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20200915 Late CorrespondenceTO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY CLERK SEPTEMBER 15, 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. Description of Material Public Comment Email from: David Chura 1 Email from: Julie Hamill 2 Updated typographical error in staff report Email exchange Senior Administrative Analyst Lozano and Sharon Yarber; Hardy Zantke; Lisa and Milt Owens; Nancy Cristillo; Madeline Ryan; Sunshine ** PLEASE NOTE: Materials attached after the color page(s) were submitted through Monday, September 14, 2020**. Respectfully submitted, L:\LATE CORRESPONDENCE\2020 Cover Sheets\20200915 additions revisions to agenda.docx From: Teresa Takaoka Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2:42 PM CityCierk To: Subject: FW: Public Comment -Objection to Discretion to Allow ADUs in Very High Fire Severity Zones- From: David Chura <david.chura@rpvca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 2:37 PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov>; Ken Rukavina <krukavina@rpvca.gov> Cc: PC <PC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Public Comment-Objection to Discretion to Allow ADUs in Very High Fire Severity Zones- Dear Mayor Cruikshank and members of the City Council, I am a Planning Commissioner and member of the zoning code update subcommittee. I submit this email for your consideration at tonight's meeting regarding the proposed changes to the ADU ordinances, particularly those that remove objective approval criteria and replace it with discretionary approval. The ordinances recommended by the commission were the result of several subcommittee meetings, discussion with staff, several revisions and multiple public hearings with the full Commission, including input from the public. This resulted in a motion that was approved unanimously. The fact that RPV is in a Very High Fire Severity Zone is an undeniable attribute of our community, as designated by Cal-Fire. We not only have the lawful ability to define our community standards because of this, but the obligation to do so. According to the press, RPV is the most populated community in California with more than 90% of its residents living in Very High Fire Zone. We're number 1. I have three objections: 1. Any process related to public safety of this kind should be carried out in public with a group decision. This is not a process of assessing the fire safety of a single project, it is a process of protecting the public safety of a community. The ordinance change before you creates a private process in the hands of a single person. The city already has a well-used variance process that can be used instead should there be public interest in making exceptions. 2. The existing ADU ordinance already has a discretionary review process with measurable criteria, created less than 2 years ago and passed unanimously by the Council. If the Commission had looked for a new discretionary review process, it would have looked to modify the existing process, not replace it with a Director review. If there is to be any discretionary review, I recommend it start by modification of the existing process, not by ignoring it. 3. The public is best served by explicit ordinances, so they know what to expect. State law mandated an objective approval process and the Planning Commission delivered on that mandate, while maintaining our lawful local control. This is not just important for our conformance with state law, but it serves the public interest. Ordinances that reflect the discussion and debate of many people serve the public better than the opinion of a single person. Thank you for your consideration, Dave Chura 2 From : Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Late item 1 Teresa Takaoka Tuesday , September 15, 2020 11 :48 AM CityCierk Ken Rukavina FW: Public Comment -Objection to Discretion to Allow ADUs in High Fire Severity Zones -17 .1 0.020(C)(1 )(a) From: Ken Rukavina <krukavina@rpvca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11:41 AM To: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov>; Octavia Silva <OctavioS@rpvca.gov>; 'William Wynder' <wwynder@awattorneys.com>; William Ash <wash@awattorneys .com>; Elena Gerli <egerli@awattorneys.com> Cc: Teresa Takaoka <TeriT@rpvca.gov> Subject: FW: Public Comment-Objection to Discretion to Allow ADUs in High Fire Severity Zones -17 .10 .020(C)(1)(a) Hi al l, FYI. Ken Ken Rukavina, PE Director of Community Development t.:. City of Rancho Palos Verdes 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: Julie Hamill <Julie .Hamill@rpvca .gov > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2020 11:39 AM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov >; Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov >; Ken Rukavina <krukavina@rpvca .gov > Cc: PC <PC@rpvca.gov > Subject: Public Comment-Objection to Discretion to Allow ADUs in High Fire Severity Zones-17.10.020(C)(1)(a) Dear Mayor Cruikshank and members of the City Council, ' . I am a Planning Commissioner and member of the zoning code update subcommittee. I submit this email for consideration at tonight's meeting regarding the proposed changes to the ADU ordinance, specifically proposed section 17.10.020(C}(l)(a)-Discretion to allow director to approve an ADU in high fire severity zone if an applicant includes sufficient fire safety measures. It is located on pages A-8 and A-9 of the staff report. The Zoning Code Update Subcommittee was opposed to providing this discretionary approval process, and I feel that (C)(a)(l) should be stricken in its entirety. While the proposed fire safety measures listed in this section would be helpful in the event of a house fire, they do nothing to ameliorate the hazards associated with a wildfire that might burn through a neighborhood. Fire sprinklers and ten foot setbacks aren't going to help the families trapped on the end of a cui de sac at the top of the hill if they have no means of egress. I realize this point raises the issue of egress for existing housing and regular single family development-it is not simply a problem for ADUs, and emergency fire egress may need to be considered on a broader scale for all new development. But this is an important issue to consider now, when we are being forced by the State to increase density by allowing AD Us. The least we can do at this point in time is attempt to limit density in high fire severity zones where two means of egress do not exist. Doing so may save lives. Thank you, Julie Hamill 2 From: Sent: To: Subject: Katie Lozano Tuesday, September 15, 2020 10:46 AM CityCierk Correction to Item #2 This late correspondence is to correct a typographical error in item #2 . The staff report states that the City entered into a 6-month contract extension (from the period of Janua ry -June 2020). This extension was supposedly from the January -December 2019 agreement with Alta Planning and Design. However, the City did not enter into an extension . Rather, the 2019 contract expired in December 2019 , and the City entered into a second agreement with Alta Planning and Design in June 2020 . Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst Recreation and Parks Department City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 katie I@ rp vca .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. 1 From : Sent: To : Cc: Subj ect: Hello Ms . Yarber, Katie Lo zano Monday, September 14, 2020 5:10PM momofyago @gmail.com CC ; CityCierk Re: Trails Network Plan Update Thank you for your email. It will be included with the City Council agenda item as late correspondence. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Admini strative Analyst Recreation, Parks, and Open Space City of Rancho Palos Verdes 3 10-544-5267 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: sharon y arber <momofyago@gmail.com> Sent: Sunda y , September 13, 2020 2:48PM To: CC <CC@rp v ca.gov> Subject: Trai l s Netw or k Plan Update Dear Council, I would ask that the two public forums that are contemplated in connection with the trails update and consolidation project be rescheduled until the early part of 2021. Now they are tentatively scheduled for November and December. These months are not a good choice for two reasons: first , they are during the holidays when people are at their busiest and most distracted. We should not have something as important as this project be dealt with in the holiday season. Secondly, we are still in th e midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the community is much more likely to participate in the forums once we can convene in person. I would rather see the project delayed a few more months than not get the attention it deserves because of the timing of the forums . Thank you for your consideration of this request. Sincerely, 2 - Sharon Yarber 2 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hello Mr. Zantke, Katie Lozano Monday, September 14, 2020 5:06PM hzla x@ao l.com CC; CityCierk Re : RPV Council Sept. 15, Agenda Item 2. Thank you for your email. It will be included as late correspondence with the City Council agenda item. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst Recreation, Parks, and Open Space City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-5 44-5267 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: hzlax@aol.com <hzlax@ ao l.com> Sent: Sat urd ay, September 12, 2020 12:23 PM To: CC <CC@rp v ca.go v > Cc: Cit yCierk <Cit yCierk@rpv ca .go v> Subject: RPV Counci l Sept . 15, Agenda Item 2. Dear Mr. Mayor and Ladies & Gentlemen of he City Counci l, I understand that you have an update on the status of the RPV Trails Network Plan on your next agenda. Please allow me to address this issue. While due to Cov id 19 I have not been on the trails for the last s ix months, I have been a regular trail uses before since many years -and unfortunately have seen the trails getting more neglected instead of being improved. That needs to be corrected. Youneed to make good on your original concept of the trail network on the entire P.V.Peninsula . Each city needs to do their part, and RVP includ ed. So please let us know, why not more is done to keep up the existing trail network, nor even to improve the trails and expand the network as is in the origina plan . We don't need you to ju st receive and file the report . We need you to actua lly do something to maintain & improve the trails -PLEASE ! In addition we need you to work on adding to the existing trail network by helping to facilitate easements over private land portions to connect existing trails. Sincerely Hardy Zantke 4622 Paseo de las Tortugas Torrance, CA 90505 2 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hello Ms. Owens, Katie Lozano Monday, September 14, 2020 5:01 PM Lisa@coastalobesity.com CC; CityCierk Re: RPV City Council 9.15.2020 Agenda Item #2 The fire road you are requesting is a road/trail with the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve. As a requirement of the City's Natural Communities Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan (NCCP/HCP) permit, the City is developing a Preserve Access Protocol to determine appropriate vehicular access within the Preserve. While the City currently works directly with the LA Fire Department to determine what trails within the Preserve should be accessible to LA County Fire personnel, and to what dimensions/space needs, the City will be formalizing LA County Fire recommendations for access as part of this Preserve Access Protocol. We will also be addressing public access to the Preserve in emergency situations. In past conversations, the LA County Fire Department has emphasized that the public must follow the evacuation routes prescribed in real time during fire situations for public safety. With respect to your concerns about the blocking of a private trail connection, there are no official public trails in this area, as the area is a gated community. It is my understanding that any trails that exist in this area are for Portuguese Bend Community residents, and not the general public. As it stands, the trail connection concern is a civil matter between property owners in the area. However, once development plans are submitted to the City for the private property, staff can then work with the property owner on a possible trail dedication/easement. Regarding expansion of the City's trail network, there are many miles of conceptual trails that the City will pursue developing when opportunities become available. However, the trails nearest the Portuguese Bend Community are located within the Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, and specifically the Filiorum and Portuguese Bend Reserves. The trail plans within the Preserve are established within the Preserve Trails Plan and Public Use Master Plan. There is little room for expansion within the Nature Preserve for new trails, because of the Preserve's role as habitat for the City's NCCP/HCP permit. However, the Public Use Master Plan committee and the City worked hard to strike a balance between natural resource protection and public access. This resulted in the 33 miles of trails within the Preserve. I've included a link directly below with a lot of information on the Preserve trails and how they are managed. Numbers 19, 20, and 14 relate directly to your email. https://www.rpvca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15076/FINAL-Master-and-Specific-Responses-Combined-10- 10-19-Formatted Please let me know if I can provide any additional information. Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst/Open Space Manager Recreation, Parks, and Open Space City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 From: Lisa Gladstone <Lisa@coastalobesity.com> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 11:18 AM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: govcityclerk@rpvca.gov Subject: RPV City Council 9.15.2020 Agenda Item #2 Dear Mr. Mayor and Council, I wish to weigh in on the Trails Network Plan Update. My husband and I are long time residents of Portuguese Bend. We've evacuated horses during several fires and are avid users of the trails. 1. We realize that we are landlocked in a high-fire area. We request fire ROAD (type 2 trail) accessibly through the PV Preserve. This includes the neglected farm road from Vanderlip Road to Crest Road. Please prioritize this and amend the Trails Network Plan to implement this. 2. Please find a way to restore direct access from Portugese Bend Community to Filiorum Reserve. We have recently been blocked by landowner. 3. Please look into expanding the trail networks rather than close them down. Due to social media, there are a lot more people on fewer and fewer trails. We ask that our City restore the network of access and evacuation. Sincerely, Lisa and Milt Owens 18 Cinnamon Lane Rancho Palos Verdes 2 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hello Ms. Cristillo, Katie Lozano Monday, September 14, 2020 4:16 PM nancycristillo@gmail.com CC; CityCierk Re: RPV city council meeting agenda item #2 Thank you for your email. It will be included with the agenda item as late correspondence. The City's over 50 miles of trails, and additional conceptual trails not yet implemented, provide a variety of user groups with trail experiences. The Trails Network Plan update is largely a consolidation of the five trails management documents that establish this trail system. While the purpose of the Trails Network Plan update is not to change trail user types or to add new trails to the existing trail system, the City values and seeks all input on the process. This comment has been included in the record, and I would encourage you to attend our public workshops in November and December to provide feedback. The dates of these two meetings will be release via the Trails Network Plan listserv group soon. Below is a link to sign up for the listserv group. https ://www. rpvca .gov /I ist.as px Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst Recreation, Parks, and Open Space City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 From: Nancy Cristillo <nancycristillo@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 11:56 AM To: CityCierk <CityCierk@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: RPV city council meeting agenda item #2 The trails in RPV have very little or no connections. Is it possible to establish better connections and networking for better trail riding? Nancy From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Hello Ms. Ryan, Katie Lo za no Monday, September 14, 2020 3:55 PM pvpasofino@yahoo.com CC; CityCierk Re: Regular Business -Agenda Item 2 Trails Network Plan Thank you for your email. It will be included as late correspondence with the City Council agenda item. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst Recreation, Parks, and Open Space City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 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 adhe r e 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: Madeline Ryan <pvpasofino@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 11:41 AM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: CityCierk <CityCierk@ rpvca .gov> Subject: Regular Business -Agenda Item 2 Trails Network Plan Dear Councilmembers: It has been several years, I believe in 2015, since there were several public workshops/meetings with Ara Mirhanian, reviewing the Trails Network Plan with the purpose of consolidating and re -routing trails within the Portuguese Bend area. Many of us equestrians and homeowners abutting these trails attended and gave input. It would be only fair to move the public workshops scheduled for November and December of this year to the early part of 2021. This would give the trail enthusiasts and homeowners time to review the records and refresh our memories about the changes that were agreed to; i.e ., consolidating and re-routing some trails. Thank you for your consideration of this request . "May the Trails be with you ... " Madeline 2 From: Sent: To: Cc : Subject: Hello Sunshine, Katie Lozano Monday, September 14 , 2020 4:07PM SUNSHINE CC; CityCierk Re : Finally, a question about the TNP Update which Staff should not be able to dodge on Item 2, September 15 , 2020 Thank you for your email. City staff received our first updated draft TNP document, under the current contract, in August . A working group of staff (the Recreation and Parks, Public Works, and Community Development Departments) are currently in the early stages of review. The intent of the TNP Update is to consolidate the older existing five trails management documents, and only make updates where necessary. In any areas staff is recommending updates or altered procedures, staff will be clearly marking proposed changes for the public's and the City Council's review . However, staff will not have this draft ready for review until October. Staff will release the draft document to the public well in advance (three weeks minimum) prior to the first public workshop to give all ample time to review it so meaningful dialogue can take place at each of the public meetings. Please feel free to contact me directly if I can provide additional information. Thank you, Katie Lozano Senior Administrative Analyst Recreation, Parks, and Open Space City of Rancho Palos Verdes 310-544-5267 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, September 