M.1. 21-2218 DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE SUBMITTAL OF CITY OF REDONDO BEACH WRITTEN COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO THE REVISED AND RECIRCULATED NOTICE OF PREPARATION FOR THE METRO C LINE (GREEN) EXTENSION TO TORRANCE PROJECT WHICH ARE DUE NO LATER THAN MARCH 29, 2021
California law requires that a seller disclose any all facts that could negatively impact property value. The fact this is being disclosed by all sellers in the immediate area clearly indicates property values will be negatively impacted.
EIR Question: What will the impact on the emotional / mental well being of individuals who live next to the tracks (who's property buts up against the train property), those who experience a commuter train that will pass by our homes every 7-10 min. 24/7 ? Some homes would be within 50 feet of the Green line commuter train. In R.B. its about 70 homes and in Lawndale nearly 200 homes that flank the train property.
Think about this a min. Your home, for years a quiet and peaceful place and then the interruption of a commuter train every 7 min. day or night announcing its arrival? Its arrival would happen 8 times an hour and that would be 192 times in a 24 hour period! It would surely take away the peace I have enjoyed in my quiet neighborhood. I see my house as a refuge of peace away from my
busy work day. Why should I have to suffer such a invasion into my peaceful life? This harm can be avoided if Alt #2 Hawthorne Blvd Business District is chosen and not Alt #1 near the neighborhood homes.
I would like our elected city council members to know that I strongly oppose the Metro extension along the ROW. I believe that Hawthorne Blvd is a much better option for this project because I firmly believe that transit should stay with transit. The extension should remain along Hawthorne (at grade, above grade or underground). Municipalities regularly integrate different forms of transit for travels along similar routes, and the South Bay should be no different. Keeping the extension on Hawthorne keeps thousands of metro riders out of the family neighborhoods of Redondo & Lawndale. It would also direct them to see what exists on Hawthorne Blvd, potentially bringing awareness to the many new and established brick and mortar businesses there.
Metros reasoning for rushing this project is so that it could be completed before the olympics. But the fact of the matter is that this project is decades too late, and instead of working with the least expensive, quickest solution, there needs to more thought put into a permanent long term solution. The olympics are going to be in LA for two weeks - the families and homes that will be affected by dozens of metro trains for 16 hours a day, 365 days a year will be here for decades.
I also see a huge missed opportunity for Metro to work with the Galleria property as a transit center along Hawthorne Blvd. Bringing the extension down the ROW will also take away any future opportunity to change transit stations.
I'm deeply concerned about the shell pipeline that is along the ROW. Having a birds eye view of a pipeline repair this past July that directly effected my property and living conditions, I can't imagine what moving the freight tracks close to the line would have the potential of doing.
I urge the city to listen to and help raise the voices of their residents.
As someone who lives right on the ROW, I vehemently oppose the notion of the Metro Green Line going onto the ROW. I have lived with sensory integration dysfunction my entire life, which has given me incredibly sensitive hearing. While I can deal with the noise of a train going behind my house once or twice a day provided I am not outside, the noise of a train going by every several minutes would be absolutely unbearable. Coupled with my on-and-off tinnitus, I am extremely concerned that the noise from the train will cause irreparable damage to my hearing. In addition, there is the visual factor to consider. A large wall going up would obscure my view of the trees and make my backyard look like a prison (and with quarantine for the past year, the last thing I need is for my home to feel even more like a prison).
As a Ground Zero homeowner right smack on the ROW, I oppose the revised letter drawn up by city staff for the following reasons:
First of all, it’s alarming not to see pointed, decisive support for us 200+ egregiously affected Redondo Beach homeowners by making crystal clear our opposition to Alt 1. Torrance clearly, pointedly and decisively make their position clear in their scoping letter to Metro, why wouldn’t we? The Lawndale planning rep spoke definitively about their concern for their homeowners and residents as their priority in that scoping meeting with city planners on 2/21/21 with Metro, we’d appreciate hearing that about us, and forcefully.
