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2020-06-03 CC Agenda - Public Communication related to Item a & b - COVID-19Harada, Patricia From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk) Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7:52 AM To: *ALL CITY CLERKS Subject: Fwd: EI Segundo Letter of Support for LA BOS Agenda Item 39-B (Safer at Work and Safer in Our Communities) Attachments: image001.png; ATT00001.1htm; image002.png; ATT00002.htm; image003.png; ATT00003.htm; image004.png; ATT00004.htm; ES Letter re LA BOS Item 39-B.pdf; ATT00005.htm; LA BOS Agenda Item 39-B.pdf, ATT00006.htm Email Council received from S Mitnick Tracy Weaver City Clerk Begin forwarded message: From: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org> Date: May 25, 2020 at 8:07:45 PM PDT To: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org> Subject: EI Segundo Letter of Support for LA BOS Agenda Item 39-B (Safer at Work and Safer in Our Communities) City Council — Happy Memorial Day Evening! Hope everyone has had a nice holiday weekend. In response to a last minute request from late in the afternoon last Friday, staff has prepared the attached letter of support from EI Segundo City Council. Mayor Boyles as reviewed the letter as well. Also attached is a copy of the Board Report on this item. This item appears on the LA County Board of Supervisors May 26th Supplemental Agenda as Item #39-B. The attached letter will be cleaned up, put on City Council letter head, each signature will be added, and then provided to Ms. LaMarque in Supervisor Hahn's office to ensure the letter is made part of the record. Staff will work with Mayor Boyles to allow him to speak on this item as part of the virtual BOS meeting. Please advise if any questions. Thank you, Scott Mitnick City Manager From: LaMarque, Jennifer [mailto:JLaMarque@bos.lacounty.gov] Sent: Friday, May 22, 2020 5:29 PM To: Boyles,Drew (Mayor) <dboyles@elsegundo.org>; Mitnick, Scott <smitnick@elsegundo.org> Cc: Voss, Barbara <bvoss@elsegundo.org> Subject: Request for support for Tuesday Board motion re: city variance Importance: High Good evening Mayor and Mr. Mitnick, Please see the attached motion, co-authored by Supervisor Hahn, that will come before the Board of Supervisors next Tuesday 5/26. It would direct the County's Health Officer to work with the State to request a partial variance on behalf of interested cities and regions. We would like to request support from the City of EI Segundo via a letter and/or public comment. Please send your letter to me for submission to the Executive Office. Please see the link below for public comment instructions. htti)://bos.lacountv.Rov/Board-Meeting/Board-Agendas You can also submit the letter to the email address listed but please make sure to also send it to me. Thank you! Jennifer LaMarque South Bay Deputy Office of Supervisor Janice Hahn, 41h District 310-222-3015 May 26, 2020 Honorable Chair and Members of Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Kenneth Hahn Hall ofAdministration 500 West Temple Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Re: Support for "Safer at Work and Safer in Our Communities" Supplemental Agenda Item No. 39-B (Barger & Hahn) Honorable Board of Supervisors: With this letter, EI Segundo City Council offers its strong support for the "Safer at Work and Safer in Our Communities" motion by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Janice Hahn which would allow a city (such as EI Segundo) and/or a region (such as the South Bay) to obtain a partial variance from the State to address unique local issues associated with the impacts of COVID-19. If granted by the Governor, this request would allow our local economy to experience immediate relief from the overly burdensome restrictions of the current State of California Stay -at -Home Order. The City of EI Segundo and other South Bay cities have demonstrated an ability to protect their local community during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, we should be allowed to immediately forge ahead into the less restrictive aspects of the State's Road Map to Modify the Stay -at -Home Order. EI Segundo, in particular, has maintained very low rates of infection and is epidemiologically stable of COVID-19 cases. For example, there have been just 32 total cases in EI Segundo, with only two new cases within the past 14 days. EI Segundo has not had a single death related to COVID-19 to date. As a municipality, EI Segundo has provided clear guidance and necessary resources to ensure the safety of critical infrastructure workers. Simultaneously, the City has provided an ample amount of supplies, including disinfectant, hand sanitizer, essential protective gear, and