10.**Old Business**** _– None_**

11\. **New Business**

11.1. The board approved remote meeting for the duration of the 2022-2023 term (though June 2023), unanimously.

11.2. Chris Spitz introduced the motion to support BCC, per below _[see attachment]._ The motion was seconded by Beth Holden-Garland. The President gave some additional background and asked for discussion and questions. The President called for the vote. The vote passed with one abstention.

12.**Adjournment****.** The meeting was adjourned at 7;53pm.

**[ATTACHMENT -- Item 11.1:** List of Alternate Nominees attached to draft minutes: https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Oct-13-PPCC-Draft-Minutes.pdf]

**[ATTACHMENT -- Item 11.2:]** Draft motion re BCC letter

Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC) shares the serious concerns expressed by Brentwood Community Council (BCC) in its Open Letter approved on October 12, 2022 pertaining to the cannabis retail dispensary named “Cookies” located at 13030 San Vicente Blvd., as well as the licensing process for cannabis retailers under current Los Angeles Municipal Code (“Code”) provisions. PPCC is particularly concerned that:

• BCC did not receive any outreach or advance notice that a permit was being requested for this establishment before a permit was issued; there appear to be no available consequences or recourse for this significant omission.

• BCC and the Brentwood community were given no opportunity to provide input as to community concerns or to propose reasonable conditions on operations prior to licensing, in light of the establishment’s proximity to Paul Revere Charter Middle School (“Revere”);

• Although it is technically outside of the restricted radius from Revere (a “sensitive use” under applicable Code provisions), “Cookies” is located very near Revere and adjacent to the family-oriented Brentwood Country Mart – a centralized school bus pick-up and drop-off location for students from numerous local schools, including from Brentwood and Pacific Palisades, and where youth in grades 6-8 from Revere and young students from other local schools often congregate;

• At least two break-ins have occurred at “Cookies” within a month of operations (prior to and after opening of the establishment);

• Unlike numerous other cities in California (including San Francisco, San Diego, Sacramento, Pasadena, Long Beach and Santa Monica), Los Angeles does not require issuance of a conditional use permit in order for cannabis retailers to operate; indeed, current Code provisions prevent Planning Dept. review in these cases, i.e., there is no discretionary review, public hearing before a zoning administrator or right of appeal as is otherwise required with most other businesses in Los Angeles, which are in turn in regulated under applicable conditional use/conditional use “beverage” permit requirements under the Code.

PPCC accordingly fully supports the eight “Action Items” (bullet points following the Open Letter) proposed by BCC for Code amendments and other actions to be taken with respect to cannabis retailer licensing and operations in Los Angeles.

PPCC specifically supports an amendment that would require cannabis retailers to obtain a conditional use permit, similar to conditional use “beverage” permits required for retail liquor stores (with appropriate notice and public hearing, NOT an over-the-counter/streamlined or “by right” process) under the Code.

PPCC stresses that its position pertains only to concerns related to the licensing process, the lack of notice, the location near a school and the inability of the community to weigh in meaningfully (or at all) on operations and location of cannabis retailers.

PPCC takes no position on the use of cannabis under applicable California law.

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MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 27th 2022

1\. **Call to Order and Reading of Community Council’s Mission.** The Community Council mission was read by Maryam Zar.

2.**Roll-call of Board members and Certification of Quorum.** Voting members present: David Card, Maryam Zar, Beth Holden-Garland, Randy Young, Jenny Li, Murray Levy, Steve Cron, Haldis Toppel, Karen Ridgley, Cindy Simon, Rick McGeagh, Chris Spitz, John Padden, Nina Kidd, Greg Heidt, Eric Dugdale, Kevin Niles, Shirley Haggstrom. Non-voting board members present: Cindi Young, Joanna Spak, Diana Daniele, Nancy Niles, Michael Edlen, Lee Anne Sanderson, Daphne Gronich, Quentin Fleming, Harlan Hogue, Cathy Russell, Mary Mueller, Alisa Wolfson, Genevieve Bostic.

3.**Introduction of attendees.** PPCC hosted [Lindsay Horvath](https://www.lindseyhorvath.com/) and [Bob Hertzberg](https://www.hertzbergforsupervisor.com/) for an introduction of themselves as candidates for LA County Supervisor and community Q & A. A recording has been made available online. (<https://youtu.be/S-KO1lkTPUA>)

4.**Approval of Minutes -**_Approval of Minutes_ _–_ October 13, 2022 _was deferred [__approved on 11/10/22]_

5.**Consideration of Agenda & Upcoming Meeting. **The agenda was considered as submitted.

