark. 3. Attempt to remove most of the parking places within the Del Cerro area. 4. Meter the remaining parking places and charge $20.00 I hour or whatever. 5. Find a way to put a private gate on a street to cover as much of the Del Cerro neighborhood as possible. That will be where the parking places can be removed. 6. Paint red curbs wherever necessary to maintain traffic flow. 7. Let users park along Crenshaw north of Crest and meter those places as well. I also have some out of the box ideas for Forrestal, Ladera Linda and A YSO that I can share when Council decides to consider all Preserves together. 3 From: Sent: To: Subject: Late correspondence. -----0 rigina I Message----- From: Katie Lozano Katie Lozano Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:06 AM CityCierk FW: Tues RPVCC Agenda -Parking Solutions in Del Cerro Neighborhood Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 10:35 AM To: Romas Jarasunas <jarasunas@cox.net> Cc: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Tues RPVCC Agenda-Parking Solutions in Del Cerro Neighborhood Hello Mr. Jarasunas, Thank you very much for your email and all your coordination and communication. We will look forward to looking at solutions to your neighborhood's difficult situation this evening. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst/Open Space Manager Recreation and Parks Department City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 katiel@rpvca.gov City Hall is open to the public during regular business hours. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, visitors are required to wear face coverings and adhere to physical distancing guidelines. Some employees are working on rotation and may be working remotely. If you need to visit City Hall, please schedule an appointment in advance by calling the appropriate department and follow all posted directions during your visit. Walk-ups are limited to one person at a time. Please note that our response to your inquiry could be delayed. For a list of department phone numbers, visit the Staff Directory on the City website. -----Original Message----- From: Romas Jarasunas <jarasunas@cox.net> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 9:13PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: Katie Lozano <KatieL@rpvca.gov>; Romas Jarasunas <jarasunas@cox.net> Subject: Tues RPVCC Agenda-Parking Solutions in Del Cerro Neighborhood Honorable Mayor and City Council members, Thank you for your consideration in this serious traffic matter on Crenshaw. We appreciate this is a difficult issue that the City Council is tasked to resolve. It would appear, though, that the potential for resolution is fairly simple and straightforward. Our HOA members reviewed all of the potential solutions and the following are the most popular. 1. Red stripe Crenshaw-this is the least costly solution and no police enforcement is needed. It eliminates thousands of cars per week, and drastically improves safety and liability issues. This would also help the situation on Park Place as fewer cars would randomly enter that street and make u-turns; same would be true on the Crenshaw extension, safer for pedestrians and fewer u-turns. There is additional parking on Crenshaw north o: Crest on the west and east sides, and on Crestridge as far as/. High ridge-unlimited parking that does not hinder preserve access concerns. We understand that there will be a learning curve for compliance by the public and in addition to the individual experiences we suggest this be part of the messaging by the City in social media or any other platform. 2. Two additional trail heads-one at City Hall and one at toe of the preserve, which provides a triangle effect in distributing the traffic congestion to other areas equitably. 3. The third most popular solution was a parking reservation system via phone app. A consideration is that some members of our HOA believe that traffic may not improve much due to queuing. Lack of enforcement and cost could be significant factors, but still be worthwhile to examine further. We have compared notes with several other neighboring HOAs and believe we are united in implementing immediate solutions. Sincerely, Romas Jarasunas Burrell/Park Place HOA President 2 From: Sent: To: Subject: Late correspondence. From: Katie Lozano Katie Lozano Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:05 AM CityCierk FW: Palos Veredes Nature Preserve I Burma Road Trailhead Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 10:47 AM To: rodgfamily@gmail.com Cc: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: Palos Veredes Nature Preserve I Burma Road Trailhead Hello Mr. Rodgveller, Thank you very much for your email. Your personal accounting of how you are impacted, and all the input and coordination from your neighborhood, has been extremely helpful to staff to further understand quality of life and traffic issues in the Del Cerro neighborhood. Your email will be submitted with the agenda item tonight as late correspondence. We look forward to looking into solutions this evening. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst/Open Space Manager Recreation and Parks Department City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 katie I@ rpvca .gov City Hall is open to the public during regular business hours. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, visitors are required to wear face coverings and adhere to physical distancing guidelines. Some employees are working on rotation and may be working remotely. If you need to visit City Hall, please schedule an appointment in advance by calling the appropriate department and follow all posted directions during your visit. Walk-ups are limited to one person at a time. Please note that our response to your inquiry could be delayed. For a list of department phone numbers, visit the Staff Directory on the City website. From: Barry Rodgveller <rodgfamily@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 5:11PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; rodgfami!y@gmail.com Subject: Palos Veredes Nature Preserve I Burma Road Trailhead Honorable Mayor and City Council Members, Our family has lived on the Peninsula for 45 years and have been on Burrell Lane for the past 36 years. This is where we brought up our three daughters. I am now retired but have practiced med~cine in Torrance and San Pedro for 4~ years. We love where we live and feel very fortunate to be in such a beautiful place .. We truly understand why others who live in Los Angeles County come to this paradise to also enjoy the incredible natural beauty of the Peninsula. In the past 8 years our quiet, almost unknown spot, has become a magnet for hikers and others wishing to enjoy this place. Unfortunately through social media, articles and word of mouth our small corner of the Peninsula has been overrun. We understand the attraction but their needs to be rules and limits. In spite of the City Council's past efforts the crowds have only grown. and since the re-opening of the Preserve in May the numbers seem to have been turbocharged. Our backyard is a mere 1 00' from the trail head. All day long, weekdays and weekends, my wife and i can hear the voices of the hikers talking and yelling. It sounds like they are in our backyard. The issue is not merely a traffic one but one of quality of life. We can no longer enjoy our home, our backyard and our neighborhood as we once did. We urge the city to take immediate bold action for your neighbors who live in the area of Del Cerro Park and the Burma Road Trail head. My suggestions for the City Council are: 1. Eliminate all parking (weekdays, weekends and holidays) on Crenshaw Blvd. south of Crest Road and on Crest Road east of Crenshaw Blvd. to the Rolling Hills gate. 2. Construct a gate at the Burma Road Trail head to the Preserve that limits access from sunrise to sunset. 3. For weekends and holidays create a permit system in order to access the Preserve. This can be done through the City website. It should limit the number of visitors per hour and limit each visit to 2 or 3 hours. 4. Using the City website and social media market other trail heads (apparently there are 12) leading to the Preserve. Thank you for your understanding and consideration. Sincerely, Barry Rodgveller 2 From: Sent: To: Subject: Late correspondence. From: Katie Lozano Katie Lozano Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:04 AM CityCierk FW: City Council Agenda 8/18/20 Regular Item 1 -Impacts Near Del Cerro Park Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 10:57 AM To: jisomoto@verizon.net Cc: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: City Council Agenda 8/18/20 Regular Item 1-Impacts Near Del Cerro Park Hello Mr. and Ms. lsomoto, Thank you very much for your email. Your email will be submitted with the agenda item tonight as late correspondence. We look forward to looking into solutions to the quality of life issues in the Del Cerro neighborhood this evening. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst/Open Space Manager Recreation and Parks Department City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 lgltiel@rQvca .gov City Hall is open to the public during regular business hours. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, visitors are required to wear face coverings and adhere to physical distancing guidelines. Some employees are working on rotation and may be working remotely. If you need to visit City Hall, please schedule an appointment in advance by calling the appropriate department and follow all posted directions during your visit. Walk-ups are limited to one person at a time. Please note that our response to your inquiry could be delayed. For a list of department phone numbers, visit the Staff Directory on the City website. From: Jane & Jim <jisomoto@verizon.net> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 5:51PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: City Council Agenda 8/18/20 Regular Item 1-Impacts Near Del Cerro Park Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council, We have lived in Island View for 33 years. In the last couple years the traffic and congestion associated with Del Cerro park and the trails system has become unbearable. Cars coming up Crenshaw searching for parking have increased dramatically. Visitors from those cars and bicyclists have no qualms about walking, running or riding across the street with no regard for oncoming traffic. Cars parked on Crenshaw open doors into the street and stand there loading or unloading I everything from children and bicycles to hiking gear. It is a miracle no one has been hit or injured. 