Hello Neighbors!!
Last year we didn’t get a berm due to budget cuts. Last year was not an El Nino year, this upcoming Winter is.
There is a plan that is being approved TOMORROW (in NorCal) that doesn’t include the berm that we normally have had here in the Jungle. Many of the residents here are concerned (there are links at the end of the letter for references) about safety of people and property. Please show your solidarity for this issue by signing your name below and forward to all your neighbors who live in and around this community. Let’s work together on the front end so we aren't pulling together on the back end of a bad situation.
The petition below is going to the Planning Specialist for Beaches and Harbors, who will read our letter during public comments. We also have two people speaking on our behalf, so they should have to table this matter due to the public outcry.
Won’t you outcry with us by signing your name? Please forward, share, etc.!!!
Please add yourself, friends and neighbors to the FB Group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463694323960056/
September 9, 2015
Dear Mr. Tripp,
Thank you for taking to the time to address our concerns regarding the proposed Berm that is part of the Dockwiller State Beach section of the Coastal Commission Permit # 5-14-1345. The area of oversight that we want to bring to your attention is around the proposed 300 foot berm located at Lifeguard Tower 42 (Exhibit 3, see page 13 of Permit). If the oncoming El Nino brings the dangerous tidal activity as it’s predicted to, there are over 150 residences in a vulnerable location.
Until last year, there has always been a massive berm along the beach protecting the people and property in our community. Last year, only the LIfeguard tower had a Berm in front of it, however it wasn’t a El Nino year. There is an understanding of budget cuts were the reason for the lack of regular berm in 2014-15, the cost of loss of life and property as the result of nothing thinking through the plan seems far greater. As we learned from hurricane Sandy, it’s better to have a berm and not need it, than the reverse.
We the undersigned DO NOT SUPPORT the proposed permit as-is and would like your agency to reevaluate the plan around the Culver Blvd. Berm Area.
Thank you again for your time and understanding,
The Residents of Playa Del Rey, 90293
CC:
Mandy Revel, California Coastal Commission, Long Beach
Mike Bonin, Los Angeles Councilmember, 11th District
Edmund Brown, Governor of California
References:
Please add yourself, friends and neighbors to the FB Group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463694323960056/
Link to the Permit that is the topic of conversation:
http://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2015/9/w8a-9-2015.pdf
Press Regarding upcoming El Nino:
Link to Coastal Commission's Website:
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.htmlUpdates
September 9, 2015
I am honestly overwhelmed by the momentum that has gathered here. This is entirely a result of you deciding that our community needs protection. I never imagined so many people would join this effort to keep our neighborhood safe.
Reached 100 supporters
September 9, 2015
58 Comments
I oppose building the berm. It's been four decades since these berms were actually necessitated by the ocean. So it is a waste of tax psyer funds, and it is an eye sore. People pay huge sums to have an ocean view!! Please do not block it with unnecessary berms.
absolutely ludicrous that the berm will not be constructed in, what is expected to be, a El Nino year. All we need is high surf, high tide (oh yah, our sewers don't drain during incoming tide) and no berm and we have the ocean in our homes. Lets spend the money on fireworks instead.
I've lived in Playa del Rey for over 13 years, 11 of those on the sand on Trolleyway Street. I've seen the damage even minimal flooding can do to the houses that are basically at sea level. Not building the berm in what experts are unanimously predicting to be a record setting El Nino is not only a huge mistake, but fails the residents of our beach community.
The trailer park at Dockweiler is budgeted for a berm but homeowners get no protection and we foot the majority of the taxes that go towards the public Beach up keep??? Typical of how the civil service operates and typical of the govt
I have already lost my car and all the stuff in my storage due to flooding when we have not been protected. Please put up the berm.
The berm is needed to protect our homes, the bike path that so frequently is flooded in the winter months and mostly peace of mind for all involved.
We need the berm please
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Hello Neighbors!!
Last year we didn’t get a berm due to budget cuts. Last year was not an El Nino year, this upcoming Winter is.