6.**Treasurer’s Report.** The Treasurer announced that there had been one transaction since the last meeting for 500 dollars sent to the Palisadian Post. The PPCC account balance stands at $54,522.54. The new Treasurer now has checks and a credit card with which to transact PPCC business.

7.**General Public Comment.** None

8\. **Reports, Announcements and Concerns.**

8.1. _From the Chair/Presiding Officer_.

8.1.1. The President announced that pursuant to motion passed at the last meeting regarding the Cookies dispensary in Brentwood, this letter was sent: <https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Cannabis-Letter-2022.pdf> .

8.1.2. The President announced that Captain Tom, Commanding Officer at LAPD West Division, has been promoted to Commander and will be moving to Operation West Bureau headquarters this week. The incoming Commanding Officer at LAPD West will be Captain Craig Heredia.

8.1.3. The President affirmed that a New member orientation for newly affirmed Area and At-large Alternates has successfully been held.

8.1.4. The President reminded the board that the 2022 Awards Selection Committee is still accepting nominees until 9pm on October 31st. See: <https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Awards-Nomination-Press-Release-2021.pdf>. To nominate someone, email [info@pacpalicc.org](mailto:info@pacpalicc.org) with details.

8.1.5. The President announced that she had appointed one more person to the 2022 Holiday Gala and Awards Event Committee. The committee, chaired by Haldis Toppel, will now include Genevieve Bostic, PPCC Alternate in the Recreation category representing YMCA.

8.1.6. The President informed the board that WRAC had not elected to send a motion similar to ours and BCC’s, requesting a conditional use permit process for cannabis dispensaries, to WRAC member councils. The WRAC board had instead decided to form an ad hoc committee to examine alternative processes which did not make sense for PPCC to join at the moment. PPCC may form a committee jointly with BCC to discuss and strategize best ways to achieve our goals (e.g. establishing a conditional use review process for any dispensary seeking to operate in our communities).

8.1.7. The President reminded the board that on November 10th, we will host outgoing LAPD West Operations Commanding Officer, Captain Tom, who will give us a report and take questions as he moves on to his new role as West Bureau Operations Commander.

8.2. _From Officers_

8.3. _From At-Large and Area Representatives_

8.3.1. Karen Ridgley – made note that the gate along Temescal Canyon road which blocks off park access from the street has been unlocked (the lock has been broken) and tree trunks have been dumped in the park. Karen has sent in a 311 report and also let Noah Fleishman (CD11) know to ask Sanitation to repair and strengthen the lock. Reiterates, this is an ongoing problem that urgently needs to be resolved.

8.3.2. Murray Levy, racing cars and noisy motorcycles are becoming an issue and wants us to keep an eye on traffic violations and increasing traffic enforcement.

8.3.3. Cindy Simon commented on crime and the home break-in Hartzell. Huntington HOA is working with the Alphabet Streets but they are at wits end as to what to do with the “worrisome increase in crime”. What can the PPCC do?

The President said she’d been in touch with LAPD and the residents and also spoke of a community safety meeting she had organized some years ago where all public safety stakeholders came together for a well attended community meeting to discuss policing and public safety as well as the role of all agencies and the community.

She said she intended to hold discussions with this board and LAPD, as well as Commander Tom and new Captain of West LA, Craig Heredia, to strategize what we can do with community involvement to make this community safter. The November meeting presents us with an opportunity to speak about these challenges with both Commandeer and Captain and begin to strategize how the community can collaborate with LAPD and other public safety agencies to develop a set of guidelines and strategies to help make the neighborhoods in our community safer.

8.4. _From Organizational Representatives_ None

8.5. _From Government Offices / Representatives_

8.5.1. Janet Turner, Office of Congressman Ted Lieu

Anti sematic flyers are very disturbing to the Congressman. He has written to FBI Director, Wray and he is following up on that. As co-Chair of the bipartisan Anti Semitism task force, he is calling on Fed law enforcement officials to address these incidents on not only the Westside of LA, but nationwide.

He also stands in solidarity with Iranians protesting the terrible treatment of women and prisoners in Iran. Cosponsored HR9075 supporting Iranian Political Prisoners and co-sponsored a resolution commending the bravery of Iranian protesters.

