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The Palisades Forestry Committee document outlines the committee's vision, mission, and objectives for enhancing and sustaining the urban forest in Pacific Palisades through tree preservation, planting, and community education. The document details proposed urban forest policies including tree designation criteria based on the Santa Monica Urban Forest Master Plan, removal restrictions, maintenance standards, and public outreach strategies.
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Environment & Public SpacesParks & RecreationWrac
This document provides factual information about skateparks in the Los Angeles area, including details about nearby facilities in Santa Monica and Venice Beach, other skateparks maintained by the City of LA, and cost estimates for constructing a new skatepark. The information was compiled for discussion as Item 11.2 on the Pacific Palisades Community Council agenda.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero CanyonMinutes
This report from CD11 Palisades Deputy Lisa Cahill addresses community questions to Councilmember Bonin on topics including dog park funding, sidewalk repair programs, dockless scooter regulation, street tree protection, brush clearance, intersection redesign, park recycling, and traffic signals. The deputy provides updates on the status of various city initiatives and outlines the roles of different city departments in addressing community concerns.
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Environment & Public SpacesCoastal
The Pacific Palisades Community Council wrote to the California Coastal Commission on June 26, 2019, requesting clarification regarding reports that the Coastal Zone maps may have been redrawn to remove certain Pacific Palisades properties from the Riviera, Castellammare, and Palisades Highlands areas, and expressing concern about whether such changes were made without public notice and hearings.
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Environment & Public SpacesUrban ForestWrac
PPCC Wildfire Safety Advisor Miriam Schulman reports that four community members completed a National Fire Prevention Association certification course on evaluating homes for wildfire vulnerability, focusing on how blowing embers cause houses to burn. The course included firefighters, home inspectors, and homeowners, with the goal of disseminating wildfire resistance information to Pacific Palisades residents.
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Environment & Public SpacesPotrero CanyonMinutes
Michael G. Terry presented the Palisades Beautiful Street Tree Committee's efforts to update street tree policies for Pacific Palisades, requesting the Community Council's evaluation and approval of revised policies to facilitate tree planting in parkways. The presentation included historical designations of tree species for various streets and described the committee's 2015 evaluation of species based on invasiveness, root damage, litter, water use, disease, allergenicity, and fire hazard.
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Environment & Public SpacesDrainageMinutesMotionsWrac
The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously passed a motion on April 11, 2019, requesting that Los Angeles County, the City of Los Angeles, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers coordinate comprehensive flood protection and mitigation efforts for the LA River, including sediment removal, infrastructure improvements, and Congressional authorization for a feasibility study. The Council urges immediate action to address flood risks and implement modern flood control measures to protect residents from potential catastrophic flooding.
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Environment & Public SpacesDrainageMinutesMotionsWrac
The Pacific Palisades Community Council adopted a motion requesting that Los Angeles County coordinate with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and City of Los Angeles to study and implement flood protection and mitigation measures for the LA River area, including sediment removal, hardscape reduction, flood walls, and land use evaluation. The Council also urged local officials to request Congressional authorization for a Flood Risk Management feasibility study.
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Environment & Public SpacesDrainage
Ami Fields-Meyer, West LA Representative for Mayor Garcetti, provided updates on wastewater recycling infrastructure improvements and blue bin recycling practices in response to PPCC meeting questions. The city has expanded recycled water capacity at multiple facilities and is developing advanced purification systems, while blue bin materials continue to be recycled at municipal facilities despite stricter contamination standards that sometimes result in loads being diverted to landfill.
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Environment & Public SpacesDrainageWrac
This document provides background on a motion regarding LA River flood protection and mitigation, noting that government agencies have failed to implement flood control measures recommended in a 1991 report and calling for a federally-funded Flood Risk Management feasibility study to be conducted. The document supports LA County's proposed divestiture of 40 miles of the river and emphasizes the importance of comprehensive flood control planning given potential catastrophic impacts on the region.