{"id":199,"date":"2016-02-08T02:29:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T02:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppccwebsite.wordpress.com\/?p=199"},"modified":"2026-10-19T18:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:34:20","slug":"presidents-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/08\/presidents-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Next PPCC Meeting:  November 12, 2026, via Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>11\/12\/26 Meeting Agenda <em>(pending)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Direct Zoom meeting link: <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/j\/88283101185?pwd=G7rqFX4t6sGl3K6B4srbYL9HC67efX.1#success\">HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WvnqeOEpgHs\"><strong>CW Park\/DRD Presentation 10\/15\/26<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0(YouTube Recording)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At our second meeting in October, on <strong>October 15, 2026<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>,<\/strong><\/span> we heard from our guest speaker CW Traci Park, who first gave an update on the status of the fire in Malibu, and then provided information about the proposed Disaster Recovery District<strong> (DRD)<\/strong> for the Palisades.\u00a0 She and her Planning Director Craig Bullock stressed the importance of a DRD for the Palisades&#8217; recovery, noting that there will be a special community meeting in the coming weeks to discuss the DRD in greater detail (TBA), with the City Council Budget &amp; Finance Committee expected to take up the matter in November (date TBD).\u00a0 They requested that community members attend the hearings in City Council to demonstrate support.\u00a0 Craig Bullock also explained that the a critical first step will be for the Council to pass a &#8220;Resolution of Intention&#8221; (ROI) by the January 7th deadline, to allow for further determination and an eventual decision on establishment of the DRD.\u00a0 We will inform the community as soon as the expected hearing dates are known.<\/p>\n<p>We also had an update from our \u00a0Grants Committee on the <strong>status of grants awarded by PPCC<\/strong> to date, as well as further updates and reports from board members, government reps and the PPCC Awards Committees and Infrastructure Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to mark your calendars for our annual <strong>Holiday Citizen of the Year Awards gala<\/strong>, to take place this year on <strong>December 10, 2026<\/strong> &#8212; stay tuned for more details!<\/p>\n<p>Expected agenda items for our <strong>November 12th meeting<\/strong>:\u00a0 Announcements regarding the <strong>Awards honorees<\/strong> and the <strong>Holiday Gala event<\/strong>; potential report on the community survey results; a presentation by <strong>California State Parks<\/strong>.\u00a0 <strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0 PPCC meets only once in November and December, on the 2nd Thursday of each month (the Gala takes the place of the December business meeting).<\/p>\n<p>________<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 <strong>PPCC Awards<\/strong> nominations window has now closed.\u00a0 The honorees will be announced on or before the November 12th meeting.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you to everyone who submitted nominations!<\/p>\n<h5><em><strong>Palisades Strong!<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>Allison Holdorff Polhill<br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n<p>_________________________<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><em><strong>Important Information \/ Resources<\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PPCC-EC-StrategicPlan-DRAFT-A.pdf\">PPCC Two-year Strategic Plan<\/a> <\/strong>(Board approval 9\/10\/26)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Community Recovery Coordination Council (CRCC) and Advisory Task Forces (ATFs):<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Palisades-CRCC-ATFs-Info10-18.pdf\">Membership Information<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pali411.com\">Pali411.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alphabets Community Meeting re Undergrounding<\/strong>:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Alphabets-10.3-Combined-Community-Meeting-Presentation_FINAL.rev1_.pdf\">Slide Deck<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>PPCC Grants Committee:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/ppcc-grants-committee\/\">Committee Page<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PPCC-Grants-Cmtee-Statement.pdf\">Statement to the Community<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>PPCC Infrastructure Committee:<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/ppcc-undergrounding-committee\/\">Committee Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wildfire Resources &amp; Information:\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/palisades-fire-information-updates\/\">Palisades Fire Information \/ Updates<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>PPCC Positions on Fire Recovery: <\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/fire-recovery-positions\/\">Fire Recovery Position<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speakers at PPCC:\u00a0 <\/strong>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/presentations-to-ppcc\/\">Presentations<\/a> (scroll down by topic) or our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCu9bmRXLXquldOPueJHNiaw\">YouTube Channel<\/a> for recordings of past important speakers \/ presentations.\u00a0 For presentations more specifically related to Palisades Fire recovery, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/palisades-fire-recovery-presentations\/\">Fire Recovery Presentations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>See extensive additional resources under the Resources tab above.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11\/12\/26 Meeting Agenda (pending) Direct Zoom meeting link: HERE. CW Park\/DRD Presentation 10\/15\/26\u00a0(YouTube Recording) At our second meeting in October, on October 15, 2026, we heard from our guest speaker CW Traci Park, who first gave an update on the status of the fire in Malibu, and then provided information about the proposed Disaster Recovery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14411,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199\/revisions\/14411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacpalicc.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}