**Pride of the Palisades.** This award, not necessarily given every year, was created to recognize an individual for extraordinary service to the Palisades community.
The Awards Committee takes great honor in awarding the _Pride of the Palisades_ award to a community icon, **Bob Benton.
Mr.
Benton** owned a popular retail store in town for 30 years, and also has served as the volunteer Commissioner for the Pacific Palisades Baseball Association for more than two decades.
This is a demanding job, overseeing such a popular sports program from January through June every year. **Bob** worked tirelessly as a coach of numerous sports teams for over 20 years, and served on the PAB (Park Advisory Board), including as Chair and worked on fundraising efforts for the Field of Dreams at the Palisades Recreation Center as well as being an active volunteer on the annual Fourth of July 5K/10K run and has been one of the most popular residents in our town for decades. **Bob** also served the entire community with a family-oriented focus from 1982 until the Sports Shop closed this summer to make way for the Caruso project construction. **Bob** donated sportswear and equipment to the St.
Anne’s Guild at that time. **Bob** has been active on the Chamber of Commerce where he is a past president and currently is assisting with budget and administrative oversight.
The committee is pleased to honor him with the _Pride_ award.
Committee members stressed that they appreciated the opportunity to honor a businessman at a time when it's really hard going for retail businesses in the Palisades.
The Awards will be handed out at the annual holiday party of the PPCC Board of Governors to which the awardees and the entire community are invited.
This PPCC-sponsored event will be held at 6 PM on
December 8, 2016, at Gladstone’s in Pacific Palisades. Look for further details about the event in the coming days at [www.pacpalicc.org](https://pacpalicc.org). **ITEM 8.4 -- VPCLC 11/10/16 Report** As of today we do not have an exact date for the beginning of hauling. We have been promised 2 weeks advance notice so that pretty much assures us that hauling will not begin until after Thanksgiving. We have indication of a tentative start date of the Monday after Thanksgiving. As to Chautauqua which today is still the only route available to get the dirt to Potrero Canyon: