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20260505 Late Correspondence (Batch 3)CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES TO: HONORABLE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: CITY CLERK DATE: MAY 5, 2026 SUBJECT: ADDITIONS/REVISIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA Attached are revisions/additions and/or amendments to the agenda material presented for tonight's meeting. Item No. Description of Material 1 Email exchanges between City Manager Mihranian and: Justina Krakowski; Anita Garner 3 Emails from: Lisa Billig; Dan Myers and Mary Alice Fosse ** PLEASE NOTE: Materials attached after the color page(s) were submitted through Monday, May 4, 2026 ** Respectfully submitted, Tere a'Takaoka L:\LATE CORRESPONDENCE\2026\2026 Coversheets\20260505 additions revisions to agenda.docx Subject: FW: City's Municipal Code to boost wireless telecommunications -----Original Message ----- From: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 3:35 PM To: Justina Krakowski <justina.krakowski@gmail.com>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: Brandy Forbes <bforbes@rpvca.gov>; Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwad@rpvca.gov>; Brandon Mesker <bmesker@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: City's Municipal Code to boost wireless telecommunications Good afternoon Justina, Thank you for taking the time to write the City Council regarding tonight's agenda item to consider amending the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal related to wireless facilities. The proposed amendments, the City seeks to balance wireless coverage with aesthetics and preserving the City's quality of life. As a City Council Goal, eliminating coverage gaps for public safety purposes is a high public safety priority for the Council. There have been too many incidents reported to the City of dropped calls or no signal during an emergency. The proposed code amendments, which are available as attachments to the Staff Report for tonight's meeting, relax certain requirements for the installation of wireless facilities but not the aesthetic (including location and view preservation) requirements. Visual impacts remain a criterion that will be reviewed for wireless facilities. I hope this helps put some context to tonight's agenda item. Thank you, Ara Mihranian City Manager -----Original Message ----- From: Justina Krakowski <justina.krakowski@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 3:21 PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: City's Municipal Code to boost wireless telecommunications [Some people who received this message don't often get email from justina.krakowski@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderldentification ] EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open any attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe!!!. Dear RPV City Council, I'm writing about proposed amendments to RPV's telecommunications ordinances, which could eliminate view preservation mandates in our city. I am concerned that mock-ups will no longer be constructed, and that taxpayers could wake up one morning to find their views altered with absolutely no consideration or compromise by large cellular companies. These companies stand to profit from wider coverage at homeowners' expense, regardless of whether homeowners use their cell reception. We have fought this overreach before on Rue de la Pierre in 2012, when Verizon wanted to install an unsightly antenna in the middle of our view instead of finding a solution down the street where no view would be impacted. Without the city's action, we would have been out of luck with a ruined view forever. In the end, all parties were able to move the antenna in front of a home three houses away that welcomed the build and was a Verizon customer seeking better reception. As these ordinances are subject to change, it's important that RPV not lose sight of working with telecommunications businesses on a case -by -case basis and homeowners. Eliminating even minimal checks on their builds in our city is unfair to constituents if antennas end up concentrated on residential streets and in our coveted views, reducing our property values. Please don't give up on our city's right to our views and its character. Justina Krakowski Subject: FW: Wireless Towers in RPV -----Original Message ----- From: Ara Mihranian <AraM@rpvca.gov> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 3:19 PM To: ferry garner <jgarn33@cox.net>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Cc: Brandy Forbes <bforbes@rpvca.gov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwad@rpvca.gov>; Brandon Mesker <bmesker@rpvca.gov>; Amy Seeraty <AmyS@rpvca.gov> Subject: RE: Wireless Towers in RPV Good afternoon Anita, Thank you for taking the time to write the City Council regarding tonight's agenda item to consider amending the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal related to wireless facilities and its impact on local control. The entire City Council shares in your concern with the erosion of local control at the state level and have taken numerous measures to attempt to protect local control for the entire city, Peninsula and