an array of other items. All local public safety organizations are fully staffed and ready to immediately respond to any incident that may occur, including a potential future pandemic surge. The City of EI Segundo has maintained activation of its All -Hazards Incident Management Team which has managed the incident and provided direction to City employees, essential workers, and the public regarding COVID-19 issues since March 18, 2020. The City will continue to maintain this posture as long as needed to remain prepared for whatever future pandemic issues may arise. EI Segundo falls under the South Region of LA County EMS reporting area for hospital availability and as such will continue to have access to ample hospital beds, if needed. Over the past two weeks, for example, the South Region hospitals have had an average of 245 beds available for surge and maintained an average of 45 ICU beds. As a result, our region can accommodate a minimum patient surge of 35%. In addition, hospital facilities have robust plans to protect the local hospital workforce, both clinical and nonclinical, with PPE while simultaneously being able to accommodate grow surge capacity, if needed. The South Bay in general, and City of EI Segundo in particular, continues to maintain an emergency operations plan which includes this pandemic as a potential hazard. The City has also developed a reconstitution plan that takes into account COVID-19 risks. These plans can be immediately implemented at the direction of the City Manager and carried out by the City's All -hazards Incident Management Team, City's emergency service agencies, and other community stakeholders. In closing, EI Segundo City Council strongly supports this motion for the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to instruct the County Health Officer, working in collaboration with the CEO and County Counsel, to work with the State of California to obtain a partial variance on behalf of interested cities (such as EI Segundo) and/or regions (such as the South Bay) within the County. A "yes" vote on Supplemental Agenda Item 39-B would help establish a more flexible State Road Map to Modify the current Stay -at -Home Order, which would greatly benefit our local economy and community. Should you have any questions, please contact City Manager Scott Mitnick at (310) 524-2301 or smitnickO)elseaundo. orq. Thank you for your consideration Sincerely, City of EI Segundo City Council Drew Boyles Mayor Lance Giroux Councilmember Chris Pimentel Mayor Pro Tem Scot Nicol Carol Pirsztuk Councilmember Councilmember cc: County CEO Sachi Hamai County Counsel Mary Wickham South Bay City Councils Scott Mitnick, City Manager 2 AGN. NO. MOTION BY SUPERVISORS KATHRYN BARGER MAY 26, 2020 AND JANICE HAHN SAFER AT WORK AND SAFER IN OUR COMMUNITIES On May 4, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-60-20 which, among other things, instructed the State Public Health Officer to "establish criteria and procedures—determine whether or how particular local jurisdictions may implement public health measures that depart from statewide directives." The executive order states that, "California law promotes the preservation of public health by providing for local health officers—appointed by county boards of supervisors and other local authorities—in addition to providing for statewide authority by a State Public Health Officer; and... these local health officers, working in consultation with county boards of supervisors and other local authorities, are well positioned to understand the local needs of their communities." The State Public Health Officer has since issued guidelines regarding the Roadmap to Modify the Stay -at -Home Order Guidance to County Governments. To apply for a variance from the State, a number of readiness data is required, including: 1. No more than 25 new cases per 100,000 residents in the past 14 days or less than 8% testing positive in the past 7 days. 2. Stable hospitalization of COVID-19 individuals on a 7 -day average of daily percent change of less than 5% or no more than 20 COVID-19 hospitalizations on any single day in the past 14 days. -MORE- MOTION SOLIS RIDLEY-THOMAS KUEHL HAHN BARGER Page: 2 3. Daily testing volume of 1.5 per 1,000 residents per day. 4. Testing availability for at least 75% of residents within 30 minutes driving time in urban areas, and 60 minutes in rural areas. 5. For counties that have no cases, at least 15 staff per 100,000 county residents trained and available for contact tracing. 6. Hospital capacity to accommodate a 35%surge in COVID-19 cases while maintaining care to non-COVID-19 cases. 7. Sufficient protective supplies for essential workers, including having more than a 14 -day supply of PPE for Skilled Nursing Facilities. 