{"id":12458,"date":"2024-03-29T13:59:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T13:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/?page_id=12458"},"modified":"2024-05-25T17:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T17:32:06","slug":"ppcc-minutes-2024-04-11","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/ppcc-minutes-2024-04-11\/","title":{"rendered":"PPCC Minutes — 2024 \/ 04 \/ 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

Return to 2024 Minutes<\/a><\/p>\n

MINUTES FROM APRIL 11, 2024<\/h5>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Call to Order and Reading of Community Council\u2019s Mission.\u00a0 <\/strong>The meeting was called to order at 6:04 PM.\u00a0 The President read the PPCC Mission Statement.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Roll Call of Board members and Certification of Quorum.
\n<\/strong>The President called role and certified quorum.<\/p>\n

Voting members present: \u00a0Maryam Zar, Sue Kohl, Jenny Li, Dave Card, Murray Levy, Steve Cron, Michael Edlen, Daphne Gronich, Kimberly Bloom, Rick McGeagh, Eli Safaie-Kia, Chris Spitz, John Padden, Courtney Macker, Richard Blumenberg, Genevieve Bostic, Ryan Craig\u00a0 [note: Gabrielle Gottlieb also present; see item 8.4.1. below]<\/em><\/p>\n

Non-voting members present: \u00a0Alan Goldsmith, Joanna Spak, Cindi Young, James Alexakis<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction of attendees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President introduced Frank Renfro, Palisadian and private security consultant, who provided information about another security option that the community may wish to consider mobile security trailers. See the recording on our YouTube website: https:\/\/youtu.be\/eg0ueftPp7Q?feature=shared<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0\u00a0 Approval of Minutes.\u00a0 <\/strong>The draft minutes of March 28, 2024, were approved as presented.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Consideration of Agenda & Upcoming Meetings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President indicated that the agenda was as distributed and provided the following information about upcoming PPCC meetings:<\/p>\n

April 25, 2024: Possible presentation by Californians for Safer Communities.<\/p>\n

May 23, 2024: Expected in-person (hybrid) meeting with a presentation by Doug McAllister, VP of External Affairs (CA) from Frontier, regarding fiber optic lines and the cycling out of copper land lines in our community.
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\n6.\u00a0\u00a0 Treasurer\u2019s Report.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Treasurer reported that PPCC\u2019s account balance is $47,880.85. Expenditures include $448.00 for insurance renewal (a savings from past years) and $1978.25 to Miracle data for our annual expenses related to our website, emails, and web hosting platforms as well as a website fix that had to do with our donation interface (enabled donors to click a button to cover costs) and also repaired the donation link, which went down shortly after our 2023 holiday gala.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0\u00a0 General Public Comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7.1.\u00a0 Valeria Serna (resident and member of Resilient Palisades).<\/u> \u00a0Valeria noted that the Resilient Palisades Earth Day Celebration will take place on April 14 from 9am-1pm.\u00a0 She also expressed concern about plans to install synthetic turf on the Palisades baseball fields.\u00a0 Some comments were exchanged. The President asked Valeria to attend the upcoming PAB meeting to express her concerns, since the decision would likely be made there, and in conjunction with the City\u2019s Department of Recreation & Parks.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0\u00a0 Reports, Announcements and Concerns. <\/strong><\/p>\n

8.1.\u00a0\u00a0 From the Chair\/Presiding Officer<\/u>.<\/p>\n

8.1.1.\u00a0 The President has appointed the Nominating Committee, per PPCC\u2019s bylaws, to nominate candidates for PPCC officer positions. The Committee Chair, for the third time, is Steve Cron. Other members are Quentin Fleming, LeeAnn Sanderson, Andrew Wolfberg and Mary Mueller, with Parliamentarian Danielle Samulon as an advisor to the Committee (non-voting).\u00a0 The President explained that PPCC officers serve one-year terms and are elected each year by the board.\u00a0 The current officers\u2019 terms will end on June 30.\u00a0 The Nominating Committee will announce its nominations at the May 9th meeting; board members will then have the opportunity to nominate either themselves or other candidates until 15 minutes before the scheduled close of the May 23rd meeting.\u00a0 A candidates\u2019 forum will be held if there are multiple candidates for any office and the officers\u2019 election will take place on June 13.\u00a0 The new officers\u2019 term begins on July 1, 2024.<\/p>\n

8.1.2.\u00a0 The President deferred her report on a conversation with LAPD Sgt., Scott Alpert<\/p>\n

8.1.3.\u00a0 The President deferred her report on a conversation with RAP GM, Jimmy Kim<\/p>\n