The RB letter posted as an agenda item contains a lot of misleading and false info. The zoning on ROW looks to be conflated with the Edison lines bike path so that needed to be struck from the letter. A lot of language regarding Waterfront and Catalina corridor zoning - totally irrelevant, plus more irrelevant language about multi-family building codes. All which needed to be struck as well.
Speaking to each alternative needs to be separate so it’s clear what concerns we have about what and state our opposition. Our safeguarding and respect for our citizens needs to be made very clear. Relevant, studied language about the dangers of the petroleum gas within the corridor needed to be made explicit. Also the proximity to such flammable materials to not only the homeowners but PASSENGERS.
In the current RB letter to Metro there is no positioning at all, especially in light of Torrance’s well-oiled, united and pointed (albeit misguided) positioning in their Letter. In reference to us 200+ RB homeowners directly affected by Alt 1 in their Torrance meetings they have dismissively said, “Oh they’re used to it”.
Redondo Beach leadership cannot allow them to speak for us or about us in such a horribly FALSE manner. Let’s not be steamrolled.
Our concerns far outweigh arguments opposing Alt 2 for public safety regarding liquid petroleum gas located within the ROW corridor, noise pollution especially with the rail crossings, property values in the 100’s of thousands and quality of life in our peaceful hometown.
I oppose the ROW option to extend the Metro Greenline to Torrance. There is a Shell pipeline between our townhome community and the train tracks. There are also other pipelines in the vicinity. Currently, only a few trains pass by per day. With the addition of new tracks and constant train traffic, how would the constant vibration affect these pipelines, safety to the community and neighborhood, and the structural aspects of our homes? Thank you.
Using the ROW option for the Metro C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance would have a negative impact on the neighborhood that I am a home owner as well as the City of Redondo Beach. The objections at this point I hope are well doucumented. I would request that the letter being drafted bye the City Counsil convey the message of a definite NO to the ROW option. The message should be that the City of Redondo Beach will not allow Metro in any way, shape or form to use the ROW corridor! Hawthorne Bloulevard is the only logical option for the Metro C Extension. Thank you. Steve Catalano
This extension can not go into the backyards of our homes. The noise, vibrations, traffic congestion, increase in crime, and proximity to schools makes this proposal totally ridiculous. It will devalue areas of our city and would be a disaster for our local community.
California law requires that a seller disclose any all facts that could negatively impact property value. The fact this is being disclosed by all sellers in the immediate area clearly indicates property values will be negatively impacted.
EIR Question: What will the impact on the emotional / mental well being of individuals who live next to the tracks (who's property buts up against the train property), those who experience a commuter train that will pass by our homes every 7-10 min. 24/7 ? Some homes would be within 50 feet of the Green line commuter train. In R.B. its about 70 homes and in Lawndale nearly 200 homes that flank the train property.
Think about this a min. Your home, for years a quiet and peaceful place and then the interruption of a commuter train every 7 min. day or night announcing its arrival? Its arrival would happen 8 times an hour and that would be 192 times in a 24 hour period! It would surely take away the peace I have enjoyed in my quiet neighborhood. I see my house as a refuge of peace away from my
busy work day. Why should I have to suffer such a invasion into my peaceful life? This harm can be avoided if Alt #2 Hawthorne Blvd Business District is chosen and not Alt #1 near the neighborhood homes.
I would like our elected city council members to know that I strongly oppose the Metro extension along the ROW. I believe that Hawthorne Blvd is a much better option for this project because I firmly believe that transit should stay with transit. The extension should remain along Hawthorne (at grade, above grade or underground). Municipalities regularly integrate different forms of transit for travels along similar routes, and the South Bay should be no different. Keeping the extension on Hawthorne keeps thousands of metro riders out of the family neighborhoods of Redondo & Lawndale. It would also direct them to see what exists on Hawthorne Blvd, potentially bringing awareness to the many new and established brick and mortar businesses there.
Metros reasoning for rushing this project is so that it could be completed before the olympics. But the fact of the matter is that this project is decades too late, and instead of working with the least expensive, quickest solution, there needs to more thought put into a permanent long term solution. The olympics are going to be in LA for two weeks - the families and homes that will be affected by dozens of metro trains for 16 hours a day, 365 days a year will be here for decades.