14, 2020 12:03 PM To: CC; CityCierk Cc: Cory Linder; Katie Lozano Subject: Finally, a question about the TNP Update which Staff should not be able to dodge on Item 2, September 15, 2020 Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council : 2.. Please move and approve a continuation of Agenda Item 2 to a date specific when Council and the public can comment on the draft update of the TNP's Implementation Procedures /Programs Section. Now that Staff has clarified that the Trails Network Plan Update contract with the Consultant is not a "repeal and replace" exercise, and the Consultant has been on the job for more than a year, what we all need to know is what has changed in the way of how the original plan is being implemented. How is the Implementation Procedures /Programs Section being updated? There should be a whatever you call it, draft with strikeouts and new text available by now. Attached are the two pages from the original document. Back in 1984 The City had only "conceptual" trails. The TNP established many policies to direct the effort to preserve and enhance them for public use. The long over-due update is represented on these two pages. Relatively recently, the policies have gotten "fuzzy". What has the City's Contract Officer instructed the Consultant to draft to resolve this "fuzziness"? Most sincerely, SUNSHINE 6 Limetree Lane Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca 90275 310-377-8761 sunshinerpv@aol.com June 20, 2019 Subject: Still trying to help my neighbors keep up with what is happening to them Date: 6/20/2020 6:28:38 PM Pacific Standard Time From: sunshinerpv@aol.com To: terit@rpvca.gov Cc: cc@rpvca.gov, katiel@rpvca.gov, aram@rpvca.gov, coryl@rpvca.gov, tnguyen@rpvca.gov, lbuchwald@rpvca.gov Sent from the Internet (Details) Hello Teri, Once again, I am turning to you because nobody else seems to have a grip on what Customer Service and Community Out-reach means to the residents of RPV. Katie did not reply. Neither did anyone else. The meeting turned out to be hybrid. Corrected or not, the Listserv notice did not go out to those who have subscribed to the Equestrian Category. Oh, well. Or, is there funding in the Budget for somebody to be proofreading and watching for omissions in what Staff sends out to the public? My big question for the City Clerk is ... Will the Minutes of this Agenda Item "memorialize" a redirection in Staff's actions in the update of the TNP or, did Council approve the repeal and replace as stated in the Agenda Report? It will make a huge difference. It is the City Council who needs to know. How/when are they supposed to be informed of Staff's "interpretation"? Ara said that I should contact you for more detailed information about Future Agenda Items. Do you have anything more before the whole Agenda Report is promulgated? For example, July 7, 2020 ... Has there been any discussion about whether or not the proposed traffic signal at 2 PVDE/PVDS should include an equestrian level crossing signal button? How about improvements at Abalone Cove... Is the continuity of the bluff top California Coastal Trail (CCT) and/or the erosion control plans for Altamira Canyon mentioned? Late Correspondence is too late to help avoid errors and omissions. Thank you again, for all the times you have pointed me in the right direction .... S 310-377-8761 Subject: Re: June 16th City Council Agenda Item: Trails Network Plan Update Date: 6/14/2020 4:17:10 PM Pacific Standard Time From: sunshinerpv@aol.com To: katiel@rpvca.gov Cc: cc@rpvca.gov, pc@rpvca.gov, aram@rpvca.gov Sent from the Internet (Details) Hello Katie, In the interest of transparency and community outreach, the Trails Network Plan "update" recommendation is actually to repeal and replace it. And, the people who have subscribed to the Equestrian category on Notify Me have a huge vested interest. Please share. Oh. Is it going to be "virtual" or "hybrid"? ... S In a message dated 6/13/2020 5:55:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, listserv@civicplus.com writes: View this in your browser On June 16, 2020, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council will consider the following agenda item: Consideration and possible action to receive a status report on the Trails Network Plan Update and to approve an agreement with Alta Planning and Design to complete the Trails Network Plan document. The City Council Meeting will be held virtually at 7 p.m. Visit rpvca.gov/participate for information on how to participate in public comment. Please contact Senior Administrative Analyst Katie Lozano for additional information at katiel@rpvca.gov or 310-544- 5267. 3 * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This message is been sent by the City of Rancho Palos Verdes as part of a "Notify Me" Listserv category you are signed up for. 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You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to Palos Verdes Nature Preserve on www.rpvca.gov. 4 TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY CLERK SEPTEMBER 14, 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, September 15, 2020 City Council meeting: Item No. 1 2 Description of Material Email from: Mickey Radich Emails from: Hardy Zantke; Cathy and Dennis Gardner; Sunshine; Laura Feldman; Lisa Wolf; Lisa and Milt Owens; Madeline Ryan; Nancy Cristillo Respectfully submitted, ~ L:\LATE CORRESPONDENCE\2020 Cover Sheets\20200915 additions revisions to agenda thru Monday.docx Teresa Takaoka From: Mickey Radich < mickeyrodich@gmail.com > Thursday, August 27, 2020 5:35 PM Sent: To: cc Subject: City Council Meeting -9/1/20; Item# 2 -Clean Power Alliance Tonight you will be once again reviewing if our City should partner with CPA to deliver green electric power to RPV. Staff was asked to provide a feasibility study, independent of that from CPA. There is a City Council approved budget for $15,000 to obtain this independent study. I feel that this money is a wasteful expenditure that our residents should not have to pay. There are already so many negative aspects of the CPA program. I urge the City Council to vote NO on CPA and recommend the SCE program, which does not obligate RPV to any potential financial burden. This allows those residents who wish to pay more for their green power through SCE to do so, while not automatically enrolling every resident into the CPA program. I Some of the issues are: 1. The CPA program adds another layer of bureaucracy to our power distribution system along with potential financial issues and costs. 