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Pacific Palisades Community Council
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Our next meeting
will be held on June 13th by Zoom, from 6-8PM.
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Our final meeting
of the 2023-24 term is scheduled for June 27th at the Palisades Library meeting room, but may change due to a conflict with the Presidential debate planned for the same date and time.
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Note
: Area and At-large elections are coming up later this summer.
PCH / Tramonto Slide Update
Following the collapse of the Tramontyo Slide onto PCH several weeks ago, and the ensuing obstruction of one lane of traffic, The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) announced a Director’s Order to allow an extra lane on northbound State Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway/PCH) at Porto Marina Way, north of Sunset Boulevard, in Pacific Palisades to be painted. An emergency Caltrans Director’s Order was requested to fund creating a second northbound lane outside of the closed right lane and a plan to reconfigure the lanes was implemented last weekend to allow the safe and smooth flow of traffic.
We have now been informed that the speed limit through this zone of realigned lanes on the PCH is 35 miles per hour and there is k-rail in place on the northbound shoulder. Please drive through the zone with caution.
The “ghost lines” from old striping have been sandblasted off, and installation of safety and speed limit signs has been completed.
Plans to repair undulated pavement south of the slide are under design.
Photos are attached.
Click
here
for the most recent
Palisades Crime Map
from LAPD Senior Lead Officer (SLO) Brian Espin.
Our crime picture for the area looks good as we are only reporting one burglary for last week. We have still not been able to merge our new crime reporting system with the old. Which is why you will not see some crimes listed on the map. Our two auto related crimes were at the beach and hiking trailhead. Please continue to secure your belongings and keep them out of plain sight. I have noticed in the last month looking at the theft reports throughout West LA. People have been leaving their valuables behind or not keeping their property close to them.  If you are shopping or even sitting at a coffee shop. Keep your personal items close to you and in visible sight.
Lastly, with the end of the school year upon us. I am hoping some of the juvenal activity that has been occurring after school will fade away. That doesn't mean it's going to disappear but at least calm down quite a bit. Yesterday (Wednesday 6-5) We were dealing with a large group of kids gathering and causing a disturbance for the last day of school. A small fight with kids did break out but ran away when we approached. The group was finally able to disperse after an hour and half passed after school. I believe since it was the last day of school a larger number than usual had converged in the neighborhood. Please let me know if there are any questions or concerns that you feel need to be brought to my attention.
BOE: Notice of Availability of Recirculated Portions of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Sidewalk Repair Program (SCH No. 2017071063)
The City of Los Angeles (City) has prepared recirculated portions of the Sidewalk Repair Program Environmental Impact Report (2021 EIR or EIR) for the proposed Los Angeles Sidewalk Repair Program (proposed Project) that addresses the manner in which sidewalk repair projects are undertaken pursuant to the City’s obligations under the Willits Settlement Agreement (Willits Settlement). The EIR was certified on June 22, 2021, but subsequently challenged by United Neighborhoods for Los Angeles and Angelenos for Trees, resulting in a judgment in favor of the petitioners and decertification of the EIR.* The recirculated portions of the EIR address the legal defects in the 2021 EIR that were identified by the court so that the City may reconsider the Project for approval. The portions of the EIR are being recirculated pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15088.5.
The City is requesting input on the recirculated portions of the Draft EIR from public agencies, residents, and other interested project stakeholders.
Click here to submit comment
Topanga Canyon Road is now open
(several months in advance of schedule)
“I want to commend all those responsible for the quick reopening of this critical route. Caltrans District 7 and the California State Transportation Agency, along with their contractors, have once again come through in record time and have announced that the highway will be reopened on Sunday! Thank you to all involved and in particular, thank you to the residents of Topanga who have experienced this disruption firsthand over these past months.” –
Assemblymember Jacqui Irwin
Tramonto Slide Update
Update: Following PPCC Special Meeting, presentation & discussion and our ensuing
letter
to CD11, Councilwoman Traci Park has requested $1.150M from the Budget Finance and Innovation Committee of the City Council to fund the commissioning of a current report (similar to the 2010 URS study done jointly by the City and Caltrans) to estimate the cost of stabilizing the Tramonto Slide. We thank the Councilwoman for being proactive on this issue.
PPCC has also asked the State and the County to take part in helping identify funding for the remediation of this slide, as one project and not a piecemeal process of private developers stabilizing portions of the hillside with each permitted project. We have herd back from the office of County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath that in recent meetings, all agencies agreed than the slide would be best served with stabilization that is done in concert, and not in piecemeal.
Councilwoman Park Motion
We hope everyone enjoys today's Resilient Palisades "Veg Fest" at The Village Green from 11am to 2pm.
FROM PPCC President
I have been made aware, as have many of you, that there have been fights involving juveniles in and around the village and that videos of these altercations have been circulated online and in local outlets of news and information. I realize that these instances are concerning to may residents for whom the issue of juveniles acting inappropriately in our community have become increasingly disturbing. PPCC has been discussing these maters at our meetings, and we have been helping find solutions by engaging the approbate agencies. When they were concentrated at the Park, we implored the City's Department of Recreation & Parks (RAP) to work with us to install cameras that could pan, tilt and zoom to catch inappropriate conduct and help LAPD identify bad actors and address them. We asked LAPD to increase patrols and focus on areas of heightened disturbance. Through a combination of community vigilance and LAPD allocating discretionary funds fro other resources over to us, we were able to root our the disturbances at the park, reducing them markedly.
A few weeks ago, we were informed that the disturbances had moved to the LA City owned parking lot on Sunset Boulevard. Businesses there had been adversely impacted by youth disturbances and we were asked to help. At our urging, LAPD increased their patrols in that area after school and encouraged local businesses to hire a private security agency. The combination made a difference and that area has seen a reduction in the concerning activity. Still, residents and business owners are disturbed and have asked to donate money for a plan to put more enforcement support in place. Now, we see video and reports of fights and unequivocally inappropriate, even toxic, activity in our common spaces.  Notably, Palisades High School has sent out an
alert
to all families reminding them of the importance of "being aware of your child’s whereabouts after school, particularly on early dismissal days." The letter states that recently, there have been "disruptions occurring in the village, which are totally unacceptable," and they ask parents to "check in with your children and ensure they are engaging in productive activities if they are in the village. Otherwise, they should be heading straight home."
In light of all this, PPCC is working to craft a public/private pilot where we can support the Council Office as they find a way to allocate some discretionary funding to LAPD, in order to enable an extra 15-20 hours of patrols in Pacific Palisades. Both LAPD Captain Rich Gabaldon as well as Councilwoman Traci Park have welcomed the idea and are discussing options. We will keep the community abreast of developments, and will continue to push for a solution. All ideas and suggestions from the community are
welcome
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