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Environment & Public SpacesUrban Forest
This document lists motions and letters passed by the Pacific Palisades Community Council since 2019, primarily focused on street tree selection policy, tree removals, replacement trees, native plant requirements, and tree canopy protection. The motions span from October 2019 through December 2023 and include resolutions, comment letters on environmental reviews, and position papers on urban forestry matters.
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Environment & Public SpacesMinutes
This is a traffic engineering design document for modifications to Chautauqua Boulevard at Pacific Coast Highway, showing two options for striping and marking changes with a design length of 550 feet. The project was approved in the 2019-2020 fiscal year with design completion dated November 14, 2019.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero Canyon
Congressman Ted W. Lieu delivered a speech honoring George Wolfberg, a longtime community leader in California's 33rd Congressional District, who received the Pride of the Palisades award from the Pacific Palisades Community Council. Wolfberg worked for the City of Los Angeles for 37 years and contributed to major initiatives including the 1984 Summer Olympics bid, anti-apartheid divestment efforts, city charter rewriting, and community planning for Pacific Palisades.
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Environment & Public SpacesStreet Furniture
The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a message to the City Council Transportation Committee opposing the legalization of rooftop digital advertising on taxicabs and for-hire vehicles in Los Angeles. The council urged committee members to oppose a motion on the November 13, 2019 agenda that would create such an advertising program.
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Environment & Public SpacesUrban ForestMinutesMotionsWrac
The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that the Urban Forestry Division resume street tree planting in Pacific Palisades following the Board's adoption of an urban forestry policy and street tree selection criteria developed by the Palisades Forestry Committee. The policy was adopted on October 24, 2019, after five months of research and community input.
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Environment & Public SpacesUrban ForestWrac
The Pacific Palisades Community Council adopted a resolution endorsing a street tree selection policy and mission statement developed by the Palisades Forestry Committee to enhance and sustain the urban forest through appropriate tree planting, community education, and protection of existing trees. The policy establishes criteria for selecting street trees based on growspace availability, water requirements, species diversity, aesthetics, canopy size, and other factors to maximize canopy coverage and tree health in the community.
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Environment & Public SpacesParks & RecreationMinutesMotionsWrac
The Pacific Palisades Community Council urges Councilmember Mike Bonin to approve the use of Palisades Recreation Center Quimby funds to complete an Environmental Impact Report required for the proposed Pacific Palisades dog park, which has been in development for three years with over 3000 resident supporters. The council states that CD11 has not yet committed to funding the EIR, which is necessary to move the project forward.
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Environment & Public SpacesCoastalWrac
The City of Santa Monica began construction on September 23, 2019 to improve the beach path from south of the pier to the Annenberg Beach House, including widening it to create separate pedestrian and multi-use paths, with completion expected by November 2020. The County of Los Angeles plans a similar project from the Annenberg Beach House to Will Rogers State Beach pending California Coastal Commission approval, with construction expected to begin in fall 2020.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero CanyonMinutes
This document lists the 2019-2020 Pacific Palisades Community Council board membership and organizational representatives, organized by category including standing organizations (Business, Education, Environment, Residents Association, Service Clubs) and rotating organizations (Cultural and Aesthetics, Historian, Civic Organizations, Recreation). Terms for all positions began October 1, 2019.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero CanyonMinutes
This document presents facts and questions about street tree designation policies in Pacific Palisades, noting that over 59% of decades-old tree designations are no longer permitted by the City due to health and infrastructure problems, and questions whether adopting Santa Monica's model with high failure rates would be a sustainable investment compared to relying on the Urban Forestry Division's free vetting process.