I also see a huge missed opportunity for Metro to work with the Galleria property as a transit center along Hawthorne Blvd. Bringing the extension down the ROW will also take away any future opportunity to change transit stations.
I'm deeply concerned about the shell pipeline that is along the ROW. Having a birds eye view of a pipeline repair this past July that directly effected my property and living conditions, I can't imagine what moving the freight tracks close to the line would have the potential of doing.
I urge the city to listen to and help raise the voices of their residents.
As someone who lives right on the ROW, I vehemently oppose the notion of the Metro Green Line going onto the ROW. I have lived with sensory integration dysfunction my entire life, which has given me incredibly sensitive hearing. While I can deal with the noise of a train going behind my house once or twice a day provided I am not outside, the noise of a train going by every several minutes would be absolutely unbearable. Coupled with my on-and-off tinnitus, I am extremely concerned that the noise from the train will cause irreparable damage to my hearing. In addition, there is the visual factor to consider. A large wall going up would obscure my view of the trees and make my backyard look like a prison (and with quarantine for the past year, the last thing I need is for my home to feel even more like a prison).
I do support the Metro going down Hawthorne Blvd.
As a Ground Zero homeowner right smack on the ROW, I oppose the revised letter drawn up by city staff for the following reasons:
First of all, it’s alarming not to see pointed, decisive support for us 200+ egregiously affected Redondo Beach homeowners by making crystal clear our opposition to Alt 1. Torrance clearly, pointedly and decisively make their position clear in their scoping letter to Metro, why wouldn’t we? The Lawndale planning rep spoke definitively about their concern for their homeowners and residents as their priority in that scoping meeting with city planners on 2/21/21 with Metro, we’d appreciate hearing that about us, and forcefully.
The RB letter posted as an agenda item contains a lot of misleading and false info. The zoning on ROW looks to be conflated with the Edison lines bike path so that needed to be struck from the letter. A lot of language regarding Waterfront and Catalina corridor zoning - totally irrelevant, plus more irrelevant language about multi-family building codes. All which needed to be struck as well.
Speaking to each alternative needs to be separate so it’s clear what concerns we have about what and state our opposition. Our safeguarding and respect for our citizens needs to be made very clear. Relevant, studied language about the dangers of the petroleum gas within the corridor needed to be made explicit. Also the proximity to such flammable materials to not only the homeowners but PASSENGERS.
In the current RB letter to Metro there is no positioning at all, especially in light of Torrance’s well-oiled, united and pointed (albeit misguided) positioning in their Letter. In reference to us 200+ RB homeowners directly affected by Alt 1 in their Torrance meetings they have dismissively said, “Oh they’re used to it”.
Redondo Beach leadership cannot allow them to speak for us or about us in such a horribly FALSE manner. Let’s not be steamrolled.
Our concerns far outweigh arguments opposing Alt 2 for public safety regarding liquid petroleum gas located within the ROW corridor, noise pollution especially with the rail crossings, property values in the 100’s of thousands and quality of life in our peaceful hometown.
I oppose the ROW option to extend the Metro Greenline to Torrance. There is a Shell pipeline between our townhome community and the train tracks. There are also other pipelines in the vicinity. Currently, only a few trains pass by per day. With the addition of new tracks and constant train traffic, how would the constant vibration affect these pipelines, safety to the community and neighborhood, and the structural aspects of our homes? Thank you.
Using the ROW option for the Metro C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance would have a negative impact on the neighborhood that I am a home owner as well as the City of Redondo Beach. The objections at this point I hope are well doucumented. I would request that the letter being drafted bye the City Counsil convey the message of a definite NO to the ROW option. The message should be that the City of Redondo Beach will not allow Metro in any way, shape or form to use the ROW corridor! Hawthorne Bloulevard is the only logical option for the Metro C Extension. Thank you. Steve Catalano
This extension can not go into the backyards of our homes. The noise, vibrations, traffic congestion, increase in crime, and proximity to schools makes this proposal totally ridiculous. It will devalue areas of our city and would be a disaster for our local community.