There is a plan that is being approved TOMORROW (in NorCal) that doesn’t include the berm that we normally have had here in the Jungle. Many of the residents here are concerned (there are links at the end of the letter for references) about safety of people and property. Please show your solidarity for this issue by signing your name below and forward to all your neighbors who live in and around this community. Let’s work together on the front end so we aren't pulling together on the back end of a bad situation.
The petition below is going to the Planning Specialist for Beaches and Harbors, who will read our letter during public comments. We also have two people speaking on our behalf, so they should have to table this matter due to the public outcry.
Won’t you outcry with us by signing your name? Please forward, share, etc.!!!
Please add yourself, friends and neighbors to the FB Group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463694323960056/
September 9, 2015
Dear Mr. Tripp,
Thank you for taking to the time to address our concerns regarding the proposed Berm that is part of the Dockwiller State Beach section of the Coastal Commission Permit # 5-14-1345. The area of oversight that we want to bring to your attention is around the proposed 300 foot berm located at Lifeguard Tower 42 (Exhibit 3, see page 13 of Permit). If the oncoming El Nino brings the dangerous tidal activity as it’s predicted to, there are over 150 residences in a vulnerable location.
Until last year, there has always been a massive berm along the beach protecting the people and property in our community. Last year, only the LIfeguard tower had a Berm in front of it, however it wasn’t a El Nino year. There is an understanding of budget cuts were the reason for the lack of regular berm in 2014-15, the cost of loss of life and property as the result of nothing thinking through the plan seems far greater. As we learned from hurricane Sandy, it’s better to have a berm and not need it, than the reverse.
We the undersigned DO NOT SUPPORT the proposed permit as-is and would like your agency to reevaluate the plan around the Culver Blvd. Berm Area.
Thank you again for your time and understanding,
The Residents of Playa Del Rey, 90293
CC:
Mandy Revel, California Coastal Commission, Long Beach
Mike Bonin, Los Angeles Councilmember, 11th District
Edmund Brown, Governor of California
References:
Please add yourself, friends and neighbors to the FB Group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1463694323960056/
Link to the Permit that is the topic of conversation:
http://documents.coastal.ca.gov/reports/2015/9/w8a-9-2015.pdf
Press Regarding upcoming El Nino:
Link to Coastal Commission's Website:
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/mtgcurr.htmlUpdates
September 9, 2015
I am honestly overwhelmed by the momentum that has gathered here. This is entirely a result of you deciding that our community needs protection. I never imagined so many people would join this effort to keep our neighborhood safe.
Reached 100 supporters
September 9, 2015
58 Comments
You need to have been here in 1983 to see houses with 18 " of water. The condos at the south end of Trolleyway had the garages fill with water as the pumps could not keep up with the storm deposits/. People had to relocate as there homes were beyond liveability
I oppose building the berm. It's been four decades since these berms were actually necessitated by the ocean. So it is a waste of tax psyer funds, and it is an eye sore. People pay huge sums to have an ocean view!! Please do not block it with unnecessary berms.
absolutely ludicrous that the berm will not be constructed in, what is expected to be, a El Nino year. All we need is high surf, high tide (oh yah, our sewers don't drain during incoming tide) and no berm and we have the ocean in our homes. Lets spend the money on fireworks instead.
I've lived in Playa del Rey for over 13 years, 11 of those on the sand on Trolleyway Street. I've seen the damage even minimal flooding can do to the houses that are basically at sea level. Not building the berm in what experts are unanimously predicting to be a record setting El Nino is not only a huge mistake, but fails the residents of our beach community.
The trailer park at Dockweiler is budgeted for a berm but homeowners get no protection and we foot the majority of the taxes that go towards the public Beach up keep??? Typical of how the civil service operates and typical of the govt
I have already lost my car and all the stuff in my storage due to flooding when we have not been protected. Please put up the berm.
The berm is needed to protect our homes, the bike path that so frequently is flooded in the winter months and mostly peace of mind for all involved.
We need the berm please
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You need to have been here in 1983 to see houses with 18 " of water. The condos at the south end of Trolleyway had the garages fill with water as the pumps could not keep up with the storm deposits/. People had to relocate as there homes were beyond liveability