1 G Please paint the curbs on Crenshaw up to Crest Road RED. Keeping people from darting out between cars and crossing the street will make it much safer to drive on Crenshaw and possibly save the City from future liability. Please open the parking areas at the other side of the preserve and allow people to access the trail system at that point. Encouraging people to use other access points for the preserve would be beneficial to those of us in the Del Cerro neighborhoods who have had to put up with these dangerous conditions for the last few years. Thank you for your consideration of our requests. Jane and Jim lsomoto Sent from Mail for Windows 10 2 From: Sent: To: Subject: Late correspondence. From: Katie Lozano Katie Lozano Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:04 AM CityCierk FW: Another late Duh! Re: August 18th City Council Agenda Item: Mitigating Negative Impacts To Neighborhoods Near Del Cerro Park Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 11:02 AM To: SUNSHINE <sunshinerpv@aol.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; CityCierk <CityCierk@rpvca.gov>; Cory Linder <CoryL@rpvca.gov>; dant@rpvca.gov; dtrautner@rpvca.gov; Jesse Villalpando <jvillalpando@rpvca.gov>; Ron Dragoo <RonD@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: Another late Duh! Re: August 18th City Council Agenda Item: Mitigating Negative Impacts To Neighborhoods Near Del Cerro Park Hello Sunshine, Thank you for your email. It will be included with the agenda item tonight as late correspondence. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst/Open Space Manager Recreation and Parks Department City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 ]<atiel @rpvca.gov City Hall is open to the public during regular business hours. To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, visitors are required to wear face coverings and adhere to physical distancing guidelines. Some employees are working on rotation and may be working remotely. If you need to visit City Hall, please schedule an appointment in advance by calling the appropriate department and follow all posted directions during your visit. Walk-ups are limited to one person at a time. Please note that our response to your inquiry could be delayed. For a list of department phone numbers, visit the Staff Directory on the City website. From: SUNSHINE <sunshinerpv@aol.com> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020 6:21PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; CityCierk <CityCierk@rpvca.gov>; Cory Linder <CoryL@rpvca.gov>; dant@rpvca.gov; dtrautner@rpvca.gov; Katie Lozano <KatieL@rpvca.gov>; Jesse Villalpando <jvillalpando@rpvca.gov>; Ron Dragoo <RonD@rpvca.gov> Subject: Another late Duh! Re: August 18th City Council Agenda Item: Mitigating Negative Impacts To Neighborhoods Near Del Cerro Park Dear Mr. Mayor and City Council, 1 / The solution to this problem is in the solution to the bigger decision. What are you authorizing spending my/our money on? Staff Hours are real dollar costs. All you may discuss are "short term solutions". When is Staff going to allow the Council and the public to discuss how trails are supposed to connect trailheads like parks, schools, Fire Stations, communities and other public venues? See? Multiple Departments are not contributing to individual Department's Recommendations. There is an RPV Trails Network Plan in place. There has been a change. Most of what used to be existing trails to be preserved and enhanced under the direction of the Planning Department in conjunction with a private development application are now "social tails" on City property. Rec.& Parks Personnel need to turn to the Public Works Department to engineer the the goals in the RPV General Plan. These trails are no longer "conceptual". They existed until somebody told Katie that the TNP does not apply to the PV Nature Preserve. Who told somebody that it does not apply to public rights of way and parklands? Nevermind that. The big question to our elected representatives is... Who are we supposed to help connect the dots? There is a parking problem at Del Cerro because the... I have been asked to keep it short. It takes everybody working together to propose a "trails network" which brings together the various special interests under the umbrella of the City's responsibility to provide for citizens' health, safety and welfare. am not going to leave on behalf of the "wildlife". Who is supposed to pull together a balance? ... Sunshine 310-377-8761 In a message dated 8/17/2020 4:31:42 PM Pacific Standard Time, listserv@civicplus.com writes: View this in your browser On August 18, 2020, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council will consider the following agenda item: Consideration and possible action to implement measures mitigating impacts to residential neighborhoods adjacent to Del Cerro Park and Portuguese Bend Reserve. Click here to view the staff report. The City Council meeting will be conducted at 7 p.m. using the Zoom video conference platform. The meeting will still be live-streamed on the City's web page and televised on RPVtv Cox 33/Frontier FiOS 38. Visit rpvca.gov/participate for information on how to participate in public comment. 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To unsubscribe, click the following link: Unsubscribe 3 From: Sent: To: Teresa Takaoka Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:57 AM Nathan Zweizig Subject: FW: Crenshaw to Del Cerro Park/Nature Preserve Traffic Mitigation Importance: High lc From: don Douthwright <dddrpv@verizon.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 9:56AM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: dddrpv@verizon.net Subject: Crenshaw to Del Cerro Park/Nature Preserve Traffic Mitigation Importance: High Honorable Mayor and City Council Members, As you are well aware, traffic and safety issues along Crenshaw from Crest Road to Del Cerro Park have continued to increase over the years. We thank the current and past City Councils for taking various actions to help alleviate well known issues. Unfortunately, a lot more needs to be done. Traffic has increased up to thousands of vehicles per day with huge increases on the weekends causing safety concerns and unpleasant consequences to the 4 neighboring HOAs. Parking begins as early as 5:00am and lasts as late as 9:00. Vehicles speed, make U-turns, double park impeding traffic, and hikers dart in and out between vehicles, slam vehicle doors trunks unloading hiking equipment and bicycles, speak loudly, set vehicle alarms often with horns honking. All of these disturb and awake surrounding neighbors. There have been traffic accidents. The conditions are not safe. Some of the items being considered are: • • • • • • Painting Curb Red on both sides of Crenshaw from Crest Rd. to Del Cerro Park. Del Cerro, Burrell/Park Place, Valley View, Island View and St. John Fisher are unanimously in favor of this option. Replacement parking is available on Crenshaw and Crestridge near the Arts Center. This option eliminates many of the concerns above and is the most cost effective and requires minimal to no enforcement. City Hall Trailhead: Promote the use ofthe City Hall Trailhead which has substantial parking available . Formerly known as Gateway Park: This option was an original plan many years ago but is always killed. Island View again is strongly in favor of this option as it would be a staffed lot directing hikers up the trailhead and prohibit them from crossing PVDS towards the ocean for safety reasons. This property is the furthest from any residential area. Not in my backyard is unacceptable. Various neighborhoods need to share the responsibility of the impact of the Nature Preserve. Our 4 neighborhoods should not have to bear the brunt ofthe negatives. Pay or Reservation Parking: Island View is adamantly against this option which is costly to administer and doesn't alleviate our concerns for noise and safety. Shuttle Service: Island View is opposed to this option due to cost and commercialization of the street. We really don't believe hikers would use this option. Web Site and Social Media: We strongly encourage the City to work on its website as well as those of the Nature Preserve, Chamber of Commerces, Terranea, and various Social Media sites promoting hiking at our Nature Preserve to divert hikers to other trail heads to the Nature Preserve to spread the visitors to reduce the negative impact on our 4 neighborhoods. Thank you for your consideration. 1 Respectfully, Don Douthwright President Island View HOA 2 From: Sent: To: Teresa Takaoka Tuesday, August 18,2020 12:54 PM Nathan Zweizig Subject: FW: RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION, Item (2) a. and b.: RED STRIPE CRENSHAW & ADD Trail heads I Parking Attachments: 20 08 Aug 18 Park PI HOA support Crenshaw Red Curb & Open City Hall & Toe.docx Late corr From: pvpprof <pvpprof@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 12:52 PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION, Item (2) a. and b.: RED STRIPE CRENSHAW & ADD Trail heads/ Parking Honorable Mayor and City Council, Palos Verdes, CA 90275 find attached a letter written on my behalf as well as Park Place HOA and our Neighborhood This letter is rt:;sp03Ctfully submitted for the City Council meeting tonight and specifically regarding MENDED COUNCIL ACTION referred to as Item (2) a. and b. recommend 'Red Striping' of all curbs on Crenshaw Blvd south of Crest Rd. do recommEmd any "parking reservation program" and recommend no parking reservation b. recommend the establishment of a trailhead with parking at both: 1. City Hall as well as 2. of the Portuguese Bend Reserve (formerly known as Gateway Park). Safe. welL respectfully, Olson Place HOA and Neighborhood Watch Block Captain Brandon Baek Place resident and Neighborhood Watch ... not able speak before the Council tonight I, Thomas Olson, give my time to another HOAs Don Douthwright if he needs additional time. Thank you. Reference information from the City Council Agenda Report: AGENDA TITLE: Consideration and possible action to implement measures mitigating impacts to residential neighborhoods adjacent to Del Cerro Park and Portuguese Bend Reserve. 