Sun Nov 13th: Conversation with military families. Look for the Flyer.

8.5.2. Brian Espin. LAPD Senior Lead Officer for Pacific Palisades

Please see attached report and crime map from SLO Brian Espin. Espin reported that crime was on an uptick (still down 13% from last year, same time) and explained that when the Hartzell break-in on October 17th took place, the one Palisades LAPD car was sent out of the area on another call and for that reason, took 14 minutes to get back to the Palisades. This response time seems alarming but was fast, given how far the car had to travel.

There was discussion about the length of the response time and the need to advocate for either more LAPD presence in the Palisades, or an assurance that our car will remain in the area, at all times.

The two teenage girls who had faced the break-in at their home spoke about the challenge of waiting nearly 20 minutes. They also mentioned that many of Officer Espin’s suggestions for safety, such as remote cameras, dogs present, and other measures were in play at the scene of the break-in and they did not deter the three suspects who broke in from the back door and gained entry to the house. Once they realized someone was in the house (“hot prowl”), they ran out.

Best deterrent is eyes out on the street with perhaps a text chain with neighbors where each alerts others when they see something amiss. The more visible and alert the community is, the less attractive the neighborhood becomes to would be wrongdoers.

Officers patrolling the Palisades are looking for teams of young people who are driving in “nicer” rented cars that are in the prowl in our neighborhoods. It helps when neighbors are also on the lookout.

As the suspects were running out, one suspect dropped a knife and LAPD is using that tool to find fingerprints. The President reassured the board and the family whose home had been broken into that we understand the challenges and worry that has set into the community, and we will form a collaborative approach to strategize solutions, in partnership with LAPD and other public safety stakeholders.

8.6. _From PPCC Advisors and WRAC Representatives_. None

9.**Reports from Committees**** __**

9.1. Awards Selection Committee. Committee co-Chairs, Nancy and Kevin Niles announced that nominations were still being accepted for PPCC Awards through October 31st and that good nominations had already been made.

10.**Old Business.** None ****

11\. **New Business**

11.1. The PPCC board heard a presentation by Gene Oh, the Founder of [Tranzito Vector](https://tranzito-vector.com/), on [STAP](https://streetsla.lacity.org/stap-program-fact-sheet) program and contract for street furniture. Helped start the Metro Bike Hub program and now helping LADOT with their mobility Hub program.

This project has traditionally been an advertising contract (a concessioner model), where the concessioner takes over the program and gives a share of the profits to the city, but the accountability isn’t there on the part of the city. The current contract is a different program where the city pays for the capital and hiring TV as consultant operators. This is ultimately a mobility project where advertising revenue is a means to an end, not the main goal. The main goal is improved mobility.

Looking at bus stops today and tomorrow’s mobility hubs – central hub for mobility for anyone not driving a car. Streets LA wanted more shelter, shade, safety and comfort. Want to build 3000 bus shelters now (versus 660 that were built in the last 20 years) and have to make this economically feasible, while recognizing that the 3000 shelters will change the aesthetic of the city. So they want to make sure a shelter that exemplifies LA, but gives enough creativity where different neighborhoods can have their own customization.

Other concerns, data security when it comes to digital hubs that will provide real time bus info., real time alerts and city messaging. Can add additional tech sensors, but data privacy is at the forefront of any of these add ons and would have to go to City Council for approval. Wants very much to be collaborative.

Focusing on areas with high ridership, they want to provide better bus shelters to the most disadvantaged areas of the city, and areas where there is a lot of concrete (few trees) and a measurably high heat index. This new bus stop is intended to be at the center of ‘smart cities”, based on equity and environment.

Mobility Hubs: turning the bus shelter into an “infrastructure node”. Emergency city messaging and real time bus info made available through Amazon digital technology. In PP they won’t have digital screens (very little if any) but want to have real time bus and emergency information. Health and safety and public safety is also a priority. Vulnerable riders are also in mind with bilingual messaging.

Design: “California modernism:” A simple, modern look that looks good now as well as 20/30 years from now. They also wanted aesthetically pleasing but minimal. The minimalist look reduces the backing for more public safety and more air flow, as well as increased movement (including for people for disabilities). Lots of light for way finding as well as well-lit shelters that discourage improper use of shelters (like homelessness). They can measure and adjust the light. The smart shelters also can monitor its own good working order.