2. RPV has nothing to gain and a lot to lose if it joins this program. During the last meeting CPA did not disclose the liabilities that RPV would incur. Once RPV joins, estimates to leave the program are around $12,500,000 based on current figures and of course CPA will not release any information from other cities contracts due to privacy issues. 3. CPA can increase our electrical costs and charge whatever they want at any time without any approval from the PUC. SCE, on the other hand, is legally required to sell energy at cost and get approvals from the PUC before they can impose a rate increase. 4. The SCE program is "Energy Certified" by the PUC, which only allows certain qualified and approved forms of green energy while CPA does not. 5. The contract with CPA includes an "Eminent Domain" agreement which gives CPA control of all of our residential property in RPV to CPA. 6. The contract also has a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that RPV must sign. I believe our City Attorney is reviewing the NDA that SCE requires RPV to sign to release personal information on all residents to CPA. This is unnecessary since SCE provides energy reports already. However, RPV should not release any personal data to CPA without resident approval. 7. Once RPV joins the CPA, every user in RPV is automatically enrolled in CPA. They can opt out, but many RPV senior residents won't even be aware of these changes, because SCE will still provide the monthly bill. I urge the City Council to vote NO on CPA and recommend the SCE program, which does not obligate RPV to any potential financial burden. This allows those residents who wish to pay more for their green power through SCE to do so, while not automatically enrolling every resident into the CPA program. 1 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: hzlax@aol.com Saturday, September 12, 2020 12:23 PM cc CityCierk RPV Council Sept. 15, Agenda Item 2. Dear Mr. Mayor and Ladies & Gentlemen of he City Council, I understand that you have an update on the status of the RPV Trails Network Plan on your next agenda. Please allow me to address this issue. While due to Covid 19 I have not been on the trails for the last six months, I have been a regular trail uses before since many years-and unfortunately have seen the trails getting more neglected instead of being improved. That needs to be corrected. Youneed to make good on your original concept of the trail network on the entire P.V.Peninsula. Each city needs to do their part, and RVP included. So please let us know, why not more is done to keep up the existing trail network, nor even to improve the trails and expand the network as is in the origina plan. We don't need you to just receive and file the report. We need you to actually do something to maintain & improve the trails-PLEASE ! In addition we need you to work on adding to the existing trail network by helping to facilitate easements over private land portions to connect existing trails. Sincerely Hardy Zantke 4622 Paseo de las T ortugas Torrance, CA 90505 1 2. From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Dear Mr. Mayor and Council, Cathy Gardner <gardner4@earthlink.net> Sunday, September 13, 2020 11:22 AM cc CityCierk RPV City Council 9.15.2020 Agenda Item #2 I wish to weigh in on the Trails Network Plan Update. 1. Kindly realize that we are landlocked in a high-fire area. We request fire ROAD (type 2 trail) accessibly through the PV Preserve. This includes the neglected farm road from Vanderlip Road to Crest Road. Please prioritize this and amend the Trails Network Plan to implement this. 2. Please find a way to restore direct access from Portugese Bend Community to Filiorum Reserve. We have recently been blocked by landowner. We ask that our City restore the network of access and evacuation. Sincerely, Cathy and Dennis Gardner 57 Narcissa Drive Rancho Palos Verdes From: Sent: To: Subject: SUNSHINE <sunshinerpv@aol.com > Monday, September 14, 2020 9:20 AM CityCierk Fwd: September 15, 2020 City Council Agenda Item 2, TNP From : sunshinerpv@aol.com To: cc@rpvca.gov, Sent: 9/13/2020 3:13:26 PM Pacific Standard Time Subject: September 15, 2020 City Council Agenda Item 2, TNP Hello to my devoted Council Members, Please do not approve Staffs Recommendation to receive and file this report on the status of the RPV Trails Network Plan Update without seeing the Work Product from the Contracted Kick-off Meeting. Scroll down to near the end to see another way I have described this "milestone" which we all should be able to comment on before any more of our money is spent on this exercise in obfuscation. I was not permitted to attend said meeting . I have been asking for the Contract Officer's clarifications with the Consultant, ever since. The Contract Extension Agreement which you recently approved states that this work has been completed . Cory Linder is the named Contract Officer in the Contract Extension. If he doesn't have the details of Staff's discretionary interpretations of Councils directions, how is anyone to know that Katie's regurgitation of glittering generalities is producing an "update" as opposed to a Plan that the public and Council do not agree with? One hint that the update is headed in the wrong direction ... The Conceptual Trails Plan (CTP) includes the details of how existing trails on City owned property are to be maintained and to what extent they are to be improved when a cost-effective opportunity comes along . The only thing that is "conceptual" about that is that it expects Staff to be proactive about making it reality. Ara has stated that this primary chapter in the TNP is to become an "Appendix". That scares me to death and nobody has had the opportunity to discuss it. 1 I was on the Committee which drafted t he CTP which was approved by the Council in 1990. In 1993 The Planning Dept. produced an update . The Staff Report did not disclose that they had totally changed the purpose of the information on the maps. They went from a design tool to a use restriction tool. Please do not let that happen, again. In 2004 , I was on the Subcommittee which produced 11 suggestions to make the CTP even more "Staff friendly". Upon Council approval in 2012, they were supposed to be incorporated into the update which the Consultant was supposed to complete by 2013 year-end . It is not so much that I am personally offended by Staff's