1 / RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: (1) Review and provide input on the short-term solutions implemented by Staff; (2) Direct Staff to pursue the following long-term solutions: a. Establish a parking reservation program on Crenshaw Boulevard south of Crest Road; and b. Establish a trailhead with parking at the toe ofthe Portuguese Bend Reserve (formerly known as Gateway Park); and (3) Review and provide direction on alternative long-term solutions 2 August 18, 2020 Dear Honorable RPV City Mayor and Council Members, Thank you for the Recommended Council Action for Long-Term solutions to mitigate adverse impacts to residential neighborhoods adjacent to Del Cerro Park and Portuguese Bend Reserve. We at Park Place HOA and Park Place Neighborhood Watch ask that you implement the following Long-Term Solutions: a. RED STRIPE all of Crenshaw Boulevard (west and east sides) south of Crest Road-and NOT the Reservation Program-, and b. Establish at least Two (2) added Trailheads with parking for the Preserve at: 1. City Hall, and 2. Toe of the Portuguese Bend Reserve (formerly known as Gateway Park). Discussion: Stripping would eliminate the parking difficulties on Crenshaw south of Crest Rd and substantially increase resident safety as well. There are continuing adverse safety and illegal parking problems on Crenshaw over the past many years. Trying to establish a parking reservation program will not make parking less dangerous, make more safe conditions, or decrease the illegal traffic flows et a!. The problems with drivers on Crenshaw South of Crest have and would continue. Further, a reservation system quite arguably would make the situation worse. Specifically, and as examples in the past couple of days, on each of my last two attempts to exit my residence turning onto Crenshaw, ! had 'visitor traffic' vehicles make an abrupt U-turn in front of me. This occurred by vehicles being driven directly from the West side of Crenshaw to the East side of Crenshaw in an illegal U-Turn. Each of these vehicles U-turned directly into the single North bound lane and immediately stopped at the Red-Curb to 'pick-up' other passengers. Each of these illegal U-turns nearly caused two (2) separate vehicle collisions with my car and me. I was forced to 'panic stop' for each as these 'visitor vehicles' that had turned very quickly into the North bound lane-nearly hitting me and causing me to brake quickly. THIS IS NOT SAFE and is a SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY for me as a resident as well as for our HOAs and the City of RPV. Moreover, vehicles also Start-N-Stop, and Double-Park, on Crenshaw-blocking traffic flow in both the South and North lanes -equally not safe and big liability, too. Residents are very concerned about the increased Liability of hitting a visitor vehicle or person -· not only for the liability of the Resident, but also for the liability of our HOAs and the City of RPV, too. We residents want to be safe. We residents do not want the heightened risk or to be liable by 'visitors' illegal or unsafe behavior-as is or by any reservation program. E~tablishing added parking and entrances to the Preserve at City Hall and Toe of Portuguese Bend (formerly Gateway Park) would spread parking around the Preserve and significantly increase Resident Safety-especially for parking at City Hall where there is significant capacity, easy entrance/exit and does not require driving on Residential streets to access parking. To confirm, We residents on Park Place (especially neighbor family of 6 at end of cul-de-sac) ask the City Council to approve and implement the two (2) stated Long-Term Solutions. We are all in favor of the following TOP TWO (2) ALTERNATIVES: 1. RED STRI all of Crenshaw south of Crest, and 2. ADD two (2) more ENTRANCES and PARKING to the Preserve-one entrance at City Hal!, with much parking, and a second entrance at the former Gateway Park aka of Portuguese Bend. Former City Manager, Doug Wilmore, stated often that there is plenty of room at City Hall and, certainly more north of Crest, and certainly parking to make-up for any spaces red-striped on Crenshaw. It is dangerous on Crenshaw, now, and having any reservation 'system' would arguably create a worse situation. Vehicles wait now. They double park. They make U-Turns and park against Red Curbs. They cause Northbound (and Southbound too) traffic to stop at red curbs or in the middle of Crenshaw. Please, make Crenshaw safe by red-stripe Soutl1 of Crest Rd., and move ali stalls to Crenshaw north of Crest, City Hal!, the Toe of Portuguese Bend and other. As Doug Wilmore also stated, adding I moving parking to other areas at the Preserve was a City goal to relieve our four (4) HOAs of continued dangers and liabilities. As mentioned for appropriate reference documents, It is advocated that if there may be any question(s) re: the use of Park Place street and Del Cerro Park, the City should refer to the original Deed of Transfer, the Plan of Utilization (POU), to which the City of RPV agreed. This Deed of Transfer, POU, is the controlling document for use. The POU was, and is, the basis on which residents made their decision to purchase and invest for the long-term. It is most important for decisions regarding residents that the POU be a principal document especially as the POU does not provide for parking on Park Place for the Park and/or for the Preserve. We strongly recommend and request that the POU be referenced and used as a controlling document regarding any use of Del Cerro and Park Place. Most respectfully, Thomas Olson Park Place HOA and Neighborhood Watch Block Captain Brandon Baek Park Place resident and Neighborhood Watch From: Sent: To: Subject: Lc -----Original Message----- Teresa Takaoka Tuesday, August 18, 2020 2:52 PM Nathan Zweizig FW: Traffic and trailhead access on Crenshaw-del cerro From: Diane Blade <dbivinfo@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2020 2:47PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Traffic and trailhead access on Crenshaw-del cerro Whom it may concern: I would like to voice my opinion on the situation that we have regarding the traffic and tourists on a regular basis seven days a week from five in the morning until10 o'clock at night on the two trail heads .... Del Cerro and at the Rattlesnake Trail. As a resident of Island view I find it very, very distressing that we have this amount of traffic, There are people coming in all day long ... it is changing our neighborhood ... is in changing the environment we live in. and it will eventually change the property values in this area. I am disturbed that we have public parking signs in our area. we have an electron signs telling people where the trail heads are and that they can park along Crenshaw outside of our neighborhood. there is an electronic sign that says there is additional parking at RPV City Hall ... but there are no direction and there is no address given. when you go to City Hall there is no big sign welcoming them and telling them that they can park there and then explaining where the trail heads are. 1 would greatly appreciate it if you could share that information through whatever means you might have so that our neighborhoods are giving a little bit of relief ! I understand that this issue will be on tonight's agenda. I also understand that you are considering the possibility of painting all the curbs on Crenshaw RED south crest! That would be a great way to start!!! At least the auto would be reduced. TheReserves are huge and there are many other trail heads. please help find a way to make the population/hikers aware of that and share the wealth so to speak Thank you for your consideration and help ! The Blades Sent from my iPhone 1 / TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY CLERK AUGUST 17, 2020 ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material received through Monday afternoon for the Tuesday, August 18, 2020 City Council meeting: Item No. J 1 Description of Material Email from Sunshine Email from Sheri Hastings Email exchange between Senior Administrative Analyst Lozano and Fred Weiner; Email exchanges between City Manager Mihranian and: Herb Stark; Marty Foster; Donald Bell; Emails from: Bridget and John Stillo; Suzanne and Larry Sobel Respectfully submitted, L:\LATE CORRESPONDENCE\2020 Cover Sheets\20200818 additions revisions to agenda thru Monday.docx From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: SUNSHINE <sunshinerpv@aol.com> Thursday, August 13, 2020 2:03 PM CC; CityCierk jackpharris88@gmail.com; professorohlaker@gmail.com; bzzask@gmail.com; gardner4 @earthlink.net; josephollivier@gmail.com; pbrc1 @verizon.net August 18, 2020 Council Agenda, Item I. Ban rental prohibitions Dear Mr. Mayor and Council Members, Once again, Staff is Recommending a "done deal" without providing a thorough analysis of all of the consequences. Ordinarily; I would support AB3182 because it would put a ban on an infringement of the rights of private property owners. But, it doesn't. Shouldn't we be writing to our Senator? I would support AB3182 if it were modified with a statement of purpose being to ban all such infringements. But, the draft letter does not ask for that. See the following. I agree with this objection ... "The bill is also problematic because it leaves unclear what exactly would "unreasonably" restrict rental prohibitions." What has not been analyzed is the level of "local control" that you would support. Do remember that all Zoning Laws infringe on private property rights to some degree. And, every "law" which imposes a behavior modification/restriction includes the cost of enforcement. Given that our Zoning Codes and OFFICIAL ZONING MAP have not yet been updated to comply with the updated General Plan, (not even a draft has been presented to Council), "one size fits all" is a pretty lame objection. Staff's Recommendation is "problematic" because it does not introduce for discussion, a statement of what our Council considers to be "reasonable rental prohibitions". In case you didn't know, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes is rather notorious for not assisting HOA's with enforcing their existing CC&R's and Architectural Standards. Once again, where is a description of the "downside of doing nothing"? Why no CC to CHOA? Oops! I meant to stop asking questions. Staff doesn't answer them. 1 I. SUNSHINE 310-377-8761 August 18, 2020 Philip Ting California State Assembly State Capitol, Rm. 6026 Sacramento, CA 95814 SUBJECT: Notice of Opposition to AB 3182 Dear Assemblymember Ting: Via Email The Honorable The City of Rancho Palos Verdes opposes AB 3182, which would bar homeowners associations (HOAs) from prohibiting home rentals, including rentals of accessory dwelling units (ADUs). This legislation would not only infringe on the rights of private property owners, but invalidate the voices of voting HOA members. AB 3182 would impose a "one size fits all" approach on tens of thousands of HOA neighborhoods, taking away decisionmaking that is best left to homeowners and governing board members. The bill is also problematic because it leaves unclear what exactly would "unreasonably" restrict rental prohibitions. For these reasons, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes opposes AB 3182. Sincerely, John Cruikshank Mayor cc: AI Muratsuchi, Assembly Member, 66th Assembly District Ben Allen, Senator, 26th State Senate District Jeff Kiernan, League of California Cities Meg Desmond, League of California Cities Marcel Rodarte, California Contract Cities Association Rancho Palos Verdes City Council Ara Mihranian, City Manager Karina Banales, Deputy City Manager 2 From: Sent: To: Subject: Sheri Hastings <sherihastings@yahoo.com> Monday, August 17, 2020 1:05 PM CityCierk; jvillalbando@rpvca.gov Fw: Emergency Preparedness Letter. 8/18/20 Council Agenda Item J I meant to also copy you. Thank you! -----Forwarded Message----- From: Sheri Hastings <sherihastings@yahoo.com> To: cc@rpvca.gov <cc@rpvca.gov> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2020, 12:24:10 PM PDT Subject: Emergency Preparedness Letter. 8/18/20 Council Agenda Item J Dear City Council The draft letter is helpful for our individual properties. But we also need information to prepare the community as a whole for evacuation in the event of an emergency. There is a directive in the General Plan that that Public Works Department is the lead agent to "preserve and enhance the trail connections" according to the TNP. Since the City has acquired title to the underlying properties around me, who is the specific person who has the responsibility to get the details from the Fire Department and propose the Public Works Department's response? We all need the same person to be answering our questions about when and how we evacuate. The PUMP does not cover this need. Thank you very much for your attention to this. Sincerely, Sheri Hastings 1 0 Vanderlip Drive Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 1 J. From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Fred Weiner <fweiner08@yahoo .com> Monday, August 17, 2020 1:38 PM CityCierk Katie Lozano Fw: Del Cerro Park Parking Signage Nathan, it was nice to speak with you a few moments ago. Please submit my comments on the Nature Preserve and Del Cerro parking to the City Council for their meeting tomorrow night. Also, I copied Katie Lozano for her information. Thank you very much for your assistance, Fred Weiner RPV Resident -----Forwarded Message ----- From: Katie Lozano <katiel@rpvca .gov> To: Fred Weiner <fweiner08@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, May 4, 2020, 04:42 :00 PM PDT Subject: RE: Del Cerro Park Parking Signage Hello Fred, Thank you very much for the inventory and recommendations! I like those thoughts and idea and will definitely keep them on hand as the project picks up again. I placed responses below in blue. Thank you, Katie From: Fred Weiner <fwe in er08@ya h oo .com > Sent: Saturday, May 2, 2020 8:00AM To: Katie Lozano <Katiel@rpv ca .gov> Subject: Fw: Del Cerro Park Parking Signage Hello Katie , It was nice to speak with you yesterday . I'm happy you are doing well! 1 /. Parking Permit, where to park and avoid diverting City and Lomita Sheriff's staff resources for parking enforcement and issuance of citations. Thank you . I will keep this recommendation on hand . Electronic Message Board Trailer In our recent telephone conversation, I mentioned prior to m id/late 2019 an Electronic Message Board trailer was located on north side of Park Place across from the first section of parking spaces adjacent to Del Cerro Park . The Message Board was very visible and indicated something to the effect that a City Parking Permit was required, violators would be cited , and the public should park on Crenshaw Blvd . In or about mid/late 2019 , the Message Board trailer was removed from Del Cerro Park/Park Place . In early 2020 , the Message Board trailer reappeared , but was located on the south side of the driveway entering Park Place, in a somewhat obstructed area near the large wooden Del Cerro Park sign. Sometimes I observed cars entering the driveway from Crenshaw Blvd. to Park Place. The drivers seemingly did not see the Message Board and they parked in the spaces adjacent to Del Cerro Park, even though they did not have a City Parking Permit. Recently I was happy to see the Message Board trailer had been relocated to the northwest side of Park Place across from the first couple of parking spaces adjacent to Del Cerro Park. I think the current location of the Electronic Message Board is very visible to drivers as they approach the parking spaces adjacent to Del Cerro Park. The message relative to the required parking permits and related information has been changed to reflect current City policies relative to the covid19 health crisis . Correct. Del Cerro Park Signage I took photos of the various signs on Park Place for your information but, due to the poor picture quality , they are not included here. However, I have attempted to describe the essential information on the various signs (excluding RPV and other government agencies' applicable code sections , contact phone numbers, etc). On the north side of Park Place the curb is painted red and there are three posts each with a sign in red letters "No Parking Any Time" ... On the south side of Park Place . near the parking spaces adjacent to Del Cerro Park, there are 9 sign posts with signs on various subjects. Only 2 of the 9 posts have signs indicating "Parking By Permit Only" (also in red letters). To the left of Parking Space 1 the sign indicates : Unauthorized vehicles parked in designated accessible spaces not displaying distinguishing placards or special license places issued for persons with disabilities will be towed away at owners' expense On the Park grass area between pa rking spaces1 and 2 , there is a large City of Rancho Palos Verdes sign with the City's logo (brown background) indicating : No radio controlled or motorized models. Peninsula Silent Flyers Members by permit only Parasailing and Hang Gliding Prohibited from City owned land Violators will be prosecuted Parking space 3, there are no signs posted . Between parking spaces 4 and 5 there are 3 signs on the same post: Top : Relatively small sign with red letters "Parking By Permit Only" Middle : 3-hour parking with Resident ial Recreation Permit between one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset. Restrictions do not apply to Park Place Resident Guest Permit Bottom : Park Place Residents Guest Permits may park up to 72 hours Between parking spaces 6-7 , there are no signs posted . Grass strip between spaces 7 and 8 has 2 separate posts, one in front of the other, each with different signs . 3 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Hi Herb, Ara Mihranian Sunday, August 16, 2020 1:37 PM 'Herb Stark'; CityCierk cc RE: August 18th City Council Meeting REGULAR BUSINESS: Item 1 Parking Reservation System 8-15-2020 Letter to the City Council.docx Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and recommendations on this important City issue. As you know, the City Council has been addressing this issue for several years now and has made incremental improvements. However, the popularity of the Preserve continues to grow because of social media, and the recent health orders associated with COVID-19 has only exasperated the adverse impacts experienced by neighboring residents and the crowds that continue to show up especially on the weekends. It is for this reason, that City Staff have been implementing short-term measures since late-June to alleviate the congestion specifically around Del Cerro and the entrance to the Portuguese Bend Reserve. Tuesday's agenda item is specifically focusing on Del Cerro/Portuguese Bend Reserve, not because there aren't similar impacts in other areas of the City (i.e. Forrestal Reserve and Abalone Cove) but because this is where the greatest impacts are being experienced by adjacent residents at this time. Mitigation measures for other areas may be addressed by the City Council at a later time. The visitor entry reservation system you are recommending, and as implemented at Eaton Canyon, has merit to it. Staff has researched what the City of LA implemented there to see if and how it can effectively be implemented in Rancho Palos Verdes at specific areas, such as Portuguese Bend, Forrestal and Abalone Cove Reserves. And it can (but perhaps with some limitations). However, when considering the concerns raised by the residents adjacent to Del Cerro Park/Portuguese Bend, their recommended solutions differ. That is because the most significant impact they are experiencing is associated with vehicle and traffic congestion along Crenshaw Blvd., south of Crest Road. I have attached a comment letter submitted this morning to the City Council from the Del Cerro HOA to shed some light on their concerns. Staff's recommendation for City Council's consideration is intended to balance the concerns being raised by the residents most impacted and the general operations of the Preserve for both residents and non-residents who use the Preserve at this specific entry point. The visitor entry system you are recommending is included in the staff report for the City Council's consideration. It may be the City Council's desire to begin implementing, what staff is referring to as long-term solutions, in phases to monitorthe progress and success of each of these tools that are all intended to help alleviate impacts and preserve the community's quality of life. Which we are all in agreement is paramount to this fast-growing issue. I also want to comment on the short-term solutions being implement at the moment. Over the past several weeks, Staff has come to realize that various groups or organizations have been posting information on social media that has influenced where public go when seeking recreational destinations in Rancho Palos Verdes. For years, the City did not participate in messaging on social media with the intent to steer and discourage visitors from coming to Rancho Palos Verdes. It is now apparent, that the unintended consequence may have led to the popularity of Del Cerro/Portuguese Bend, and even Forrestal, as a destination. To that point, the City is taking ownership of these sites and the messaging posted on social media to influence where the visitors should and should not go (and to a certain degree discourage visiting the area due to constraints i.e. parking, etc.). A concerted effort is being implemented to direct visitors to areas that can accommodate such activity that is away from residential neighborhoods such as Alta Vicente (City Hall). I hope this provides some added perspective to the staff recommendations. And again, thank you for your input. I am certain it will assist the City Council in navigating through this issue. 