8.1.4.\u00a0\u00a0 The President reported that she followed up with the County Supervisor and her westside staff about the Marvin Braude bike path failure, but has heard nothing of substance in return.<\/p>\n

8.1.5.\u00a0 The President reported that PPCC is Co-hosting a beach clean-up event with CD11 on 4\/20 at Will Rogers Beach, as well as partnering with Resilient Palisades on their Earth Day event at The Village Green \u2013 and we need people to sign up and volunteer at our table.<\/p>\n

8.1.6.\u00a0 The President reported that BCC and PPCC are discussing a District Attorney candidate forum for late September.<\/p>\n

8.2.\u00a0\u00a0 From the Officers\/Chair Emeritus<\/u>.<\/p>\n

8.2.1.\u00a0\u00a0 Vice-President Sue Kohl announced that she has been informed by leaders at PPTFH that LAPD Officer Adam Margin has been re-assigned to the Pacific Palisades beach detail. She welcomed him back and noted how effective he had been in the past when he was part of the LAPD team in the Palisades.<\/p>\n

8.2.2.\u00a0\u00a0 Treasurer Jenny LI \u2013 None (except for Treasurer\u2019s Report, item 6 above).<\/p>\n

8.2.3.\u00a0\u00a0 Secretary Beth Holden-Garden \u2013 Not present.<\/p>\n

8.2.4.\u00a0\u00a0 Chair Emeritus David Card \u2013 None.<\/p>\n

8.3.\u00a0 \u00a0From At-Large and Area Representatives<\/u>.<\/p>\n

8.3.1.\u00a0\u00a0 Daphne Gronich, Area Four 2nd Alternate, read a report from Primary Area 4 rep Karen Ridgley on the status of the Asilomar Stabilization project and more. See the report here: https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Area-4-Report-4.11.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

8.3.2.\u00a0 Murray Levy, Area One Rep, reported that the homeowners\u2019 associations in Castellammare and Paseo Miramar in Area One wish for their areas to be designated as \u201cHillside Construction Regulation Supplemental Use Districts\u201d (HCR-SUDs) and are seeking PPCC\u2019s support.\u00a0 He explained that he had discussed this with At-large Rep and PPCC LUC Chair Chris Spitz, who had in turn spoken with CD 11 Planning Deputy Jeff Khau about the process, and that she had learned from Jeff what would be required for the designation to take place.\u00a0 Chris explained further that the LUC had looked into the HCR ordinance briefly in February, in connection with its work to recommend possible solutions to the construction problems being experienced in Area One, and had learned that various amendments are being considered for the ordinance and that HCR designation might be an option to be studied in the future.\u00a0 The LUC had explained this to the board and in the letter that was sent to CM Park in February with recommendations for possible solutions to the construction problems. \u00a0She also noted that Jeff \u00a0Khau had advised her that in order for CM Park to consider taking action to designate any areas as HCR SUDs, a sufficient showing would have to be made to CD11 that a substantial majority of homeowners had received notice of the proposal and actually agree with the designation, and also that maps with clearly drawn boundaries of the proposed HCR SUDs must be submitted.\u00a0 Jeff gave as an analogy the process of obtaining street humps (a petition in support must be signed by 2\/3 of residents on the street).\u00a0 He indicated that the entity to take the lead on this request should be the HOAs.\u00a0 The President explained that PPCC could then support and advocate for the requests if the required showing was made, and that such requests could also be made by other hillside areas of the Palisades that may wish to be designated as HCR HUDs. This will be discussed again in the future.<\/p>\n

8.3.3.\u00a0\u00a0 Chris Spitz, At-large Rep, reported (in her capacity as WRAC Vice-Chair & PPCC rep to WRAC) that an AT&T representative will speak at the WRAC board meeting on April 29th to explain why AT&T is also seeking to cycle out of maintaining copper land lines on the Westside.\u00a0 The AT&T rep provided informational flyers which Chris will make available to the President to in turn share with the PPCC board as she deems appropriate.\u00a0 As At-large Rep, Chris reported on two additional matters: First, as to unstable geologic conditions on Via de las Olas, Michael Amster advises that he has learned from BOE that the roadway has been examined and BOE sees no cracks or other indications that it is in danger of giving way; Chris has suggested that fencing should be installed along the rim where the landslides had occurred and that warning signs should be put up, in place of the emergency tape in the area.\u00a0 Next, as to Potrero Canyon, Chris has let Recreation and Parks (RAP) know that due to winter storms, cracks and fissures have reappeared in the Friends St. trail and other park trails, and that overgrown brush is crowding the trails and impeding passage.\u00a0 The RAP maintenance supervisor Robert Buenrostro responded immediately that he had also seen these conditions and was concerned; that RAP maintenance would begin work on filling in the cracks; and that he had notified Kristen Ly of BOE to have the landscape contractor cut back the brush along the trails.<\/p>\n