rejection of my years of work , the Peninsula's trails network is vanishing before my very eyes and I can't seem to find a way to get Staff to read the Plan let alone budget for the Staff time it takes to implement it. By the way, 90 percent of that is on Public Works . No place is safe and RPV in going to Hell faster than the rest of the Peninsula . This one is going to take more than a majority NO vote. Best regards, SUNSHINE 6 Limetree Lane Rancho Palos Verdes , CA 90275 31 0-377-8761 sunshinerpv@aol .com I invite contacts from anyone Subject: RE : Public Records Request. September 9 , 2020 . Date: 9/9/2020 4 :0 4 :24 PM Pacific Standard Time From : NathanZ@rpvca .gov 2 To: sunshinerpv@aol.com Cc: TeriT@rpvca.gov Sent from t he In ternet (Details) Hel lo Sunshine , Your request has been received. You will receive a response to your request on or before September 21, 2020. Shou ld you have any quest ions, please feel free to contact our office at c ityclerk@rpvca.gov or (310) 544 -5217. Regards , Nathan S ubj ect: Public Records Request. Sep tem ber 9, 202 0. Dat e 9/9/2020 2:2 0:21 PM Pacific Standa rd Tim e From: sunshinerpv@aol.com To: nathanz@rpvca.gov Cc: terit@rpvca.gov Sent from the Intern et (Details) Pub li c Records Request. September 9, 2020. H i Nathan, I am in search of holistic so lu tions to Park and Preserve access unforeseen consequences. 3 Following are the two emails I have sent to Cory with no response. I went to fill in the form but ran into some difficulties finding the Open Contract which describes the requirement to produce the document which I want the City Council to be able to inspect. My best description went to Cory in red type. The Open Contracts are listed on the City's web site by the Contractor's name as opposed to the Project's Title. I do believe that Alta Planning + Design has the Contract for the Trails Network Plan Update. I found a listing which was Created on 2/14/2019 and Last Modified on 11/13/2019. I could only see the beginning of the text that's posted and that mentions January 15, 2019. I have not yet been able to find the Council Meeting with the Agenda Item Recommending the extension of the TNP Update Contract. (Sometime prior to November 13, 2019.) This is an urgent concern because the Consultant is scheduled to present his draft to the public before the end of this year. Nobody has had the opportunity to review Staff's directions to the Consultant in relation to the interpretations of Council's policy and formatting decisions made back in 2012. Council is now asking for "holistic" solutions. Repeating that word does not produce anything. The holistic solutions about planning for the future balance of access to the City's Parks are in the Trails Network Plan. Signage is there, too. Any changes like creating the PV Nature Preserve need to be addressed thorough citizen involvement. The Public Use Master Plan does not address the changed needs at trailheads. The public and Council needs to know what changes Staff has directed the Consultant to make. The Council should not have to redesign things like parking controls in the vacuum of a Consent Calendar Item. Please find this one document before various departments produce any more isolated and unnecessarily expensive Band-Aids. Thank you and Teri for being The Detectives, again. Best Regards, SUNSHINE 6 Limetree Lane Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 4 310-377-876 sunshinerpv@aol.com Subject: Holisti c solutions to Park and Preserve access unforeseen consequences Date: 8/21/2020 11:31:32 AM Pacific Standard Time From: sunshinerpv@aol.com To: corvl@rpvca.gov Cc: cc@rpvca.gov, cityc lerk@rpvca .gov Sent from the Internet (Details) Hi Cory, Just in case you didn't acknowledge the following because it slipped through a crack, I am resending it. Council is asking for "holistic" solution suggestions for all sorts of their Action Items. The public review process in updating the Trails Network Plan is the source of those solutions . It is becoming terribly urgent that the City Council be given the opportunity to review an analysis of the consequences of Staff's current lack of implementation of the Trails Network Plan. The current City Council is five different people than the ones who addressed the proposed Policy changes back in 2012. Nobody has been able to see, let alone comment on or modify, how the unnamed Contract Officer interpreted them with the current Update Consultant. You are now the named Contract Officer . This one document is the basis of what shou ld be guiding all of the City's Staff's little, discretionary decisions while we wait for the draft update. Have you got it? ... S 310-377-8761 Subject: Hello Mr. Contract Officer Date : 6/17/2020 12:44:54 PM Pacific Standard Time From: sunshinerpv@aol.com 5 To : corvl@rpvca .gov Sent from the Internet (Details) Hi Cory, Ara claims you have been given the Staff Report which Council Approved as a "Move Staff Recommendation" with the 11 suggestions from the Open Space Planning and Rec.& Parks Task Force. What I have been asking for is the signed by the Contract Officer, clarifications from the Kick-Off Meeting of how these policies are to be implemented in the draft document. Are you in a position to put that document into the City Clerk's hands as a Public Record? If NO, please just tell me and I will find some other way to find out why Staff is not implementing the "Preserve and Enhance the Peninsula's Trails Network" Goal in the Circulation Element of the Updated General Plan. It has been recommended that I not include such "confusing" background information like the following. Let me know if you feel the same . I'm just trying to help save civil defense and emergency circulation .... S 310-377- 8761 Given the fact that nobody, Public Works in particular , is implementing the TNP (with the CTP and BCP as understood insertions), I am really anxious about how the change in the PVPLC's Mission Statement has become a change in the City's direction without subsequent to 2005 Councils having the opportunity to discuss and confirm/modify that "direction". I am fine with Council not choosing to implement my suggestions (or other input from the public) when they have had the opportunity to discuss all the pro's and con's of each action and, after an appropriate time, have the opportunity to make informed, course corrections . What upsets me is the fact that Council is not permitted to do that. While various Councils have made some progress toward such "transparency", major policy discussions are not showing up on their Study Session Agendas and the "downside of doing nothing" is not showing up in Agenda Reports. The Task Force produced a draft update of SECTION TWO which represented all of their 11 suggestions. (20 pages). (Matt Waters, received them.) Since the Agenda Report for the TNP Update names you as the Contract Officer for the Consultant's Contract extension and indicates by strikethrough that all of the Kick-Off Meeting tasks have been completed, I am not the only one who is uncomfortable with not seeing any review by the Council and the public at this "milestone". 