1 Ara From: Herb Stark [mailto:pt17stearman@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 11:44 AM To: CityCierk <CityCierk@rpvca.gov> Cc: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: August 18th City Council Meeting REGULAR BUSINESS: Item 1 Parking Reservation System My recommendation is to implement a reservation system to limit the number of visitors to the preserve and not a parking reservation system that will just move the cars to park in other areas. Cory Linda is wrong, the preserve was created to preserve the habitat and open space for passive recreational use and not to jam the maximum number of people into the area with the resultant damage to the habitat. The only way to do that is to limit the number of visitors. The staff report spends a lot of time talking about the Del Cerro issue and does not address Ladera Linda. The residents have been working with staff to direct all preserve parking into the Park parking lots by redlining Forrestal and putting No Preserve Parking signs at the entrance to the residential area. This has worked very well up to now. The problem is that on the weekends these parking lots are full. Any shift in parking at Del Cerro will only shift the parking to Ladera Linda overflowing into the residential area. Background Parking around both the Preserve and Abalone Cove have been overrun with visitors on the weekend. As a result visitors have been parking in the local neighborhoods disrupting the quality of life of the local residents. Red no parking areas have only pushed the people down the road. Cory Linda, Parks and Recreation Department Director, has stated in the past that the Preserve can handle more visitors all we have to do is find a way to park them. Doug Willmore, past City Manager, has in the past rejected any sort of registration system as there are more than 50 entrances to the Preserve making it difficult to implement. What they are not telling is that the two major public access points are at Del Cerro and Ladera Linda and the others which are in residential neighborhoods. The other issue that they use to reject the registration system is that the restrictions on the Preserve require that both residents and nonresidents be treated the same. This means that you cannot charge nonresidents without charging residents, who would reject the concept since they are already paying taxes to maintain the Preserve. 2 Proposal The Ladera Linda HOA has long proposed implementing a registration system to limit the number of visitors. Now that the Abalone Cove parking is being overwhelmed forcing visitors to park in the residential neighborhoods the proposed registration system can be expanded to include Abalone Cove. To overcome the issue of treating residents and nonresidents the same, the registration would be free and only be required on the weekend and holidays. The system would be modeled after the Eton Canyon system, see attached, where timed entry would be available in three hour increments and cover one car and up to four people. Visitors would be required to go online to the City's webpage and sign up for a time slot. In Abalone Cove the number of visitors would be limited to the number of parking slots. At Del Cerro the number of visitors would be limited to the available parking from the entrance to the Crest on Crenshaw for example. At Ladera Linda the number of visitors would be limited to the number of slots in the Ladera Linda Park. All reservations would be required to be made the day before the visit. No same day registrations would be permitted. Visitors would be required to show proof of registration either on a mobile phone or print out. All registrations would be recorded at the time of entrance to the Preserve or Abalone Cove so that if someone copies a registration and tries to get in after someone has already used the registration it would be rejected and entrance denied. As for the other 50 or so entrances, spot checks would be made inside the Preserve and Abalone Cove by the Rangers, volunteers and staff. If someone is caught without a registration they will be cited and fined. The proceeds would be used to offset the cost of the registration system. Herb Stark Rancho Palos Verdes 31 0-541-6646 3 Honorable Mayor and City Council Members, Thank you for your continued willingness to address the traffic and parking conditions that persist near the entrance of the Burma Rd. trailhead at the end of Crenshaw Blvd. After 8 years of continuous efforts by the City Staff and City Council to ameliorate conditions, we find that conditions improve after each new set of parking restrictions and signage is implemented. However, as more people become aware of the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, the number of visitors and the associated impacts to nearby residents continue to increase, reducing the benefits derived from the City's efforts over time. And the Safer at Home measures to control the spread of the COVID pandemic have exacerbated already difficult conditions. While the pandemic may abate at some point in the future, it is highly likely that the increase in visitors resulting from it will continue because of the unique attractiveness of the area. Traffic/Parking Conditions at End of Crenshaw Blvd. (South of Crest Rd.) We know that you are very aware of the conditions. However, we would like to briefly share some quantitative data that indicate the magnitude of the problems the surrounding neighbors encounter. Much of the information was derived by one of our residents using video footage from his security camera. We would be glad to discuss how the information was developed if you have any questions. • Crenshaw Blvd. south of Crest Rd. is a 2-lane dead-end street that services 256 homes (in Del Cerro, Island View, PV Park Place and Rancho Crest HOAs). • Approximately, 8,000 vehicles travel Crenshaw from Crest Rd. to the end at Seacrest weekly. Since all of the surrounding streets are cui-de-sacs with no outlet, those vehicles must then travel out of the area, doubling the number of vehicle trips along that corridor to 16,000. • Up to 2,000 vehicles per day arrive in the area on weekends. Up to 1 ,200 vehicles arrive per day on weekdays. • From 6 am to 8 pm, the 41 parking spots on Crenshaw between the Island View entrance and Park Place are filled 92% of the time on weekdays and 98% on weekends. All of the 41 spots are typically filled by 6:00 am on weekends and by 6:30 am on weekdays. • Because of the high parking spot fill rate, visitors frequently stop their vehicles in either the southbound or northbound traffic lane while waiting for a parking spot to be emptied, forcing residents and their guests to move into the opposing lane of traffic to pass through the area. This is particularly true where Crenshaw narrows toward the end and visibility of vehicles exiting Park Place is blocked by the parked cars. 1 • Visitors also stop and wait for parking spots to become available in the parking area next to St. John Fisher Church. Since there is a median separating the two lanes of traffic there, residents are unable to pass around the waiting vehicles and have no option but to wait until the car is moved. • Visitors waiting for a parking spot often speed forward or even drive rapidly in reverse to obtain a vacated spot. • Visitors waiting in the northbound lane often cross the opposing traffic to make a U-turn to obtain a parking spot. In addition, visitors who are leaving will cross the southbound lane and make a U-turn to leave the area in the northbound direction. • Visitors also regularly make U-turns at the end of Crenshaw and at multiple intersections within Del Cerro. • At the same time, there is heavy pedestrian traffic from the 171 total parking places spilling into the street. (The 171 parking places include those along Crenshaw south of Crest Rd., Park Place, Crest Rd. east of Crenshaw, and the east side of Crenshaw north of Crest Rd.) Dangerous Traffic Results As a result of the visitors' actions, the traffic conditions are very dangerous. Residents' entrance into and exits from the neighborhood are impeded by vehicles stopped in traffic lanes and they must dodge unpredictable U-turns along the way-while trying to maintain a safe distance from pedestrians. This is all occurring along a street that has a 40 mph speed limit. Indeed, while driving through the parking area at the end of Crenshaw, one of our neighbors was broadsided by a vehicle making a U-turn while exiting from a parking spot, resulting in serious injury to a passenger. Residential Quality of life Impacts The preserve is open from one hour before sunrise to one hour after sunset (currently 5:15 am to 8:40 pm). Parking is prohibited on Crenshaw during the hours when the preserve is closed. The residents whose properties abut Crenshaw Blvd., the Crenshaw Extension and the Burma Rd. trail are disturbed by incessant noise from before 5 am to 9:30 pm every day of the week- including constant horn honk alarm activations, car alarms, car doors slamming, loud music and loud voices. Since a gate that keeps people from entering when the preserve is closed has not been installed yet, many visitors still arrive well beyond the preserve posted hours, park on Crenshaw and enter the nature preserve or Del Cerro Park for late-night parties. 