8.4.\u00a0\u00a0 From Organizational Representatives<\/u>.<\/p>\n

8.4.1.\u00a0\u00a0 Gabrielle Gottlieb, PPWC reported that they are holding their annual birthday celebration for 90 year old (plus) Palisadians, on May 4th\u00a0 from noon to 3PM. There will be a speaker and a surprise guest.<\/p>\n

8.4.2.\u00a0 \u00a0Genevieve Bostic, PPYMCA reported that the YMCA held their Spring Festival the previous weekend and had a great turn out. Simon Meadow has also inaugurated a Butterfly Garden, now on the side of a walking path, a Learning Tree, and soon a movie night. There is also teen programming, which LAPD welcomes for offering activities for teens. Genevieve also said the Y is looking for teen volunteers to be Counselors in Training at summer camp over the summer months, as well as volunteers (young and old) for the Thursday food bag donations.<\/p>\n

8.5.\u00a0\u00a0 From Government Offices \/ Representatives<\/u> (as available)<\/p>\n

8.5.1.\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Espin, Senior Lead Officer (SLO), Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), reported that crime is generally up since last year about 55%. Thefts are up, including package thefts and retail item theft. These are not isolated to youth bad acts. LAPD is tracking the trend city wide and working to stem the tide. The South American \u201c smash and grab\u201d crews have slowed down from a few months ago and that has been welcome news. He reported that more patrol resources have been allocated to the park, and vandalism is down. He reported that the Department is going paperless, so the reports might be harder for him to generate and email until he learns the system better (not efficient right now), and he asked for patience. Officer Bermudez was promoted to SLO in another community. In his stead, LAPD has re-hired Adam Margin for Pacific Palisades\u2019 beach detail. Officer Margin is familiar with the community and has hit the ground running. SLO Espin welcomed him (as did VP, Sue Kohl, in her announcements). The President asked SLO Espin to bring Officer Margin to an upcoming PPCC meeting to meet the community.<\/p>\n

8.5.2.\u00a0\u00a0 Michael Amster, CD11 (CM Traci Park) Field Deputy, Pacific Palisades & Brentwood, reported that slope slippage at Via de las Olas and Via de la Paz, as well as slippage at other locations, are on his radar for monitoring. He is working on getting city engineering crews at Dept of Public Works (DPW) or Dept of Building and Safety (DBS) out to assess.<\/p>\n

CD11 recently brought together a beautification team for the district that helps with trash pick-up, brushing sand, and clearing weeds. Palisades Drive might be a location where they visit soon.<\/p>\n

He announced the 4\/20 Beach Clean-up at Will Rogers, Tower 15 at 9AM. The first few attendees will get free parking.<\/p>\n

Michael shared the street slurry map and discussed that he will be pressing the city department of street repairs to prioritize and elevate road repairs along Sunset Blvd. in Pacific Palisades. (See related motion passed, below.)<\/p>\n

Rick McGeagh, Area Seven 1st Alternate, brought up the slide at Will Rogers State Park Rd., and asked to make sure Streets LA would clear the road and that the City would make repairs to the road and shore up the slippage of rock and debris onto a road that is the only means of ingress and egress for residents. Michael said the road has been cleared already, and he is working to secure K-Rails as a temporary fix to prevent further slippage.<\/p>\n

Rick also brought up the Marvin Braude Bike Path failure. Michael said CM Traci Park is looking for a solution and may have a council motion to secure funding for a repair.<\/p>\n

The President also gave a nod to Eli Safaie-Kia, who has worked with City and State agencies to clear Sullivan Canyon Rd., Mulholland, Westridge and Topanga Fire road, which have all been cleared though a city\/state collaborative process that he and the President have been nudging along.<\/p>\n

8.5.3.\u00a0\u00a0 Allison Holdoff, Senior Advisor, LAUSD Dist. 4 board Member Nick Melvoin \u2013 Not present.<\/p>\n

8.5.4. \u00a0\u00a0Radmehr Nowroozi, SD 24 (Sen. Ben Allen) Field Representative, Palisades, Brentwood, Westwood and Westside \u2013 Not present.<\/p>\n

