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• Background re the Citywide Sign Ordinance – PPCC Participation and Positions

  Background Info March 22, 2018

  Public SafetySign Ordinance

  This document provides background on the Pacific Palisades Community Council's decade-long participation in efforts to enact a citywide sign ordinance, particularly regarding digital billboards and park protections. The PPCC has been actively involved since 2011 through various city committees and has expressed concerns about a December 2017 ordinance iteration that would allow billboards in parks and remove previously advocated protections.

  

• Letter - Sep 18, 2017 (Wracposition SB Cell Tower)

  Letter September 26, 2017

  Public SafetyPotrero CanyonMinutesCell Tower Regulation

  The Westside Regional Alliance of Councils, representing 13 neighborhood and community councils on Los Angeles's Westside, urges Governor Jerry Brown to veto SB 649, which would remove local city control over the placement of small cell wireless telecommunications facilities in public rights-of-way and on city property. Twelve of the thirteen member councils have voted to oppose the measure, joining the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors, and hundreds of other municipalities in their opposition.

  

• PPCC letter SB649-LGcmtee

  Letter June 20, 2017

  Public SafetyPotrero CanyonMinutesCell Tower Regulation

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes SB 649, legislation that would restrict local government authority to regulate small cell wireless telecommunications facilities in public rights of way. The council argues the bill strips cities and counties of regulatory power over location and aesthetics of wireless facilities in sensitive areas including residential zones, parks, and schools.

  

• Letter - May 8, 2017 (Vision Zero Motion Position)

  Letter May 11, 2017

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracCrime & Enforcement

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council expresses support for the City's Vision Zero Initiative to eliminate traffic deaths by 2020, following a traffic fatality in their community and in response to LAPD's plan to form a strategic team to address local traffic safety concerns. The council pledges to work with city departments and encourages collaborative efforts between the LAPD, LADOT, and community councils to implement effective solutions to traffic problems.

  

• Beach detail and motion

  Letter April 25, 2017

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracHomeless Camping

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council requests that the Los Angeles Police Department establish a year-round, budgeted beach patrol as a fixed line item to address homelessness and maintain enforcement continuity along the Los Angeles shoreline. The council reports success with their two-pronged approach combining services and enforcement, with approximately 40 people in interim housing or off the streets and over 30 enrolled in services.

  

• MVCC MOTION RE FLIGHT APPROACH PATHS TO LAX

  Motion September 27, 2016

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracAircraft Noise

  The Mar Vista Community Council passed a motion requesting that the Los Angeles City Council seek information from the FAA regarding changes to flight approach paths to LAX that began in October 2015, which have resulted in increased noise and lower altitude flights over Mar Vista and other neighborhoods. The motion expresses support for flight approaches that would reduce noise impacts on affected communities.

  

• Standing Policy - Cell Towers in PROW

  Position Paper June 20, 2016

  Public SafetyMotionsWracVHFHSZCell Tower Regulation

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council opposes the installation of wireless telecommunications antennas and cell towers at 302 Mt. Holyoke and in public rights of way without advance written notice to nearby property owners and homeowner associations, and without wireless providers developing a comprehensive master plan for all installations in the community. The master plan should include coverage assessments, feasibility analyses, design options, and community input surveys.

  

• LAX Community Noise Roundtable Summary 6/8/16

  Recap June 9, 2016

  Public SafetyAircraft Noise

  A June 8th LAX/Community Noise Round Table meeting presented results of the North Downwind Arrival Study, which analyzed aircraft operations data from 2010-2015 to investigate increased noise complaints since October 2015. The study found a 22% increase in aircraft operations, changes in fleet mix toward larger aircraft, and temporary flight track variations in 2014-2015, though altitudes remained largely unchanged and no single explanation for the complaint increase was identified.

  

• PLUM Sign Ordinance Letter

  Letter May 19, 2016

  Public SafetySign Ordinance

  The Pacific Palisades Community Council submitted a letter to the Los Angeles City Council PLUM Committee on May 19, 2016, expressing support for Sign Ordinance Version B+ and outlining six specific requirements including prohibiting off-site signage in parks, restricting new signs to designated commercial zones, and establishing takedown ratios for existing billboards.

  

• Councilmember Bonin Press Release

  Press Release May 18, 2016

  Public SafetyWildfire Prevention

  Councilmember Mike Bonin announced the restoration of Los Angeles Fire Department Engine Company 69 in Pacific Palisades, which had been permanently closed in 2011 due to budget cuts. The restoration will increase firefighters at Fire Station 69 from six to ten per shift and enhance emergency response capabilities for the neighborhood's high fire risk and limited access routes.