2 All of this activity and noise creates extended disturbances to the peace and quiet of the neighborhood. Del Cerro HOA Recommendations We request that the City Council take the following actions: • Place the highest priority on installing the trailhead gates at the Burma Rd. and Rattlesnake Trail trail heads as soon as possible. The gates were approved by the City Council in July 2018 and January 2019, respectively. • Approve the opening of the two trailhead gates from 7 am to sunset. We expect that the closure of the gates will substantially reduce the early morning and late night noise currently being experienced by reducing the motivation for visitors to arrive when the gates are closed without requiring significant enforcement. The current design of the gates will still allow visitors to the preserve to enjoy the sunset and then leave at their convenience, but not allow people to enter once the gates are closed. The gates will also enable enforcement of preserve closures due to rain or during periods of high fire danger. • Approve the elimination of parking on Crenshaw Blvd. south of Crest Rd., while redirecting visitors to available space on Crenshaw north of Crest Rd. (including the west side adjacent to the Art Center) and Crestridge (west of Crenshaw). While 65 parking spaces would be eliminated from the area adjacent to homes and St. John Fisher Church, more than that number of parking spaces are available, but not currently used, on the west side of Crenshaw next to the Art Center and on Crestridge -most of which are no farther from the trail than visitors are already walking. • Approve the opening of a new primary trailhead away from RPV residents adjacent to PV Drive South (i.e., Gateway Park). This would make a large segment of the preserve much more accessible to residents and visitors, yet would be a significant distance from homes to minimize any negative impacts. Parking would be much closer to where trails begin -and therefore more convenient for visitors. A trailhead off PV Drive South would also have the benefit of enabling preserve visitors to begin their hikes at the bottom of the preserve, hike uphill, then return to their cars by walking downhill when they are getting weary, reducing the likelihood that hikers may be overcome by exhaustion. • Continue City Staff's efforts to actively promote access to the Alta Vicente Reserve trails adjacent to the Civic Center with ample available parking and improve the amenities there. • Use search engine optimization techniques to direct internet searches to promote the trails at City Hall and a new trailhead at Gateway Park (as soon as it becomes available). This will undoubtedly help to direct newcomers to trailheads that can accommodate larger numbers of visitors. 3 • Coordinate the Staff's efforts to promote Alta Vicente Reserve and Gateway Park and optimize internet searches with the PVP Land Conservancy to assure consistent messaging. Conclusions The above actions will help to provide immediate relief to weary residents. We believe that red curbing Crenshaw Blvd. is the option with the greatest immediate and sustainable positive impact to the surrounding neighborhoods. It can be implemented with minimal cost and, most importantly, it is a self-regulating solution that requires minimal enforcement. We have also noted that visitors seem to avoid parking next to red curbs more than they comply with posted No Parking signs. Appropriate signage/message boards on Crenshaw and Crest Rd. can be used to notify current preserve visitors who already use the Burma Rd. and Rattlesnake Trail trailheads (and therefore would not be searching the internet for trail information) of the additional available parking north of Crest Rd. and the trails at the Civic Center. This signage, in conjunction with website information available to potential newcomers, will help to steer visitors in the near term to the Civic Center. As indicated in the staff report, enforcement of parking violations has been somewhat effective (with emphasis placed primarily on violations of permit parking on Park Place). However, up to now, enforcement has generally not been effective in addressing traffic problems on Crenshaw -and, honestly, having our deputies spending significant time enforcing the traffic or parking rules is not a cost-effective use of those resources. The overall size of the nature preserve is large enough to accommodate the current total number of visitors. Opening or expanding access at two additional widely dispersed locations (with substantial parking away from residents and adequate amenities) will also help to spread the visitors over a wider area and reduce negative impacts that neighboring communities and the preserve itself experience. It should be noted that all of the open space areas mentioned in the staff report that City Staff deemed comparable to the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve in size, beauty and recreational opportunity have multiple parking lots dedicated to public access. Parking Reservation System Based on our current understanding of the parking reservation system, Del Cerro residents see several drawbacks to the approach. • It is not self-regulating and would require a continuous high level of enforcement-and be substantially more expensive than red curbing. • While it could reduce the number of vehicles arriving in the area, it would not eliminate the traffic hazards of U-turns into and out of parking places, and people waiting in the 4 traffic lanes for a place to park. The current plan addresses parking enforcement, but not on traffic enforcement. • As currently envisioned, the recommended parking reservation system would not reduce the early morning/late night noise or control vehicle traffic on weekdays. • It would take longer to implement -and the neighborhood needs relief from the problems urgently. Thank you for your consideration of these requests. And many thanks to the City Manager and Staff for their diligent and creative efforts in working with us to find necessary solutions. Sincerely, The Del Cerro HOA Board Kathy & AI Edgerton Gregory MacDonald Miriam & Pete Varend Dion Hatch Bharathi Singh Mark Kernen Amy & Jeff Wang 5 TORRANCE DAiLY BREEZE» OAILYBRI.'EZE.COM I NEWS.0[15 Eaton Canyon reopens~ but • • •·eser~vattons are necessat·y Up to 85 guests are allowed at a time in 3-hour entry increments !Jy City New$ Service PASADENA » Timed en- try reservations are now required for entrance to the Eaton Canyon Natural Area, which was closed for ·a week after being overrun with visitors on Memorial Day weekend. "Reservations will help keep the Eaton Can- yon trails from becom- ing overcrowded and al· low enough space for trail users to maintain physical distancing of six feet, in accordance with current COVID-19 re- strictions," a Los Ange- les County Department of Parks and Recreation statement said. "In May, an overwhelm- ing influx of visitors not adhering to the require- ments for face coverings and physical distancing forced the closure of the Eaton Canyon Natural Area." Timed entry reserva- tions will be available for three-hour increments: 8-11 a.m., 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and 2-5 p.m. Each time slot is being limited to 85 res- ervations to prevent over- crowding. Reservations must be made the day before a visit. No same-day reservations will be allowed. No reservations were available Saturday, the department an- nounced. Each reservation will al- low entry for one vehicle or up to four people walking in and should be limited to members of the same household to prevent the spread of COVID-19, ac- cording to county parks offtcials. STAFF fiLE PHOTO Eaton Canyon Natura! Area in Pasadena has reopened but limited to reserved, tlrned entries of 85 people at a time. IF YOU GO Trail visitors must adhere to the follow the requirements when visiting Eaton Canyon Natural Area and all natural areas and trails within Los Angeles County: • The use of coolers. umbrellas, shade tents, barbecues or chairs ls not allowed. • Passive recreation (lounging, picnics, sunbathing, etc.) Is restricted. Only active recreation (hiking, walking. run- ning, etc.) wfll .be allowed. Umlt your t!rne to less than 10 minutes at destination spots. • Maintain a physical distance of six feet or more. Masks that cover the nose, mouth and chin are required In build- Ings, parking lots, trailheads, when passing people on the trails and at destination spots. VIsitors may be asked to leave If there are too many people to allow for the required physical distance. • Be prepared. Not all restrooms are open to the public. Bring drinking water, soap/sanitizer. and pack out all trash. To make a free reservation, visitors will need to log in or create a free account to complete the timed entry reser- vation. visit the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation online registration website at https:// reservatlons.lacounty.gov. For the complete list of COVID-19guidelines, visit the LA County Parks website at https://parks.lacounty.gov/ covld-19. The main' entrance to Eaton Canyon Natural Area, at 1750 N. Altadena Drive in Pasadena, will be the only point of entry open at this time. Trail visitors .will need to show proof of their res- ervation -either on a mo- bile device or printout - and photo identification at the entrance. No entry or waiting at the entrance wm be per- mitted without a reserva- tion. From: Sent: To: martha foster <martycrna@gmail.com> Sunday, August 16, 2020 3:09 PM Ara Mihranian Cc: Herb Stark; CityCierk; CC; Mickey Radich <mickeyrodich@gmail.com>; Don Bell; Gary Randall; jessica vlaco Subject: Re: August 18th City Council Meeting REGULAR BUSINESS: Item 1 Parking Reservation System Ara, Thank you as always for the granular detail you provide with such transparency on all city matters. The traffic hazards posed by visitors at the end of