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AGENDA
PPCC BOARD MEETING
April 9, 2026
6:00 PM via Zoom
Link to Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88283101185?pwd=G7rqFX4t6sGl3K6B4srbYL9HC67efX.1#success
Meeting will be recorded for secretarial purposes; portions of the recording
may be made available to the public following the meeting
Items may be rearranged at the discretion of the Chair/Presiding Officer (PPCC Bylaws, Art. IX.4)
1. Call to Order and Reading of Community Council’s Mission. The purpose of the Pacific Palisades
Community Council shall be to (1) be a forum for the consideration of Community issues, (2) be an
advocate for Pacific Palisades to government and private agencies upon issues where there is broad
Community agreement, as reflected by two-thirds of the Board Members voting on any one of those
issues at a PPCC Meeting, and (3) assist other organizations in the Palisades which want help in
accomplishing their objectives or projects, which the PPCC determines to support. See PPCC Bylaws:
http://pacpalicc.org/index.php/council-bylaws/.
2. Introductions / Roll Call / Certification of Quorum.
3. Approval of Minutes. Approval of draft minutes of March 26, 2026.
4. Consideration of Agenda & Upcoming Board Meetings. April 23, 2026 (Bylaws Committee 1st
Distribution of recommended Bylaws amendments; [tentative] LADWP presentation on water
infrastructure); May 14, 2026 (Bylaws Committee 2nd Distribution of recommended Bylaws
amendments and motion for Board approval of Amendments; Nominating Committee announcement
of PPCC officer candidates; Board nominations open).
6. Treasurer’s Report.
7. General Public Comment – As time allows. (Note: This time is reserved for non-Board members to speak
on any item of interest to the public that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the PPCC (Bylaws Art. IX.7).
Speakers will be limited to one minute. Chair retains discretion to extend. All speakers during Public Comment
and other agenda items are expected to practice civility and decorum in speech, to demonstrate courtesy and
respect, and to avoid making personal, threatening or disparaging comments about others. Chair retains
discretion to limit speakers who violate principles of civility and decorum.)
8. Reports, Announcements and Concerns.

8.1. From the Chair/Presiding Officer.
8.1.1. Appointment of Nominating Committee to nominate candidates for PPCC officer positions for
the 2026-27 term, beginning 7/1/26. Process: Committee presents its nominations and nominations
open from the Board on 5/14/26; Board nominations close on 5/28/26; candidates forum (if needed)
and election of PPCC officers take place on 6/13/26 (PPCC Bylaws, Art. VII).
8.1.2. Recap: Community Renewal Celebration 3/22/26.
8.1.3. Update: Status of Advisory Task Forces.
8.1.4. Update: Status of new proposed PPCC website.
8.1.5. Update: ACE Building Materials Yard operations: permit amended to provide for a 6 a.m.
starting hour.
8.1.6. Update: Status of Palisades Bowl mobile home park.
8.2. From Officers/Chair Emeritus.
8.2.1. Quentin Fleming (Vice-President). Status of PPCC-NORC Survey follow-up.
8.3. From At-Large and Area Representatives.
8.4. From Organizational Representatives.
8.5. From Government Offices / Representatives (as available). Contact information:
https://pacpalicc.org/index.php/government-contacts/.