8.5.5.\u00a0\u00a0 Skylar Payab, AD 42 (Asm. Jacqui Irwin) Field Deputy, Pacific Palisades & Brentwood \u2013 Not present.<\/p>\n

8.5.6.\u00a0\u00a0 Marian Ensley, West Area Field Deputy, Mayor Karen Bass \u2013 Not present.<\/p>\n

8.5.7.\u00a0\u00a0 Zac Gaidzik, Coastal and Westside Field Deputy, County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath \u2013 Not present.<\/p>\n

8.6.\u00a0\u00a0 From PPCC Advisors and WRAC Representatives<\/u>.<\/p>\n

8.6.1.\u00a0\u00a0 Chris Spitz (PPCC rep to WRAC and WRAC Vice-Chair). (See comments in item 8.3.3 above).<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0\u00a0 Reports from PPCC Committees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

9.1.\u00a0 PPCC LUC<\/u> (Chair Chris Spitz).\u00a0 The LUC Chair explained that the LUC had reviewed and was sponsoring\/recommending to the board a WRAC-recommended motion requesting compensation for transfers of PROW easements (see motion text below).\u00a0 No second was necessary as the motion was made by a committee with more than one voting member.\u00a0 Following discussion, a vote was taken and the motion below passed unanimously:<\/p>\n

\u201cPacific Palisades Community Council requests that the city receives monetary compensation and\/or receives community benefits for the transfer of easements in the public right of way, equivalent to the fair market value of the property transferred, and that this value received is invested in the Community Plan area affected.”<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0 \u00a0Old Business \u2013 <\/strong>None.<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0\u00a0 New Business.
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\n11.1.\u00a0\u00a0 Motion to prioritize repaving\/reslurrying portions of Sunset Blvd. in Pacific Palisades<\/u>.\u00a0 See BSS map: https:\/\/labss.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/View\/index.html?appid=af0a4dab5c594ab8bbb22b525c 628c95. \u00a0Motion made by Michael Edlen; second by Chris Spitz:<\/p>\n

\u201cIn light of recent storms and the impact of heavy rains on Sunset Boulevard in Pacific Palisades, resulting in large potholes and crevasses that are an impediment to safe driving along much of Sunset Boulevard from Marquez Avenue to Allenford, we ask that the city prioritize the repaving and resurfacing of Sunset Boulevard, hastening the scheduled time from 2027\/2028 to the 2024 resurfacing schedule, as a matter of public safety and a safeguard against city liability.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following discussion, a vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.<\/p>\n

11.2.\u00a0\u00a0 Discussion:\u00a0 Slope Slippage and Hillside Erosion in Pacific Palisades<\/u> (no action taken).\u00a0 The board discussed the need for the City of L.A. to address numerous specific areas, as listed below; a further discussion and possible motion will take place at an upcoming PPCC meeting. The list of areas of known geologic instability, previously brought to the attention of the City, is as follows (additional areas may be added after further discussion):<\/p>\n

a.\u00a0 \u00a0Asilomar Bluffs (Area Four residents have sounded alarms and asked the Asilomar remediation project managers to also look at stabilizing this bluff),<\/p>\n

b.\u00a0 \u00a0Via de las Olas Bluffs (residents have long alerted the City to this area, and have some current feedback to share \u2013 see item 8.3.3 above),<\/p>\n

c.\u00a0 \u00a0El Oro Lane (M. Amster and City Engineers have come out to survey this site and determined that it requires a substantive street reinforcement, but for now, have lines the sidewalk and eroding gutter with sandbags),<\/p>\n

d.\u00a0 \u00a0Via Bluffs at Beirut\/Mt. Holyoke (this location has been sent to BOE for assessment, but no field studies have yet been conducted),<\/p>\n

e.\u00a0 \u00a0Will Rogers State Park Road (City roads managed on State parkland \u2013 current suggestion is K Rails implemented along the road as a stopgap measure until the State and City collaborate for a proper remedy),<\/p>\n

f.\u00a0 \u00a0500 block of Bienveneda (sidewalk slippage has prompted city crews to put signs up warning pedestrians to stay clear).<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0\u00a0 Adjournment.\u00a0 <\/strong>The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 PM.<\/p>\n

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Return to 2024 Minutes MINUTES FROM APRIL 11, 2024 1.\u00a0\u00a0 Call to Order and Reading of Community Council\u2019s Mission.\u00a0 The meeting was called to order at 6:04 PM.\u00a0 The President read the PPCC Mission Statement. 2.\u00a0\u00a0 Roll Call of Board members and Certification of Quorum. The President called role and certified quorum. Voting members present: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page-template.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12458","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}