They’ll be installing 5 times as many shelters than in the next 20 years. Big ask – so they plan thoughtful locations – 650 of the shelters will be digital (about 25%) with safeguards like a light max regulation in the contract, refresh rate in 10 seconds, no motion on the digital adds – to reduce digital negative effects but highlight the positive effects to pay for the additional 2241 shelters with standard paper add screens. 100 will have large format static paper ads (mostly downtown and Hollywood). 450 locations will have no adds at all.

Questions:

Q; Zar -- Community transparency and open communications: how open are you to interfacing with the community as these fold into the community – for example: adjustments to lighting and material?

Q2: Is Pacific Palisades on your radar (ridership goals as a priority)?

A: Material: perforated metal which is better for air flow and cleanliness – these are functional reasons for the perf-metal. There is no “changeability” on the material, but is its very important to PP, you should bring it up to TV and Streets LA, who is the ultimate arbiter. Color can be changed. The lighting can be minimized. Each location will have “tunability”, so light cam be adjusted, and the marquee will be capped off so light emanates less. Every Council District will get 300 shelters each, in the first year, but where in the district is something that can be discussed with the Council Member.

Brian Stedge: Streets LA and your CM are the key people during the outreach phase, will be the deciding arbiter of where these locations will go. Direct your advocacy there.

Q: Cron – is the seating area conducive to sleeping/lying:

A: Passengers thought the bars were too aggressive, so they designed a seat design that has no rails but have different heights on each bench for accessibility (even the mobility challenged) to sit down.

Q: Spitz – Is PP unlikely to have digital signage at our bus shelters?

A: TV does not have control of that list, based on various “scores”, including heat factor, ridership, equity score and ‘trip generator’ locations, Pacific Palisades does not rank very high on the priority list for digital screens. But this is not our decision, but a decision made in conjunction with Streets LA and the Council District.

Comment: consistency with the mobility element of the specific Plan.

Response: An issue of interpretation and reiterates to take up advocacy with the Council office.

The President thanks the TV team and reiterates that she appreciates the transparency and the willingness to come to PPCC and answer questions. Gene reiterates that he’s happy to come back.

12.**Adjournment****.** Meeting was adjourned at 8:04pm

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MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 10th 2022

**1.****Call to Order and Reading of Community Council’s Mission****.** The meeting was called to order at 6:01pm. The Community Council mission was read by Karen Ridgley, Area 4 Primary Rep. _See PPCC Bylaws:_[_http://pacpalicc.org/index.php/council-bylaws/_](http://pacpalicc.org/index.php/council-bylaws/)_._

**2.****Roll-call of Board members and Certification of Quorum.** Voting Board members present: Jenny Li, Beth Holden Garland, Randy Young, Murray Levy, Steve Cron, Haldis Toppel, Karen Ridgley, Kimberly Bloom, Julie Silliman, Chris Spitz, Shirley Haggstrom, Eric Dugdale, Courtney Macker, Richard Blumenberg, Nina Kidd, Bill Skinner, Greg Heidt. Non-voting Board members present: Cindi Young, Joanna Spak, Michael Edlen, Daphne Gronich, Cathy Russell, David Taubman, Ryan Craig, Barbara Kohn, Genevieve Bostic.

**3.****Introduction of attendees --**_see Item 8.5.1, below._

**4.****Approval of Minutes –** The October 13, 2022 and October 27, 2022 minutes were approved.

**5.****Consideration of Agenda & Upcoming Meetings,** The Agenda was considered as presented.

Upcoming meetings noted:
December 8: PPCC Awards Gala and Holiday Party
January 12: a presentation by Donna Arrechea on the city’s 311 App and call center and STAP matters, perhaps IKE Motion
January 26: a presentation by Alex Helou, Assistant Director at LA Sanitation and Deborah Hong of LADWP
February 9: a presentation by Brian Hale, LADOT Chief of Parking Enforcement and Tim Fremaux, Sr. Transportation Engineer, LADOT – to discuss sidewalk and intersection/sidewalk policies and management.
Topics are only a partial list and may be amended.

**6.****Treasurer’s Report.** The Treasurer reported a $37.36 sundry expense. The PPCC bank balance is $54,485.16.

**7.****General Public Comment –** none.

**8.****Reports, Announcements and Concerns.**

8.1.****_From the Chair/Presiding Officer_.

