A8 The Malibu Times February 13, 2014 Real EstateElection ballotFrom page A1

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IN ESCROW

June Louks, mother/architec-tural designer

Rural Character. Healthy Environment. Strong Local Schools.

I’ll make choices mindful for our Malibu, people and planet, conserving money and resources, as well as participate in shaping Malibu as a leader and model for what a richly historic and prosper-ous iconic coastal town can look like in harmony with and among our denizens.

I believe in investing in the fabric of the local community, arts, business and schools. In doing so I envision creating with you a healthier, more desirable Malibu.

Andy Lyon, residential RealtorI treasure and protect Malibu,

not only as a home but a wonderful and rewarding lifestyle. Our com-munity encompasses individuality and celebrates diverse interests yet I have observed a need to encourage City Hall to do the same. My posi-tion has grown extensively since I ran for a council seat two years ago and I welcome this opportunity to present a campaign that embraces issues of interest to all residents. I benefited from attending city coun-cil meetings, speaking on a multi-tude of issues and also stretching into commission/technical advi-sory meetings as well as a number of workshops. Now I will use my experience and energy to represent and serve our community.

Lou La Monte, incumbentIt has been an honor and a

privilege to have served you for the past four years. During that time, the City Council made great strides including:

A $13.2 million reserve fund.A settlement with the Santa

Monica Mountains Conservancy to curtail its plan to put camping throughout Malibu.

A fair View Preservation and Restoration Ordinance that bal-

ances protection of views with pri-vacy rights.

An agreement with the California Highway Patrol to assist the Sheriff in patrolling Pacific Coast Highway.

An agreement that allows us to gain control of an additional 83 acres of Bluffs Park which could provide more sports fields, a skatepark and many additional recreational facilities for the entire community.

There is still much to be done.

Hamish Patterson, carpenterI love Malibu, a microcosm of

the global situation. We should be modeling the behavior we expect from our leaders outside of our community. If we ever hope to enact change we must begin at home.

Malibu belongs to everyone, but you would be hard pressed to believe that statement examining the decisions our council has made in recent years.

Our community faces huge hurdles moving into the future: commercial development, school districting, PCH traffic, environ-mental degradation, deteriorat-ing infrastructure, wildfires and

quality of life.Today’s council represents a

hurried rush to develop the last remaining open spaces while ignor-ing the infrastructure restraints and demands of the community.

Laura Zahn Rosenthal, incumbent

During my time on Council we added a sheriff deputy, reduced dangerous parking at Paradise Cove, made bus stops safer and received grants for a PCH Safety Study.

We passed a View Restoration and Preser vation Ordinance and created the Cultural Arts Commission. I helped promote a Civic Center Specific Plan so that we control the heart of our City. Our finances are excellent with a strong financial reserve.

We added programs to clean up stormwater, promote green building, solar power and gray water systems and restricted the use of dangerous pesticides.

There is more work to be done including controlling parking and traffic on PCH, a reliable water delivery system, additional facili-ties and parks, and development that conforms to our General Plan.

Also at the meeting, council members voted to submit a letter in support of an item in Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget, which would provide funds for stronger oversight and enforcement of drug

and alcohol rehabilitation facilities.Council members said the city’s

best chance at a resolution to the skate park problem is the proposed trade of Charmlee Wilderness Park for the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy’s 83 acres of Malibu Bluffs Park. Under a tentative agreement, the city has five years to determine whether develop-ment of new recreational areas such as a skate park is feasible on the Conservancy’s land at Bluffs.

“Hopefully we’ll see if this swap provides a way to actu-ally get [a new skate park],” said Councilwoman Laura Rosenthal.

But current City Council can-didate Hamish Patterson said the city had failed to make up for the loss of Papa Jack’s, which closed in 2011. Lacking a skate park, local skaters have resorted to moving the old ramps, which are stored in the parking lot above City Hall at the end of Stuart Ranch Road, and skating on them in secret.

“I know who these kids are who are moving them around. That’s something in our commu-nity that’s not being addressed. We are missing an opportunity to help out the kids in our community. It’s up to you guys to direct it,” Patterson told the council.

The old Papa Jack’s ramps are too old and deteriorated to be put back into use, according to Parks and Recreation Director Bob Stallings. But that hasn’t stopped local skateboarders.

“Even though we have a fenced area and it’s gated, we still get some adventurous sportsmen

that have been able to scale the fence somehow and been able to remove the site or move the ramps around at the site,” Stallings said.

With Monday’s vote, the city will now deem the old ramps “sur-plus property” and sell them off to the highest public bidder. If the city receives no bids, the city manager will be tasked with find-ing another way to get rid of the ramps.

“They’ve become basically an attractive nuisance,” Stallings said, adding that the ramps are “abso-lutely dangerous when they’re misused.”

While voting to support sell-ing off the ramps, Mayor Pro Tem Skylar Peak remained adamant about doing more.

“Sounds like this is a call for our city to find some property to build a skate park,” Peak said after Stallings gave his presentation.

City Manager Jim Thorsen said the California Coastal Commission had stonewalled the city’s latest attempt to build a skate park on the 10 acres of Bluffs Park current-ly controlled by the city.

“We looked at so many ave-nues,” Thorsen said. “We actually hired a designer to look at build-ing one out at the end known as the ‘whale’s tail’ [at Bluffs Park]. We ran plans through the skate-board ad hoc committee and then we ran it through [the Coastal Commission], who shut the whole thing down and said we had to have it away from [environmen-tally sensitive habitat areas].”

Though the council will look

next to the potential Charmlee-Bluffs swap, the leases for each property have yet to be official-ly swapped, according to City Attorney Christi Hogin. The leases were originally scheduled to be traded last month.

City supports governor’s rehab enforcement proposal

The City Council on Monday agreed to submit a letter of sup-port for an item in Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal that allots for the hiring of 21 enforce-ment officers plus $2.2 million in additional funding to increase oversight of rehab and sober living facilities throughout California.

Malibu’s rehab industry gar-nered national attention last year when the city demanded the state crack down on local rehabs that were known to be in violation of zoning laws. The city alleges at least one major facility tacked on addresses to several pool houses and guesthouses, in violation of city law, and obtained state licens-ing to use the structures as five- or six-person rehab dwellings. The state has yet to act on the city’s demands.

Adding more state enforce-ment should be beneficial for Malibu and hopefully lessen the “clustering” effect many neigh-borhoods are experience, said Councilman Lou La Monte.

“This has become such an incredibly lucrative business...you no longer have a neighborhood, you have a hospital zone,” La Monte said.

“We are employing numer-ous people from the Malibu area, including some who worked at HOWS Market and at least five high school students already, and we are still hiring,” said Laura

Mecoy, a spokesperson for Vintage Grocers. “A lot of people are com-ing from the Malibu area.”

T h e G r a n d O p e n i n g Celebration is scheduled to begin with a ribbon-cutting at 9 a.m.

on Wednesday, March 5, and will include giveaways as well as live cooking and product demonstra-tions throughout the day. The cel-ebration is set to last a week, with daily events through March 12.

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