8. Temporary housing for 15% of homeless residents. This action by the Governor acknowledges and appreciates the urban and rural diversity of California and distinct impacts of the spread of COVID-19. Similarly, Los Angeles County, covering over 4,000 square miles, is made up of vast urban and rural communities, broken up across seven valleys, several coastal regions and multiple urban centers. The 88 cities in Los Angeles County also range in density from less than 1,000 citizens per square mile to more than 40,000 citizens per square mile. Less dense areas of the county, state, and country have shown lower degrees of transmission. The Fifth District alone has incorporated cities with as few as 1,000 residents, and as many as nearly 200,000 residents. This virus is impacting each city in our County differently; some cities have zero reported cases while others have case rates greater than 700 per 100,000 residents. The County of Los Angeles has invested heavily in PPE, testing, hospital capacity and other measures over the past sixty days to flatten the curve. Accordingly, over the last week, the average rate of hospitalization has declined 1.6% per day, and testing capacity was over 1.6 per 1000 residents per day. The County's positive test rate has dropped to 9%, down 5% in the last few weeks. Many of these data points meet or exceed the state criteria. As the largest driver of the State's economy, the once thriving Los Angeles County economic health must be restored while simultaneously maintaining and preserving the health and safety of our residents. Current economic projections paint a dire picture. There have already been over one million unemployment claims in Los Angeles County since mid-March. Furthermore, experts predict that over 750,000 jobs will be lost from the retail and food -service industries alone, and that 75% of the total jobs lost will be those earning $50,000 or less. -MORE- Page: 3 Several cities in the County have expressed interest in a city or regional variance. All cities who believe they meet the state's variance criteria, and wish to be considered for a partial variance, should send their request initially to the County's Chief Executive Officer for submission to the County's Public Health Officer. Such submissions may include the surrounding unincorporated areas with concurrence from the respective County Supervisor. WE, THEREFORE, MOVE that the Board of Supervisors instruct the County Health Officer, working in collaboration with the CEO and County Counsel, to: A. Work with the State to obtain a partial variance on behalf of interested cities and/or regions within the County; and, B. Immediately upon readiness under the State's variance criteria, take all steps required to pursue a variance on behalf of the County of Los Angeles as a whole. KB:aco MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KATHRYN BARGER MAY 26, 2020 SAFER AT WORK AND SAFER IN OUR COMMUNITIES CATEGORIES: (Please check © those that apply) ❑x 1. Child Welfare © 2. Community and Youth Empowerment ❑x 3. County Services ® 4. Economic Justice M 5. Economic and Workforce Development ® 6. Education Z 7. Environment ® 8. Fiscal ❑x 9. Governance © 10. Health ❑ 11. Homelessness ❑ 12. Immigration ❑x 13. Public Safety ❑x 14. Social Justice and Human Rights ❑ 15. Technology and Data 0 16. Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy ® 17. Legislation ❑ 18. Parks and Open Space ❑ 19. Planning/Land Use ❑ 20. Transportation © 21. Veterans Harada, Patricia From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk) Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 7:49 AM To: *ALL CITY CLERKS Subject: Fwd: Letter from The Jewelry Source Letter forwarded to Council by Scott Mitnick. Tracy Weaver City Clerk Begin forwarded message: From: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org> Date: May 25, 2020 at 4:00:42 PM PDT To: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org> Subject: Letter from The Jewelry Source City Council (c: E -Team) — This "letter" illustrates one of the challenges the City will face in making all of an area's local businesses happy when it comes to implementing "temporary' measures to help stimulate local commerce during the COVID-19 recovery process. The ability to 100% satisfy all local businesses (in this case, in the Downtown area) will be all but impossible. However, we will do our level best to satisfy as many as possible. Barbara (or myself) will follow-up with Brenda Newman. Her concerns will be taken into consideration. Thanks, Scott From: Brenda Newman <brenda@jewelrysourceusa.com> Date: Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 12:59 PM