8.1.1. The President announced that the 2022 Honorees have been chosen by the ASC and will be announced later in this meeting, and congratulates them all.

8.1.2. The President announced she is appointing a Transportation Committee to act as an advocate for repairs, improvements and the study of mobility issues that impact our community and the surrounding areas.

8.1.3. The President announced she is appointing members to a joint committee with BCC to address cannabis dispensary notice to Community Councils (per motion passed by both Councils in October.)

8.1.4. The President announced she is appointing a Public Safety Task Force to work in collaboration with LAPD and LAFD on public communication and safety strategies.

8.1.5. The President announced that the anticipated LUC item for today’s meeting is being deferred.

8.1.6.**** The President announced that the Holiday party is on track and asked members to SAVE THE DATE: Dec 8th, from 6-8pm.

8.1.7. The President gave an update regarding the GW Park at Potrero Canyon opening which is expected to take place on December 3rd at 10am, per CM Bonin’s team.

8.1.8. The President announced the appointed of a new Business Matters Advisor: Alan Goldsmith.

8.2. _From Officers_ – none.

8.3. _From At-Large and Area Representatives_ – none.

8.4.**** _From Organizational Representatives_ – none.

8.5. _From Government Offices / Representatives._

8.5.1. LAPD Presentation by Commander Jonathan Tom and Captain Craig Heredia.

Captain Craig Heredia introduced himself (over 27 years as a police officer) and made a presentation along with Brian Espin and Sgt. Scott Alpert. See presentation (<https://mcusercontent.com/e67def3ada76c274bac379123/files/018ac3ec-7390-ad96-5179-839c757304cd/West_LA_Area_Powerpoint_November_2022.pdf>).

Commander Jonathan Tom explained that his recent promotion to Commander happened quickly, so he bid us farewell as Captain and introduced Captain Heredia as the new Area Commanding Officer for West LA. He is proud of Captain Heredia and knows he will do well in this role.

Commander Tom thanked the PP community and remarked at how much we are a close-knit community with a strong identity that effectively advocates for its environs. He said that, while he is moving into the Commander role, he will always be a friend to the Palisades and is happy to address issues that come to his attention in his new role. “It was the honor of my career to serve on the Westside.” He has faith that Captain Heredia will be engaged with the community and will be an accessible Commander, as he was.

Commander Tom also introduced Sgt Alpert as SLO Brian Espin’s direct supervisor and the Supervisor of the community engagement team.

Commander Tom now serves as Assistant Commanding Officer of Operations - West Bureau, which includes: Hollywood, Wilshire, Olympic, West LA, Pacific and Pacific LAX. Deputy Chief Chow is the Commanding Officer of the Bureau. Commander Jonathan Pinto is the other Commander in the Bureau. Commander Tom is also in charge of the ATF Gun Violence Task Force at the Bureau.

PPCC President thanked Commander Tom for his years of service and formally welcomed Captain Heredia.

The President asked if we should come to Commander Tom or to Captain Heredia if we were to, for example, want to advocate for a patrol car to stay in the Palisades (i.e. not be called away, as it was last month when it took 18 minutes to get back).

Commander Tom said we should advocate to Capt. Heredia, and that request would make its way through internal channels to Commander Tom and his supervisors. Commander Tom said he will always be an ally who is familiar with the Palisades, and will do his best to advocate for our resources to remain intact.

8.5.2. Brian Espin. LAPD Senior Lead Officer for Pacific Palisades took part in LAPD presentation and announced that the beach detail was reallocated back to the Palisades with an extra car secured for our community. Asked for people to sign up to receive his weekly crime reports. When he gets the new crime maps, he will send to the community.

Saw reports of two burglaries – both were cases where suspects got into unlocked vehicles. Garage door openers were in the car, and so suspects got into garage and took items. He said please make sure vehicles are secured and locked, and find a hiding spot for the garage door opener – this concerns him that suspects can get into unlocked cars and then into homes though the garage.

Kimberly Bloom asked about the Hartzell incident: SLO Espin said there were no updates or arrests on the investigative side. Residents said the same vehicle was seen on Chautauqua, but no calls were recorded, even though there is a post on a social media platform. LAPD has not determined that the same car/same suspects were back in town.

Zar asked about fingerprints which he had said might be gleaned from the knife recovered on the scene. SLO Espin said there had been no prints recovered from the knife, as yet.