South Bay. In fact, preserving local control remains a high priority and City Council Goal often leading to written position letters on proposed legislation that threatens local control. As for wireless facilities and the proposed amendments, the City seeks to balance wireless coverage with aesthetics and preserving the City's quality of life. As a City Council Goal, eliminating coverage gaps for public safety purposes is a high public safety priority for the Council. There have been too many incidents reported to the City of dropped calls or no signal during an emergency. The proposed code amendments, which are available as attachments to the Staff Report for tonight's meeting, relax certain requirements for the installation of wireless facilities but not the aesthetic (including location) requirements. Visual impacts remain a criterion that will be reviewed for wireless facilities. I hope this helps put some context to tonight's agenda item. Thank you, Ara Mihranian City Manager -----Original Message ----- From: jerry garner <jgarn33@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 2:53 PM To: CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: Wireless Towers in RPV [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jgarn33@cox.net. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderldentification ] EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click links or open any attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe!!!. Dear Mayor Seo, Councilmembers Bradley, Ferraro, Lewis and Perestam, It has come to my attention that the City of RPV is considering changes to wireless telecommunication tower installations that will impact neighborhoods in our city. Please do not concede more control to the various networks (Verizon, et al) as to the placement and shielding of these unattractive utilities. My neighborhood in RPV, for example, already has three large telecommunications boxes installed on light poles which detract from the beauty of the street I live on. We must not lose more control to large corporations who have their own interests in mind at the expense of the integrity of our neighborhoods. The loss of local control via numerous recent shortsighted bills lawmakers in Sacramento have forced upon all California communities has only been to our detriment - let's not add to that loss. The installation of more utility boxes is a visual blight while the installation of underground utilities is one way to mitigate that blight. Sprint has installed underground utilities for an adjacent tower on Abbottswood Drive and Golden Meadow Drive. It is not unsightly nor is it intrusive. While Verizon and other networks claim it is more expensive to bury their installations, please consider the visual and long lasting benefits of doing so. After my past involvement with Our Neighborhood Voices (signature gathering) it was alarming to hear how many Peninsula residents were unaware of what was taking place in Sacramento regarding the loss of local control for our communities. Most residents of the Peninsula are busy working and raising their families to the extent that they have little time to read the small print in Peninsula Magazine or other publications which notify us of upcoming issues such as the WTF. Please don't assume that most residents are aware of them. Not hearing from the community does not infer that people are aware and have no comment. My wish is that you will carefully consider the ramifications of unfettered WTF installation in our community. Sincerely yours, Anita Garner Golden Meadow Dr., RPV Sent from my iPad Subject: FW: I Oppose Traffic Circles on Avenida Classica / Avenida Esplendida From: Lisa Billig <Ibillig@cox.net> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 4:49 PM To: Traffic <Traffic@rpvca.gov>; PublicWorks <PublicWorks@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov>; CC <CC@rpvca.gov> Subject: I Oppose Traffic Circles on Avenida Classica / Avenida Esplendida Some people who received this message don't often get email from Ibillig@cox.net. Learn why this is important =EXTERNAL EMAIL: Donot click links or open any attachments unless you € recognize the sender and know the content s safeftt Dear RPV City representatives, I strongly oppose the Traffic Circles on Avenida Classica / Avenida Esplendida. I am not aware of any accidents on Avenida Classica / Avenida Esplendida , nor have I witnessed excessive speeding. What I did witness was a fire truck moving very slowly and having a very hard time navigating around these traffic circles. These traffic circles may prevent the timely response by the Fire Department to a fire hazard in our neighborhood. Also, during garbage pickup days, it is very difficult to avoid hitting the trash cans that are put out for garbage collections on Avenida Classica. The drivable portion of the street near the traffic circles is very narrow and difficult to navigate around when the trash cans are put out on garbage collection days. Please remove these unnecessary and hazardous traffic circles. Thank you, Lisa Billig 30100 Avenida Esplendida, RPV biilig@cox.net +1 310.753.3428 Subject: FW: Traffic Circles on Avenida Classica From: jm ma fosse <jma_fo,sse@yahoo.corn> Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2026 3:44 PM To: CC <CC. rpvca,gcv_> Cc: Noel Casil <ncasiivca.gov>; Ara Mihranian <r M(c_[pvca,gov>; Cheri Bailiff <Cheriii r)ag_ov>; Ramzi Awwad <rawwadCrvca.ov>; CityClerk <CityCif rk a r�avca. ov> Subject: Traffic Circles on Avenida Classica EXTERNAL. EMAIL: Do not click links or open any attachments unless .you .recognize the sender and know the content =ws safeW Good morning everyone, My name is Dan Myers and I am writing all of you on behalf of Mary Alice Fosse, myself (who live at ground zero in between both Traffic Circles, directly impacted) and several of our neighbors, in regards to the Traffic Circles located on Avenida Classica (at Avenida Celestial and Avenida Esplendida) here in Rancho Palos Verdes. We are asking that you move forward (in a timely manner) with modifying the Traffic Circles (to make them safer and more effective) that have been recommended and approved by City Staff, the Traffic Safety Committee and a third party Traffic Engineer (at the Traffic Safety Committee meeting on November 3, 2025), as well as having the Fire Department sign off on these Traffic Circles on at least 3 different occasions to date. Nearly 5 years ago now, after hearing numerous complaints from residents (who actually live here) about the speeding traffic in our neighborhood, on both Avenida Classica and Avenida Esplendida (especially on Avenida Classica), whether it was caused by people going to or from Los Verdes Golf Course, P.V. Victoria Apartments or local residents, we decided to take action and hold a neighborhood meeting (which led to 2 more, fora total of 3 meetings) at our home. Mary Alice (on most occasions, whom has been a resident on Avenida Classica now for 57 years) and I personally walked through the neighborhood and went door to door talking to as may neighbors as we could and invited them to our meetings asking them for their support so we could take this matter to the City and try and get something done about our ongoing concerns. Members of the City were encouraged to attend these meetings and on more than occasion they did, so they could see first hand the issues we were dealing with and hear our concerns. I will deliver a copy of this email to the City Clerk today, a long with attached copies and photo documentation, the attachment for this subject will be labeled "ATTN: NEIGHBORS" (which is an example of one the letters used to invite neighbors to our meetings, as well as copies of the sign in sheets). So, with that being said, I would like to address something that has been brought up by some of the residents in this neighborhood, referring to not having a chance to participate or have a "say so" in the decision making process of these Traffic Calming Measures. In the documentation that I am submitting, there is a copy of the petition that we went around (door to door) and spoke to neighbors whether they were for or against any Traffic Calming Measures. There are just over 90 signatures of residents (who actually live in this neighborhood) and a copy of a map titled "COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRAFFIC CALMING PLAN FOR AVENIDA CLASSICA" , which was verified by City Staff before the City Council meeting (October 3,2023), I was able to get more signatures for a total of 58 households in favor and only 3 not in favor. As you will see, the residents (Dane Mutt/30145 Avenida Celestial, Brad Spellberg/30140 Avenida Celestial and Dana Graham/30039 Avenida Celestial) that are the most upset (which they all live on a side street and 2 of the 3 live more than 500 feet from the closest Traffic Circle as well (affected maybe, directly impacted, I think not)) and leading the opposition to have these Traffic Circles removed could not be bothered to participate in our neighborhood meetings or sign the petition, whether or not they were for or against Traffic Calming Measures in this neighborhood. Not only that, 1 they did not attend the TSC meeting (July 24,2023) or the City Council meeting (October 3,2023), even after the City Staff sent out notices letting people know that this matter was going to be up for discussion at both public meetings. I believe the true opposition to these Traffic Circles is, they are INCONVENIENT for some residents. Please take note on how many people initially signed the petition agreeing that the speeding traffic on Avenida Classica was then and unfortunately is still a major SAFETY CONCERN, especially on Avenida Celestial, Avenida Esplendida and Avenida Selecta (which is more than 1,000 feet away from the closest Traffic Circle). All of these residents live on side streets and thresidents that live on Avenida Selecta live on a side street of another side street (Avenida Esplendida). So where is the LOGIC? Several residents have commented that there were no accidents to justify installing these Traffic Calming Measures, I would like to direct your attention to the Traffic Safety Committee meeting (July 24,2023) where members of at least 4 different households on Avenida Classica talked about speeding vehicles crashing in to their homes, yards, cars, etc.. If these are not vehicular accidents, then what are? Thank You for your Time, Dan Myers and Mary Alice Fosse