6 7 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: SUNSHINE <sunshinerpv@aol.com> Monday, September 14, 2020 12:04 PM CC; CityCierk Cory Linder; Katie Lozano Finally, a question about the TNP Update which Staff should not be able to dodge on Item 2, September 15, 2020 1984 TNP Action pg 49-0597.pdf; 1984 TNP Action pg 50-0598.pdf Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council: Please move and approve a continuation of Agenda Item 2 to a date specific when Council and the public can comment on the draft update of the TNP's Implementation Procedures /Programs Section. Now that Staff has clarified that the Trails Network Plan Update contract with the Consultant is not a "repeal and replace" exercise, and the Consultant has been on the job for more than a year, what we all need to know is what has changed in the way of how the original plan is being implemented. How is the Implementation Procedures /Programs Section being updated? There should be a whatever you call it, draft with strikeouts and new text available by now. Attached are the two pages from the original document. Back in 1984 The City had only "conceptual" trails. The TNP established many policies to direct the effort to preserve and enhance them for public use. The long over-due update is represented on these two pages. Relatively recently, the policies have gotten "fuzzy". What has the City's Contract Officer instructed the Consultant to draft to resolve this "fuzziness"? Most sincerely, SUNSHINE 6 Limetree Lane Rancho Palos Verdes, Ca 90275 310-377-8761 sunshinerpv@aol.com June 20, 2019 Subject: Still trying to help my neighbors keep up with what is happening to them Date: 6/20/2020 6:28:38 PM Pacific Standard Time From: sunshinerpv@aol.com To: terit@rpvca.gov Cc: cc@rpvca.gov, katiel@rpvca.gov, aram@rpvca.gov, coryl@rpvca.gov, tnguyen@rpvca.gov, lbuchwald@rpvca.gov Sent from the Internet (Details) Hello Teri, Once again, I am turning to you because nobody else seems to have a grip on what Customer Service and Community Out-reach means to the residents of RPV. Katie did not reply. Neither did anyone else. The meeting turned out to be hybrid. Corrected or not, the Listserv notice did not go out to those who have subscribed to the Equestrian Category. Oh, well. Or, is there funding in the Budget for somebody to be proofreading and watching for omissions in what Staff sends out to the public? My big question for the City Clerk is ... Will the Minutes of this Agenda Item "memorialize" a redirection in Staff's actions in the update of the TNP or, did Council approve the repeal and replace as stated in the Agenda Report? It will make a huge difference. It is the City Council who needs to know. How/when are they supposed to be informed of Staff's "interpretation"? Ara said that I should contact you for more detailed information about Future Agenda Items. Do you have anything more before the whole Agenda Report is promulgated? For example, July 7, 2020 ... Has there been any discussion about whether or not the proposed traffic signal at PVDE/PVDS should include an equestrian level crossing signal button? How about improvements at Abalone Cove... Is the continuity of the bluff top California Coastal Trail (CCT) and/or the erosion control plans for Altamira Canyon mentioned? Late Correspondence is too late to help avoid errors and omissions. 2 Thank you again, for all the times you have pointed me in the right direction .... S 310-377-8761 Subject: Re: June 16th City Council Agenda Item: Trails Network Plan Update Date: 6/14/2020 4:17:10 PM Pacific Standard Time From: sunshinerpv@aol.com To: katiel@rpvca.gov Cc: cc@rpvca.gov, pc@rpvca.gov, aram@rpvca.gov Sent from the Internet (Details) Hello Katie, In the interest of transparency and community outreach, the Trails Network Plan "update" recommendation is actually to repeal and replace it. And, the people who have subscribed to the Equestrian category on Notify Me have a huge vested interest. Please share. Oh. Is it going to be "virtual" or "hybrid"? ... S In a message dated 6/13/2020 5:55:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, listserv@civicplus.com writes: View this in your browser On June 16, 2020, the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council will consider the following agenda item: Consideration and possible action to receive a status report on the Trails Network Plan Update and to approve an agreement with Alta Planning and Design to complete the Trails Network Plan document. The City Council Meeting will be held virtually at 7 p.m. Visit rpvca.gov/participate for information on how to participate in public comment. QJicd< herSl to review the City Council agenda. 3 Please contact Sen ior Administrative Analyst Katie Lozano for additional information at katie l@rpvca.gov or 310-544 - 5267. This message is been sent by the City of Rancho Palos Verdes as part of a "Not ify Me" Listserv category you are s igned up for. Please do not press "rep ly" when responding to th is message , it is an unmonitored email address . You can make changes to your subscription by visit ing http://www .rpvca .gov/list.aspx . You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to Palos Verdes Nature Preserve on www .rpvca.gov. 4 1. 2. IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES/PROGRAMS It is not economically feasible to immediately initiate all the trails development discussed in this plan at one time. It is possible however, to initiate a planned program of construction and implementation which effectively utilizes available funds to provide trails and associated support facilities. Existing sources of funding and alternatives for acquisition, development, and maintenance have been identified in this plan. The successful implementation of this trails plan hinges upon the coordination of funding and planning at the city, county, state, and federal levels. The Trails Network Plan is intended to serve as an advisory tool for City decision-makers. It is also intended to serve as a guide for implementing and funding city and regional trails. This plan should serve as a device to achieve a consistent course of action in developing an integrated network of trails to support the transportation, recr~ation, and other needs of the general public. All trails shown as proposed in this plan are: (1) conceptual only; mapping does not legally grant their use. (2) general in location, not intended to be lot specific. Development of proposed trails may proceed in various manners depending on where the trail is located, timing of land development in the area, and budget constraints. Each trail proposal will be accessed individually and the appropriate development timing and technique will be used. For example, where easements already exist, trail development may involve a City improvement project of signing, grading, fencing, where necessary, etc. Where easements do not exist, and land is undeveloped, easements may be obtained and trails developed as the surrounding land is developed. The following table summarizes the programs, legalities, responsible parties, and status of events for the implementa- tion of the Trails Network Plan. In most cases, the Environ- mental Services Department will act as the lead contact agency in trail implementation. IMPLEMENTING RESPONSIBLE PROGRAM ACTION PARTIES STATUS Monitor new develop-Existing Environmental On-going ment & access poten-Policy Services Dept., tial trail linkage City Attorney opportunities Solicit & procure Existing Environmental On-going all funds available Policy Services Dept., for trail develop-Public Works ment Dept., City Manager #605X-A30 -49- ·. PROGRAM 3. Establish a permit/ registration system for bicycles and horses 4. Maintain & publish a comprehensive inventory of existing trails 5. Incorporate funding for trail development & maintenance into the City budget 6. Cultivate citizen participation relating to trail development and activities 7. Establish consistent interface with sur- rounding jurisdictions regarding a regional trails network 8. Maintain existing trails and support facilities 9. Standardize trail signage and regulations 10. Initiate trail education and safety programs for the public 11. Supply sufficient support facilities (i.e., drinking water, bicycle racks hitching posts) in conjunction with trails. #605X-Bl IMPLEMENTING ACTION Appropriate Ordinances Appropriate Policy Existing Policy Existing Policy Existing Policy Appropriate Policy Appropriate Policy Appropriate Policy Appropriate Policy -50- RESPONSIBLE PARTIES Environmental Services Dept., Planning Corn- mission, City Council, Finance Environmental Services Dept. City Manager, City Council Leisure Services, Planning Commission, City Council, Environmental Services Dept. City Council, Planning Corn- mission, Environmental Services Dept. STATUS Proposed Proposed On-going Propo~ed On-going City Council, Proposed Public Works Dept. Environmental Proposed Services Dept., Public Works Dept. Leisure Services Proposed Dept., Environ- mental Services Dept., Educa- tional Institu- tions Public Works Proposed Dept., Environ- mental Services Dept. From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Laura Feldman < pbrc1 @verizon.net> Monday, September 14, 2020 9:22AM cc@ rpvca.gov. CityCierk RPV Council Sept. 15, Agenda Item 2 Please preserve our trails. With the land conservancy we should have them forever. It seems we are losing trails and access to our trails when this situation should be improving. Portuguese Bend Riding Club www.pbrcride.com 310-377-3507 1 From: Sent: To: Subject: Lisa Wolf <javelot@icloud.com> Monday, September 14, 2020 9:36AM CityCierk Re: RPV Council Sept. 15, Agenda Item 2 If you would help save and maintain our equestrian trails it would be greatly appreciated Lisa Wolf 40 Narcissa From: Sent: To: Subject: Lisa Gladstone < Lisa@coastalobesity.com > Monday, September 14, 2020 11:31 AM CityCierk FW: RPV City Council 9.15.2020 Agenda Item #2 From: Lisa Gladstone Sent: Monday, September 14, 2020 11:18 AM To: cc@rpvca.gov Cc: govcityclerk@rpvca.gov Subject: RPV City Council 9.15.2020 Agenda Item #2 Dear Mr. Mayor and Council, I wish to weigh in on the Trails Network Plan Update. My husband and I are long time residents of Portuguese Bend. We've evacuated horses during several fires and are avid users of the trails. 1. We realize that we are landlocked in a high-fire area. We request fire ROAD (type 2 trail) accessibly through the PV Preserve. This includes the neglected farm road from Vanderlip Road to Crest Road. Please prioritize this and amend the Trails Network Plan to implement this. 2. Please find a way to restore direct access from Portugese Bend Community to Filiorum Reserve. We have recently been blocked by landowner. 3. Please look into expanding the trail networks rather than close them down. Due to social media, there are a lot more people on fewer and fewer trails. We ask that our City restore the network of access and evacuation. Sincerely, Lisa and Milt Owens 18 Cinnamon Lane Rancho Palos Verdes From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Dear Councilmembers: Madeline Ryan < pvpasofino@yahoo.com> Monday, September 14, 2020 11:41 AM cc CityCierk Regular Business -Agenda Item 2 Trails Network Plan It has been several years, I believe in 2015, since there were several public workshops/meetings with Ara Mirhanian, reviewing the Trails Network Plan with the purpose of consolidating and re-routing trails within the Portuguese Bend area. Many of us equestrians and homeowners abutting these trails attended and gave input. It would be only fair to move the public workshops scheduled for November and December of this year to the early part of 2021. This would give the trail enthusiasts and homeowners time to review the records and refresh our memories about the changes that were agreed to; i.e., consolidating and re-routing some trails. Thank you for your consideration of this request. "May the Trails be with you ... " Madeline 1 From: Sent: To: Subject: Nancy Cristillo < nancycristillo@gmail.com > Monday, September 14, 2020 11:56 AM CityCierk; CC RPV city council meeting agenda item #2 The trails in RPV have very little or no connections. Is it possible to establish better connections and networking for better trail riding? Nancy 2. .