Karen Ridgley: Raised the idea of an office for the police in the Palisades. Zar said the idea is in the works, and updates are forthcoming.

Ridgley asked about response times – noted only urgent 911 calls are getting quick responses. Nonviolent response times are terribly slow and that impacts the quality-of-life offenses we deal with. Asks, how can we keep our police in the Palisades area – looking to enhance the response time and keep our resources local.

Captain Heredia said they are looking at ways to keep LAPD officers in the Palisades. Said they are short staffed on the sworn side and the non-sworn side.

Murray Levy, Area 1 Rep asked about traffic infractions. Captain Heredia said West LA Traffic is stepping up enforcement per updates received from SLOs.

8.5.3. Zac Gaidzik, Field Deputy, County Supervisor, Sheila Kuehl – not present.

8.5.4. Noah Fleishman, CD11 District Director, Office of CM Bonin – not present.

8.6. _From PPCC Advisors and WRAC Representatives_.

8.6.1. Lou Kamer, PPCC Transportation Advisor, PCH Taskforce meeting – not present

8.6.2. Sharon Kilbride, PPCC Homelessness Advisor, Winter Shelters

As there has been a lot of rain and cold, Ms. Kilbride asked about westside winter shelters run by the County of LA. There are none in our area.

After emailing City and County Field Reps, she founds that four new winter shelters opened on November 4th, but the closest ones are in downtown LA (Westside Armory was closed in 2020). “Very bleak and very sad.” Something needs to be done on this forefront.

There are a lot of “warming fires” where unhoused individuals are creating fires to stay warm because there are no winter shelters nearby. LAFD has come out to respond recently, and this is something that is concerning; the city and county need to provide more winter shelters during the cold months.

Ms. Kiibride informed the Board that Sue Pascoe got some assurances from candidates Traci Park and Erin Darling after writing an article, but for now, the problem remains that people are out on our streets and in our hillsides, creating fires to stay warm at night.

The President clarified that there are no winter shelters in all of SPA 5.

8.6.3. Allison Holdorff-Polhill, PPCC Education Advisor, Education update – not present.

9\. **Reports from Committees**** _._**

9.1. _Awards Selection Committee Report_ , made by Committee member, Daphne Gronich who thanked the community for all the nominations. She announced the selection of the Citizen of the Year, Golden Sparkplug and Pride of the Palisades Selection of 2022 Awardees.

Following consideration by the 2022 Selection and Awards Committee the following have been chosen to receive the Citizen of the Year Award, the Spark Plug Awards and the Pride of the Palisades Award:
Citizen of the Year Award: Michael Lanning
Sparkplug Awards: Cindy Simon & Tracey Price, James Cragg, Hazel Tate
Pride of the Palisades: Pacific Palisades Historical Society Centennial Celebration Committee.

Ms. Gronich briefly described the awardees’ accomplishments and noted that Selection Committee member Barbara Kohn, who was also a member of the PPHS Centennial Selection Committee, did not participate in the vote on the Pride of the Palisades award.

The President thanked Ms. Gronich and the Awards Selection Committee, chaired by Nancy and Kevin Niles, and the Board congratulated all the honorees.

9.2. _Awards Event Committee_ : Karen Ridgley, committee Co-Chair, reported that the Event Committee is on track for event planning and has already met and distributed tasks.

10.**Old Business** **–** none.

11\. **New Business.**

11.1. The Board took up a WRAC recommended motion to call upon Gil Cedillo and Kevin de Leon to resign from Los Angeles City Council. The motion calling on Kevin de Leon and Gil Cedillo to resign was made by At-large Rep, Chris Spitz, seconded by Steve Cron and passed unanimously.

11.2. The Board tabled discussion of a possible motion to urge LAPD to keep “the Palisades car” here in the Palisades at all times, since we learned from LAPD/Capt. Heredia that a beach patrol car has been (re)secured for the Palisades.

11.3. Discussion and possible motion on city bus shelters – are they suitable for Pacific Palisades – was tabled pending more info from new Council Office staff.

The President opened the floor to hear from members regarding their impressions/reservations about the new proposed transit shelters.

Julie Silliman, Area 7 Primary Rep, said she had investigated the statistics on bus ridership, and the numbers attributable to our community are fairly low (4/5 up to 10 people). A couple of our stops represent 40-50% of our ridership at certain times. They are not constant and only peak at certain times. She looked at the material and didn’t think they would be durable or attractive.

