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4. The President announced that a [Letter of Condolences](https://pacpalicc.org/index.php/organizations/) was sent to the Optimist Club for the passing of PPCC board member, Don Scott (current Alternate in the Service Clubs category).

8.1.5 & 6\. The President reviewed EC approvals including creating two new email accounts (President@ and [vp@pacpalicc.org](mailto:vp@pacpalicc.org)) in addition to [info@pacpalicc.org](mailto:info@pacpalicc.org) in an attempt to create an archive for future officers/leadership and keep communication centralized. She had also gotten EC approval to use Zoho, a year-round survey subscription, for electronic voting in Area and At-large elections. She also noted that both the Notice of Election Nomination and the Statement to Candidates were sent timely.

The President also said that the EC had renewed their annual approval to continue Zoom meetings for the time being.

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7. The President reported that she and other Area reps had a preliminary meeting with Chief Richard Fields of the LAFD Brush unit and discussed evacuation matters. This was a preliminary meeting to discuss emergency and evacuation preparedness. [[See President’s report](https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Fire-Chat-with-Chief-Fields.pdf)]. The President said she will form an ad-hoc committee on fire and evacuation preparedness and communications and would invite board members to join that committee to begin a collaboration with Chief Fields and LAFD to establish an effective communication/awareness plan to assist in case of emergency.

Barbara Bruderlin from the newly formed Pacific Palisades/Malibu Chamber of Commerce introduced herself and discussed a Facebook group she started after Woolsey fire with the acronym HEART and said that worked well for information sharing. She suggests that Facebook’s check-in system is one tool the Palisades could investigate using as a means of emergency communication.

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**Reports From Officers:**

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1. Board Secretary, Beth Holden-Garland attended two Wildlife Ordinance Information Sessions and filed this report:

After attending two meetings on the Wildlife Ordinance on both June 28th and July 13th, on behalf of the PPCC, she shared more information about the proposed Wildlife Ordinance draft. The Secretary gave a visual presentation of the suggested changes for hillside development that will affect the areas east of the 405 freeway through to where it meets the 101 freeway. Impacted cities/locales will include Bel Air, Beverly Crest, parts of Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Laurel Canyon, and Sherman Oaks. She explained that if the ordinance passes, it may be implemented city-wide at some later date. Most attendees of the July 13th meeting who made public comment were favorable to the Wildlife Ordinance.

The Secretary further recommended that residents inform themselves using these links to for further information and detail about the ordinance, and understand how it might affect their property with new construction, major remodels (beyond 500 feet), and pre-existing home rebuilds, in the case of emergencies such as earthquake or fire.

More to learn at: [www.planning4la.org/wildlife](http://www.planning4la.org/wildlife). Comments to the City Planning Commission need to be submitted by August 22nd at 5 pm at: [ourla2040@lacity.org](mailto:ourla2040@lacity.org).

Links to learn more about the Wildlife Ordinance:

<https://ewr1.vultrobjects.com/serverbackup/videos/2022%20WLD%20Video%20Part%201%20medium.mp4>

[https://ewr1.vultrobjects.com/serverbackup/videos/2022%20WLD%20video%20part%202%medium.mp4](https://ewr1.vultrobjects.com/serverbackup/videos/2022%20WLD%20video%20part%202%25medium.mp4)

Chris Spitz said Bel Air Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council (BABCNC) is also monitoring the Wildlife Ordinance status and said she would connect us with their board members to follow progress.

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**Reports from Area and At-Large Representatives:**

8.3.1.**Area 2** : Steve Cron reported that in recent weeks the city did a great deal of work along both sides of Palisades Drive. City workers pulled out dead trees and bushes and cleared away truckloads of debris that had accumulated for decades in the culverts along Palisades Drive. Those culverts were designed to divert runoff water away from Palisades Drive, but because they have not been cleaned out for a long time they were completely overgrown and nonfunctional. He and Willie Midgely, the Executive Director of the Santa Ynez Rec Center, had been lobbying Mike Bonin’s office for years, and with the help of Bonin’s District Director, Noah Fleishman, the work has finally started, and will be completed soon.

8.3.2.**Area 4** : Karen Ridgley reported that there is some overgrown shrub along the bluffs area at Area 4 which needs to be cleaned up. She asked if it is in City or Fire department jurisdiction. Various members said those lands are divided among City and private property, and Cal Trans at the bottom of the hillside. The President said she would start email communication to see who can address the issues.