Crenshaw are serious indeed and mitigation is mandatory. The use of Gateway Park as an entrance to the trails in my opinion poses a greater risk to far more people than is seen on Crenshaw. Today, we see the usual long waiting line at Abalone Cove. That congestion will be multiplied many times over as visitors in their cars attempt to access the trails off ofPVDS. The maneuvers reported by the Del Cerro community would be much more dangerous if executed on PVDS. PVDS is a major lifeline for emergency vehicles and first responders of all kinds. Let us preserve this vital arterial for RPV residents who so dearly need it. Only limiting visitors to the preserve will protect our residents and drivers while protecting the trails from overuse. Respectfully Marty Foster Sent from my iPad On Aug 16, 2020, at 1 :57 PM, Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> wrote: Hi Marty, The City is in receipt of your email and will provide it to the City Council as late correspondence in advance of Tuesday's meeting. Since you responded to an email Herb Stark sent the City Council, I have attached my response that I sent a short while ago (see attachment). Best, Ara From: martha foster [mailto:martycrna@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 12:14 PM 1 / To: Herb Stark <pt17stearman@gmail.com> Cc: CityCierk <CityCierk@rpvca.gov>; Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Re: August 18th City Council Meeting REGULAR BUSINESS: Item 1 Parking Reservation System It makes eminent sense for such a system to be put in place. With what seems to be 1 OOOs of visitors every weekend, I shudder to think of any sort of disaster when all first responders would be stretched so thin. Respectfully Marty Foster Sent from my iPad On Aug 12, 2020, at 11:44 AM, Herb Stark <pt17stearman(ci)gmail.com> wrote: My recommendation is to implement a reservation system to limit the number of visitors to the preserve and not a parking reservation system that will just move the cars to park in other areas. Cory Linda is wrong, the preserve was created to preserve the habitat and open space for passive recreational use and not to jam the maximum number of people into the area with the resultant damage to the habitat. The only way to do that is to limit the number of visitors. The staff report spends a lot of time talking about the Del Cerro issue and does not address Ladera Linda. The residents have been working with staff to direct all preserve parking into the Park parking lots by redlining Forrestal and putting No Preserve Parking signs at the entrance to the residential area. This has worked very well up to now. The problem is that on the weekends these parking lots are full. Any shift in parking at Del Cerro will only shift the parking to Ladera Linda overflowing into the residential area. Background Parking around both the Preserve and Abalone Cove have been overrun with visitors on the weekend. As a result visitors have been parking in the local neighborhoods disrupting the quality of life of the local residents. Red no parking areas have only pushed the people down the road. Cory Linda, Parks and Recreation Department Director, has stated in the past that the Preserve can handle more visitors all we have to do is find a way to park them. 2 Doug Willmore, past City Manager, has in the past rejected any sort of registration system as there are more than 50 entrances to the Preserve making it difficult to implement. What they are not telling is that the two major public access points are at Del Cerro and Ladera Linda and the others which are in residential neighborhoods. The other issue that they use to reject the registration system is that the restrictions on the Preserve require that both residents and nonresidents be treated the same. This means that you cannot charge nonresidents without charging residents, who would reject the concept since they are already paying taxes to maintain the Preserve. Proposal The Ladera Linda HOA has long proposed implementing a registration system to limit the number of visitors. Now that the Abalone Cove parking is being overwhelmed forcing visitors to park in the residential neighborhoods the proposed registration system can be expanded to include Abalone Cove. To overcome the issue of treating residents and nonresidents the same, the registration would be free and only be required on the weekend and holidays. The system would be modeled after the Eton Canyon system, see attached, where timed entry would be available in three hour increments and cover one car and up to four people. Visitors would be required to go online to the City's webpage and sign up for a time slot. In Abalone Cove the number of visitors would be limited to the number of parking slots. At Del Cerro the number of visitors would be limited to the available parking from the entrance to the Crest on Crenshaw for example. At Ladera Linda the number of visitors would be limited to the number of slots in the Ladera Linda Park. All reservations would be required to be made the day before the visit. No same day registrations would be permitted. Visitors would be required to show proof of registration either on a mobile phone or print out. All registrations would be recorded at the time of entrance to the Preserve or Abalone Cove so that if someone copies a registration and tries to get in after someone has already used the registration it would be rejected and entrance denied. As for the other 50 or so entrances, spot checks would be made inside the Preserve and Abalone Cove by the Rangers, volunteers and staff. If someone is caught without a registration they will be cited and fined. The proceeds would be used to offset the cost of the registration system. Herb Stark Rancho Palos Verdes 31 0-541-6646 3 <Eaton Canyon Reservations.pdf> <mime-attachment> 4 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Hi Don, Ara Mihranian Sunday, August 16, 2020 2:04 PM 'Donald Bell'; CityCierk cc RE: August 18th City Council Meeting REGULAR BUSINESS: Item 1 Parking Reservation System RE: August 18th City Council Meeting REGULAR BUSINESS: Item 1 Parking Reservation System The City is in receipt of your email recommending the visitor entry reservation system. It will be provided to the City Council in advance of Tuesday's meeting. I have attached my response to Herb Stark's email regarding a similar recommendation for your review. I touch on the City's response to social media. Let me know if you have any questions. Best, Ara From: Donald Bell [mailto:dwbrpv@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2020 12:31 PM To: CityCierk <CityCierk@rpvca.gov> Cc: Home Bell <dwbrpv@gmail.com>; Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Re: August 18th City Council Meeting REGULAR BUSINESS: Item 1 Parking Reservation System Dear City Council Members, Please consider that the need for a reservation system is a real and growing requirement. Rancho Palos Verdes is increasingly a destination of choice for many in the Greater Los Angeles Area. We are becoming a Malibu as visitors regularly overwhelm all Oceanside parking and clifftop view areas. Weekend access to Palos Verdes Drive South from connecting streets is becoming more unsafe on weekends than it was pre-Covid on weekday mornings and afternoons. But you are being asked to approve a wrong and inadequate reservation system. Our City Parks, Trails, Views and Scenery are promoted on social media, in newspapers, and by organizations. Some areas have been (think Del Cerro) and are increasingly (think Abalone Cove) over run by visitors. Simply trying to control parking will not alleviate the demand by visitors to gain access to our beaches, the Preserve, or other desirable venues. You should be thinking of a people reservation system as a means to preserve the reasons most (maybe all) have chosen Rancho Palos Verdes as our choice for our homes. We did not come here to be impacted by visitors who are now making our weekdays and increasingly weekends a noisy, crowded, and abused experience. Has the city ever taken a census of the number of vehicles in the Parks, Preserve Entrances, and neighborhood streets comparing a normal weekday morning to a Saturday or Sunday afternoon? I am confident that you will count hundreds of cars and thousands of visitors. (Timed satellite images might be a reasonable method to take a census. I know I personally have counted the 516 official parking spots that support sunset oceanside views along the coast using Google Earth Maps. By the way, those oceanside parking spots are now exceeded every weekend by visitors and the overflow into neighborhoods is worsening.) I am ~so confident that a traffic study for Palos Verdes Drive/ South on a weekend will show a dramatic increase in drive though traffic. The bicycle traffic has also increased with a weekend morning drive along sections (landslide, Palos Verdes East, and Rotunda to San Pedro) presenting an often seriously dangerous situation. I believe the City Council and Recreation & Parks Department needs to be charged with controlling visitors to the city. Just letting the crowds invade, is a dereliction of responsibility to the citizenry. • There must be a people reservation system for entrance into the Preserve areas with a quota system established to protect both the Preserve as well as our Community. • You must take action at minimum to begin a people reservation system with flexibility to be extended to all parks and overlooks as need is defined to protect our finite resources (and sanity). • Reservations are not a novel or revolutionary concept. It is used to control visitor volume in National, State, and Local Public Land. The city is already too late in responding to the existing situation. With respect to Del Cerro, a working solution has been for years derelict in establishing a reservation system limiting access into the preserve. Come on -there is not a parking problem that needs controlled at Del Cerro! Is it too hard to acknowledge that too many people are attempting to enter the preserve? A funnel rather than a gate is needed. Thinking that creating a Gateway Parking area will have any impact at Del Cerro is ludicrous. If Gateway is created, it will just attract more visitors to Sacred Cove. You will just shorten their hike. Simply look at the line of cars that waits for entrance into Abalone Cove on weekends to begin their walk to Sacred Cove. I do not know what evidence exists to demonstrate that a person would willingly park at the Gateway area to begin a steep, rugged, uphill hike to enter the Lower Burma Road trail versus parking at Del Cerro to hike downhill on a decent trail with spectacular view. What bicyclist, stroller waker, out of shape individual or family with young children would want to start their hike up hill to reach the Preserve? The same evidence needs to be shown that attempts to move parking to Upper Point Vicente has any chance to work -the distance is just too far. All R&P social media is doing is making more people aware of another wonderful place for them to come to our city to visit. A better message to benefit residents is one to discourage folks from coming. Change the message to warn of ticks, rattlesnakes, risk of dehydration, fire and trail dangers requiring rescue. R&P is triggering decisions to come to our city. Why are we taking action to steer visitors to an area by attempting to make it more attractive? As a local resident, I now do all possible to avoid many areas of the city on weekends due to visiting crowds. Start publicizing with photos and visitor comments about inability to find parking, crowded, dirty and damaged trails, and similar negative facts. Those stories are not exaggerations of the existing situation. I respectfully ask you to reject Staff recommendations and direct them to initiate a Preserve Access Reservation System with future application to other City venues. Sincerely Don Bell 3571 Vigilance Drive 2 From: Ara Mihranian Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 8:51 PM To: CityCierk; Cory Linder; Daniel Trautner; Katie Lozano Subject: FW: Parking solutions near Del Cerro Park and Portuguese Bend Reserve Late correspondence. Ara Michael Mihranian City Manager 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-544-5202 (telephone) 310-544-5293 (fax) a ram@ rpvca .gov www. rpvca .gov IZI 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: Bridget Stillo <bnstillo@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 10:31 AM To: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Subject: Parking solutions near Del Cerro Park and Portuguese Bend Reserve Dear Ara, We live in the Island View subdivision in Rancho Palos Verdes. When we purchased our home there were never any cars parked on Crenshaw Boulevard between Crest Road and Del Cerro Park. It was a quiet street with mountain and ocean views. Now we deal with a daily deluge of people who come to hike on the Burma Road Trail and Rattlesnake Trail. Cars do multiple u- turns trying to find a place to park and make sudden stops when someone vacates a spot. There is more traffic as we negotiate a left turn out of the Island View neighborhood onto Crenshaw Blvd. As hikers try to parallel park on Crenshaw Boulevard in front of St. John Fisher Church, we frequently have to wait behind their cars as they turn on their flashers waiting for someone to leave and then we wait for them to parallel park. The center median in this area of the street makes it one lane hence the waiting behind cars for them to finish parallel parking. It is also hard to exit out of the St. John Fisher Church parking lot to turn right or left onto Crenshaw Blvd. Pedestrians pass back and forth in the street in the middle of all of this congestion. There are too many people visiting this small area and it is dangerous for hikers, bicyclists and drivers. We walk this area daily and we've seen the measures that have recently been used to reduce traffic congestion, including placing signs in the area recommending the public park down Crenshaw Boulevard beyond Crest Road away from the residential neighborhoods and also adding language recommending that the public park and hike at the Alta Vicente Reserve. , I While we appreciate the effort behind these measures, we haven't seen any indication that they have helped. The taxpayers of Rancho Palos Verdes who live in the neighborhoods off of Crenshaw Blvd {Del Cerro, Island View, Park Place, Valley View Rd, Burrell Ln) deserve to have these problems corrected. We believe that the only action that will work is to paint all of the remaining curbs on both sides of Crenshaw Blvd red between Crest Road and Del Cerro Park. This is the only action that hikers will follow. This will ease the overcrowding and congestion that this small area is constantly experiencing. That would leave 70 cars parking on Crenshaw Blvd beyond Crest Road away from the residential areas and 20 cars parking on Crest Road near St. John Fisher Church. Isn't 90 parking spaces per hour,12 hours per day, enough to provide for hikers in this small area? They might even try Alta Vicente Reserve if this happens. Another significant concern is that when they finish building all of the apartment complexes on Crenshaw Blvd in Lomita and Torrance, the number of hikers will increase exponentially. That along with the fact that officials approved a massive budget cut proposal this week affecting the LA County sheriffs department is worrisome. The proposed cuts defund the department by more than $150 million and that's on top of the $400 million the department has already been underfunded for the next fiscal year. This is scary for our residents, more people coming here and less protection! We need to fix this traffic congestion now, before it gets worse! We don't want busses or parking meters on the street. Bussing won't work{hikers don't want to spend time driving someplace, waiting for a bus, getting on a bus and then driving again) and parking meters are unappealing. If you were to put parking meters near Rattlesnake Trail but do not put them in front of St. John Fisher Church( on Crenshaw) then everyone will be trying to park in front of the church and the u-turns, sudden stops and parallel parking problems will continue. Please paint the remaining curbs red on both sides of Crenshaw Boulevard from Crest Road to Del Cerro Park and give us back our neighborhoods! Thank you for all that you do for our city! Bridget and John Stillo Please indicate that you have received and read this email by replying to me "got it". 2 From: Sent: To: Cc: SUZANNE SOBEL <sobel2@aol.com> Monday, August 17,2020 12:19 PM CityCierk Scott Management Company Ariel Subject: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council Agenda for the Tuesday, August 18, 2020 (Hybrid In- Person/Virtual) Meeting URGENT!! Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: SUZANNE SOBEL <sobel2@aol.com> Date: August 17, 2020 at 9:53:45 AM PDT To: Scott Management Company Ariel <ariel@scottmgmt.com> Subject: Re: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council Agenda for the Tuesday, August 18, 2020 (Hybrid In- Person/Virtual) Meeting URGENT!! Suzanne and Larry Sobel 23 San Clemente Drive Rancho Palos Verdes (ISLAND VIEW) Please NO metered parking anywhere on Crenshaw ! This is a residential area, no parking meters please. It's a tacky looking statement and will not solve any parking issues. Best scenario is to have hikers park elsewhere and preserve the look of our neighborhood. There is concern with this high fire time and so many hikers close to our neighborhood. Since the Covid virus it seems that there are more hikers, more people walking through island view neighborhood , some with their dogs off a leash . There are people, non residents, using the stairs for exercise. Always and forever fans of Gating our Island View neighborhood ! Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2020, at 12:38 PM, Sobel, Larry <lsobel@orrick.com> wrote: Larry D Sobel Partner Orrick . • .~.\?§_Angel~ <1mageOO l.JPg> 1 I T 213-612-2421 (LA) T 713-658-6413 (HN) lsobel@orrick.com <image002.png> From: Ariel Hess <ariel@scottmgmt.com> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2020 12:02 PM To: 1Ariel <ariel@scottmgmt.com> Cc: Rylee Molina <rylee@scottmanagement.com>; Geoffrey Lloyd <geoffrey@scottmanagement.com> Subject: Fwd: FW: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council Agenda for the Tuesday, August 18, 2020 (Hybrid In-Person/Virtual) Meeting URGENT!! Dear Island View Residents, Are you exhausted, irritated, annoyed, etc. regarding the traffic congestion on Crenshaw Blvd. between Crest Rd. and Del Cerro Park as a result of the enormous number of visitors to the Nature Preserve? It is estimated that 2,000 cars per day on the weekend are on Crenshaw looking for parking spots. We need your action now! At Tuesday night's City Council meeting, August 18, this issue is being visited again. Attached is the City Council Agenda document for you to review. You may participate via Zoom if you register. If you just want to submit comments by email, there is an email address in the attached. There is a Staff Report attached to the #1 Agenda item detailing various proposals and actions that have been reviewed/completed since 2012. (78 pages). Some of the suggested being reviewed at this meeting will be: • Pay for Parking along Crenshaw. No. There is no enforcement now. • Red striping curbs on both sides of Crenshaw from Crest to Del Cerro. Yes! Gets cars away from neighborhoods. Doesn't require enforcement. • Busing to Nature Preserve from City Hall. No. Don't need more commercial traffic. Costly to tax payers. • Open up other Trail Heads on Preserve. • Open lot on Palos Verdes Drive South formerly known as Gateway. Yes. Empty vacant land within Nature Preserve not near homes. • Registration System for parking. No. Difficult and costly to administer. Please email your comments, likes and dislikes to the email in document. They will be distributed automatically to the City Council, City Manager and various departments. Make your voice heard. 2 Thank you, Don Douthwright President The Island View Homeowners Association From: City of Rancho Palos Verdes <listserv@civicplus.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 6:54PM To: dddrpv@verizon.net Subject: Rancho Palos Verdes City Council Agenda for the Tuesday, August 18, 2020 (Hybrid In- Person/Virtual) Meeting View this in your browser The next City Council meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 6:00p.m. for Closed Session and Study Session and 7:00p.m. for the Regular Meeting. 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