8.5.1. Brian Espin, LAPD Senior Lead Officer (SLO), Pacific Palisades.
8.5.2. Arus Grigoryan, Palisades Field Deputy, CD 11 (Councilwoman Traci Park).
8.5.3. Marian Ensley, West Area Representative, Mayor Karen Bass.
8.5.4. Zac Gaidzik, Coastal & Westside Field Deputy, County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath.
8.5.5. Sean Regan, District Representative, Congressman Brad Sherman.
8.5.6. Sophia Liebman, Field Representative, SD 24 (Sen. Ben Allen).
8.5.7. Anthony Avila, Field Representative, AD 42 (Asm. Jacqui Irwin).
8.6. From PPCC Advisors and Liaisons.
9. Reports from PPCC Committees. Committee information: https://pacpalicc.org/index.php/committees/
9.1. Grants Committee (Quentin Fleming, Chair). Committee update / grant recommendations for
Board approval. Documents relevant to the Grant process:
Conflict of Interest Rules: https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Conflict-of-Interest-Rules-Grants.pdf
Application Guidelines: https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Guidelines-for-Grants1.pdf
Committee Statement: https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/PPCC-Grants-Cmtee-Statement.pdf
Recommended grants:
$5,000 to Methodist Pre-School of Pacific Palisades
https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Grant-Recommend-Methodist-Preschool.pdf
$5,000 to Palisades Charter High School – Softball
https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Grant-Recommend-Pali-Softball.pdf
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9.2. Land Use Committee (LUC/Chris Spitz, Chair). LUC recommendation and motions for Board
approval regarding (A) proposed mixed-use project at 15113 Sunset Blvd., and (B) density mandates
and emergency evacuation. See attached background information and text of motions.
9.3. Bylaws Committee (Chris Spitz & Maryam Zar, Co-Chairs). Committee update.
9.4. Infrastructure Committee (Reza Akef, Chair). Committee update.
9.5. Emergency Preparedness Committee (EPC/Cindi Young, Chair). Committee update.
10. Old Business – None.
11. New Business (see LUC motions/item 9.2 above)
6. Adjournment.
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For additional information see www.pacpalicc.org or e-mail info@pacpalicc.org.
ATTACHMENT – Item 9.2:
(A) LUC motion regarding proposed mixed-use project at 15113 Sunset Blvd.
Background: https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Background-15113-Sunset-Blvd.pdf
Proposed motion text:
“This motion is made with reference to the following facts and considerations:
1) A mixed-use project has been proposed for a now-vacant lot at 15113 Sunset Blvd. in Pacific Palisades
(rebuild of the former building destroyed in the Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025).
2) The project applicant seeks certain incentives and waivers to provide relief from several development
standards in the City of L.A. Municipal Code (LAMC) and the Pacific Palisades Commercial Village and
Neighborhoods Specific Plan (Specific Plan):
• Height increase to 40’ in lieu of the 30’ height limit in Specific Plan section 7A.
• Increase the height limit as measured from grade to the ceiling of the upper story to 34’-9” in lieu of 27’
height limit in Specific Plan section 7B.
• Provide no parking spaces for the commercial uses in the building in lieu of the commercial parking
requirements in Specific Plan section 10B. (Note: the LUC has not calculated the total number of parking
stalls required by the Specific Plan).
• Reduce required Open Space from 650 square feet to 50 square feet.
• Decrease north and south side-yard requirements for residential portions to 0’ in lieu of 6’ as required by
LAMC 12.13.C.2(c).
• To not provide a Loading Zone as required by LAMC 12.21.C.6.
• To reduce bicycle parking to 8 stalls in lieu of 17 stalls as required by Specific Plan section 10D.
• To reduce residential parking to 6 stalls in lieu of 9 stalls as required by Specific Plan section 10B.
• To remove the landscape buffer requirement in Specific Plan section 12D.
3) At a well-attended online PPCC Land Use Committee (LUC) meeting on February 11, 2026, at which the
project applicant and its representative presented information about the project, members of the public
expressed particular concern about (1) the elimination of 100% of required commercial parking, (2) the fact
that the use of mechanical lifts means, in effect, that parking will be provided for only 4 of the 6 residential
units, and (3) the increase in overall scale and mass of the project resulting from the height increase and the
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elimination side-yard setbacks for the upper two stories of residential use. The LUC and PPCC Board share
these concerns.
4) The LUC and PPCC Board are also concerned about the cumulative impacts as other commercial property
owners within the Specific Plan area seek to rebuild their sites.
5) PPCC welcomes the effort of the applicant to rebuild the building lost to the devastating Palisades Fire,
and to help reinvigorate the commercial corridor along Sunset Blvd. PPCC wishes to encourage other
commercial property owners to do the same. The project applicant has explained that the economics of the
rebuilding project require the waivers and incentives they have requested. PPCC also acknowledges that State
density bonus laws and other State mandates may make such waivers and incentives beyond the City’s
authority to deny.
6) Nonetheless, PPCC has consistently opposed increased density in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone
(VHFHZ), including the project site (Pacific Palisades is entirely located in the VHFHSZ). PPCC is also acutely
aware of parking problems and constraints on emergency vehicle access in the adjacent “Alphabet Streets”
neighborhood bordering the project site.