Karen Ridgley also said Area 4 was in need of street cleaning and maintenance. The President said that according to the CD11 Deputy’s report, some of street cleaning was being done in the Palisades, so it is possible to get this kind of work done, and we must press to get more of this kind of resource allocated to our neighborhoods. Chris Spitz noted that in Area 6, where she is a resident, there is also a need and to her recollection, street cleaning has not been done there in the recent past. The President said, she would press our council office for more sanitation resources and noted that according to Steve Lantz's report, WRAC MTC had also looked at the issue. Chris Spitz said she would alert WRAC MTC to the issue, as regional matter.

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**Reports from Organizations:**

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1. **Friends of the Library** representative, Nina Kidd, announced that the FOL would be meeting soon.

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**Reports from Government Offices / Representatives:**

8.5.1.**LAPD SLO Brian Espin**. Officer Espin said year to date, crime in Pacific Palisades is down. The community, as a whole, has been proactive and that has been helpful. He reminded everyone to remain vigilant, and not to leave belongings in cars, or in any visible place that might tempt bad actors. If anyone would like to be on the crime report circulation list, send an email to [37430@lapd.online](mailto:37430@lapd.online).

He mentioned past and upcoming events hosted by LAPD, including “Hike with a Cop”, “National Night Out” which will be a BBQ event on Tuesday, August 2nd, at Stoner Park from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. There will also be “Coffee with A Cop” on Sunday, August 7th at 9 am at Estate Coffee, where the community can meet SLO Espin and ask questions.

8.5.2.**CD11 Council Office** : [See report from Isabella Dennis](https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/July-28th-PPCC-CD11-Report.pdf), CD11 Pacific Palisades Field Deputy

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**Reports from PPCC Advisors and WRAC Representatives:**

8.6.1.**Steve Lantz** , PPCC WRAC Transportation and Mobility Advisor, could not attend the meeting, but sent this report: WRAC Mobility and Transportation Committee

8.6.2.**Joanna Spak,** WRAC LUPC representative, gave the following report: [ See report](https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/July-28th-PPCC-CD11-Report.pdf)

WRAC LUPC – Joanna provided highlights from a presentation and discussion held at the July WRAC LUPC meeting regarding the impact of the newly certified Housing Element on the Community Plan process. Her summary noted recent proposals from City Planning to in-process Community Plans that include rezoning in high resourced areas and transit corridors, as well as expansions to incentive programs, like density bonus. She also noted a wish list of LAMC code changes proposed by one WRAC LUPC member that will likely be presented as a motion at a future WRAC LUPC meeting. Her report, outlining the rezoning proposals and the LAMC wish list, are attached, and PPCC committees and board members are encouraged to review.

Joanna also brought up a City Council motion related to the rollout of SB 9 in the City of Los Angeles, and mentioned that a memorandum and an ordinance requested in the motion were still outstanding from City Planning. It has been brought to her attention that the memorandum was issued and can be found on the LA City Planning website under Development Services / Senate Bill
9. The ordinance, assuming one will eventually be drafted, is still outstanding.

8.6.3.**Barbara Kohn** , WRAC Homelessness Committee representative reported that the Committee Chaired by Jay Handel met via Zoom
July 21, 2022. The Homeless Committee moved to ask WRAC leadership to write a letter to: Bonin, Koretz, Garcetti, Feuer, Bass, Caruso, Park, Darling, Yaroslavsky, Yebri, Feldstein, Gill after noting that many calls and emails have gone unanswered by numerous councils. Therefore, WRAC is asking for clarification of enforcement regarding encampments, overnight parking, living in vehicles, and unregulated RV encampments.

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4. **K.C. Soll** , Emergency Preparedness RYLAN and Cert Training advisor gave her email address for Cert Training: [cert.palisades@gmail.com](mailto:cert.palisades@gmail.com). The dates and location of the CERT training are as follows. Location: 701 Palisades Drive; at the Calvary Christian School, in room 138. Wednesday evenings from 6:30 pm to 9 pm from October 12th to November 16th, 2022. Missed classes can be made up.

She cautioned that there are only 33 On-Duty First Responders in Pacific Palisades at any one time for an estimated 23,000 residents. Her cautionary take was that your neighbors may be your first responders. As such, CERT Training and RYLAN (Ready Your LA Neighborhood) are potential life savers. 9\. **Reports from Committees.**

9.1.**Bylaws Committee.**