Eric Dugdale, PPHS Rep, said he drove by and thought the digital back-lit screen signage would be very distracting. Unclear what is being proposed and where they would be placed.

Courtney Macker, PPRA Representative, concurred that there’s little need for these shelters, as far as she can tell, as she lives close to one of the high ridership locations.

There was concern about scooter docks at the shelters and there was not much support for that (safety hazard and eyesore).

All agreed that these shelters would be inappropriate for us, given ridership, coastal/scenic highway placement of shelters.

Chris Spitz reminded us that all reps from Streets LA and Tranzito Vector have assured us that there will be more outreach before anything is implemented in PP. She notes IKE – the digital Kiosk advertising program which was heard in Council today, was put on hold for more review.

K.C. Soll, resident/Palisades CERT coordinator) says Sunset Blvd is more dangerous than ever, with high speeds and traffic and these shelters (with lights and screens) will be a distraction.

11.4. Discussion and motion regarding George Wolfberg Park at Potrero Canyon (GWPPC) signs, which the City is to print and install in time for the opening of the park. Language of motion below, sponsored by Chris Spitz, was seconded by Area 6 1st Alternate, Quentin Fleming, passed unanimously with a friendly amendment (seconded by Karen Ridgley, which also passed unanimously).

The friendly amendment was made by the President to include the requirement that the park opening hours remain and be codified/noticed as “Open from Sunrise to Sunset.” The motion passed unanimously.

_[See attachment, "Proposed motion requesting signage," below.]_

The President noted that the Wolfberg family has asked for an informative black and white sign in three locations throughout the park (this has been approved), and invited Diane Wolfberg to address signage and park opening, as she wishes.

A conversation ensued regarding the No Bicycling code section. The consensus was that pedal bicycling would be allowed and the signage should be worded to allow pedal bicycling but not motorized bicycling. The board agreed we should monitor the evolution of signage on this matter.

12.**Adjournment****.** Meeting adjourned at 8:05PM.

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**_[Attachment: Item 11.4]_**

Proposed motion requesting signage – George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon

Pacific Palisades Community Council (PPCC) urges the City of Los Angeles (City) and the Department of Recreation and Parks (RAP) to expedite preparation and installation of signs in George Wolfberg Park in Potrero Canyon (GW Park) containing the following rules and regulations:

* No smoking
* No open flames
* No fireworks
* No camping, no campfires
* No tents or other bulky items
* Specific reference to applicable Code section/s (including LAMC Sec. 63.44)
* Hours of park operation (i.e., closed from dusk to dawn)

The preparation and installation of such signs should be expedited in order for the signs to be in place at all park entrances and in other potential strategic locations, in time for the publicly-announced GW Park opening on December 3, 2022.

PPCC further urges City and RAP officials to meet and confer on site as soon as possible with LAPD officers who are thoroughly familiar with conditions in our bluff and canyon areas, to determine the most strategic and effective locations for placement of such signs within GW Park (in addition to locating signs at all park entrances) in order to deter camping, fires and other real and potential risks to community safety. These officers should include Senior Lead Officer Brian Espin and lead Beach Detail Officer Jose Bermudez.

This motion is made with reference to the following facts and concerns:

* LAMC Sec. 63.44 prohibits the above-referenced unsafe and dangerous activities in all City parks, including GW Park, and expressly requires “No smoking” and “No open flames” signs to be posted in “conspicuous” locations.
* The Coastal Commission permit for GW Park also specifically requires signage to be posted at the “Friends St. Trailhead,” indicating "hours of operation of the park, park rules and regulations, and amenities available."
* GW Park – as is the entirety of Pacific Palisades – is located in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ).

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* Based on long community experience, PPCC reasonably expects that illegal, unsafe and dangerous activities (including lighting fires and homeless camping/erecting tents or makeshift shelters in brush areas) will occur or be attempted in GW Park, just as such activities often occur in other nearby restricted bluff and canyon areas of Pacific Palisades.
* Posting of park rules and regulations is not only required but is necessary for LAPD and LAFD enforcement and thus is critical for the safety and security of park users, of the residential neighborhoods surrounding the canyon, and of the entire Palisades community.

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PPCC HOLIDAY AWARDS GALA DECEMBER 8, 2022 — BUSINESS MEETING NOT HELD/NO MINUTES.

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