Based on the above facts and considerations, PPCC therefore:
1) opposes the proposed mixed-use project at 15113 Sunset Blvd.; and
2) strongly recommends that the project applicant seek to lease nearby parking stalls for the use of project
residents and employees of the future commercial tenants, and attempt to work with the neighboring
commercial property owners to find cooperative solutions to the cumulative negative neighborhood
impacts certain to result from the redevelopment of those nearby properties.”
PDF of motion text: https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PPCC-Motion-15113-Sunset-Blvd.pdf
(B) LUC motion regarding density mandates and emergency evacuation
Background: See facts and considerations in motion text below.
Proposed motion text:
“This motion is made with reference to the following facts and considerations:
1) Large portions of commercial and multi-family zoned areas of Pacific Palisades were destroyed in the
catastrophic Palisades Fire on January 7, 2025, leaving many vacant lots along the Sunset Boulevard corridor
stretching west from the Commercial Village to Pacific Coast Highway, and on sites located within the areas of
the Pacific Palisades Commercial Village and Neighborhoods Specific Plan (Specific Plan).
2) Pacific Palisades is entirely located in the Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone (VHFHSZ), with extremely
limited routes of ingress and egress. PPCC has consistently opposed increased housing density in the Palisades
due to the dangerous impacts on public safety in emergency evacuations. During the Palisades Fire on January
7, 2025, at existing levels of housing density, the danger to lives and property presented by crowded conditions
on our roads was made shockingly evident, when residents under mandatory evacuation were forced to
abandon cars and flee for their lives on foot while emergency vehicles were impeded from entering burning
areas.
4) At least one commercial property owner in Pacific Palisades is seeking a permit, in part under State density
bonus law, to rebuild a former building on a now-vacant lot on Sunset Blvd. in the Commercial Village. The
PPCC Land Use Committee (LUC) and PPCC Board are concerned about the cumulative impacts as other
commercial property owners within the Specific Plan area, and owners of multi-family zoned sites along the
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Sunset Blvd. corridor, seek to rebuild their sites and may utilize State density bonus laws or other State housing
mandates to increase the density of rebuild projects.
5) On October 3, 2025, the City Council passed a motion by Councilwoman Park in CF 25-0848
(https://cityclerk.lacity.org/lacityclerkconnect/index.cfm?fa=ccfi.viewrecord&cfnumber=25-0848), directing, among
other things, expedited completion of reports on the City’s compliance with AB 747, a list of evacuation routes
within CD 11, and plans to improve evacuation route infrastructure. To date, the directed reports have not
been returned. PPCC strongly supported this motion (https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PPCC-
Letter-CF-25-0848-Evacuations-Reports.pdf).
Based on the above facts and considerations, PPCC therefore requests that:
3) the relevant City agencies directed to report back in CF 25-0848 do so without further delay;
4) relevant City agencies (e.g., LAFD, the Planning and/or Emergency Management Depts.) undertake
catastrophe modeling studies in the Specific Plan and Sunset Blvd. corridor neighborhoods of the
Palisades, to ascertain the actual impacts on emergency evacuation and the risk to public safety from
varying levels of increased housing density, expected to be proposed for rebuild projects on now-vacant
commercial and multi-family zoned lots in Pacific Palisades;
5) upon ascertaining the impacts and risk to public safety from increased levels of density, the City
immediately develop and implement effective evacuation plans for Pacific Palisades (as required under
AB 747 and contemplated in CF 25-0848), to address the likelihood of increased housing density during
the rebuild;
6) the City pause its issuance of rebuild permits for density bonus projects in the Specific Plan and Sunset
Blvd. corridor neighborhoods of the Palisades until such catastrophe modeling studies and development
and implementation of evacuation plans for Pacific Palisades have been completed; and
7) to the extent necessary, in the overriding interest of public safety, Governor Gavin Newsom issue an
emergency order, and Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Traci Park request the Governor to issue such
an order, authorizing suspension of permit issuance for density bonus projects in the Palisades until the
City’s compliance with AB 747 has occurred, and development and implementation of evacuation plans
for Pacific Palisades have been completed.”
PDF of motion text: https://pacpalicc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PPCC-Motion-Evecuation-Density.pdf
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