To: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org>, Barbara Voss <bvoss@elsegundo.org> Subject: a letter from The Jewelry Source Mayor Drew Boyles and members of the City Council, I have read the letter from the City Council to Supervisor Janice Hahn and appreciate you requesting that El Segundo move to stage 3 of recovery. While I appreciate allowing the Downtown businesses to request the use of designated outdoor space in order to increase business and comply with social distancing, I would like to encourage your consideration that the hours be evenings only. I believe that the retail sector of our Downtown was hit worse than the restaurants. The retail and service sector were forced to i completely close their doors, whereas the restaurants were deemed essential and could continue to creatively operate. I do not want to underestimate the impact of economic devastation throughout ALL of our business community, but speaking for my own business, it would be further devastating if the streets were not accessible during normal daytime business hours. We regularly experience a loss of business during community events such as the Farmers Market, Car Show, and Halloween Frolic, as our established client base chooses to visit us during times when the street in front of our store isn't blocked off, and when there is ease of parking. We very much support these events throughout the year, but as a destination location, having the street closed in front of our store on a regular basis would greatly impact us. I feel that consideration needs to be given to all of the businesses in the Downtown, and I ask that if you approve the closure of any thoroughfare within the Downtown area, the approved hours be evenings only, after bpm, Thursday through Sunday. I believe that this would be workable for all sectors of our business community. Brenda Newman CEO Graduate Gemologist GIA Certified Gemologist AGS 'Your neighborhood jewelers and custom designers. The best service and client experience in every situation. Every time.' The Jewelry Source Est. 1984 Tel: 310-322-7110 Fax: 310-322-4636 337 Main Street Downtown EI Segundo CA 90245 www.ieweirvsourceusa.com Harada, Patricia From: Sent: To: Subject: Letter received. Tracy Weaver City Clerk Begin forwarded message: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk) Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:07 AM *ALL CITY CLERKS Fwd: total basesball is open by appointment From: Brian Yori <brian.yori@gmail.com> Date: May 22, 2020 at 2:59:38 PM PDT To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS <ALLELECTEDOFFICIALS@elsegundo.org> Cc: vince giangrande <vjgiangrande@gmail.com> Subject: Fwd: total basesball is open by appointment You can here the noise.... why..... please help our neighborhood. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: vince giangrande <vi9-ianv-randeC 7a,9-mad.com> Date: Wed, May 20, 2020,13:23 Subject: total basesball is open by appointment To: Lee, Sam <slee(a}elsePundo.orR>,<codeenforcement(a.elseaundo.org> Hello Sam, Hope all is well. I have a question for your regarding the baseball academy. Monday there was a lot of noise, it appeared they had a lot of people there. Tuesday appointment only. Wednesday people are going in. Is this permitted under the current guidelines implemented by the state and county? Sincerely Vince Harada, Patricia From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk) Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 11:50 AM To: *ALL CITY CLERKS Subject: FW: LATU demands Food NOT rent I received this email. However, I am not sure Council did. Tracy From: Margo Michelle Gonzalez [mailto:mgonzalez8gb@gmail.coml Sent: Friday, May 29, 202012:26 PM To: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk) Subject: LATU demands Food NOT rent Hello, We, as a residence of Apartment 2 at 214 Concord Street, 90245, have joined the LA tenants union in solidarity for the Food Not Rent movement. Below you will find the letter that we sent to our landlord in regards to the fact that we cannot pay rent for June 2020 due to COVID-19. This pandemic has had a devastating impact on our community, and we are not alone in our inability to pay rent. Our voice is one of many. Please stand with us and support us and the LATU by forgiving rent for Angelinos throughout Los Angeles county. Your support would be greatly appreciated! -Michelle Gonzalez and Curtis Vaughn Sent from my Whone Harada, Patricia From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk) Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020 8:56 AM To: *ALL CITY CLERKS Subject: Fwd: Today 5/31/2020 Received Sunday Tracy Weaver City Clerk Begin forwarded message: From: Kelly Murphy <kelbo5585@gmail.com> Date: May 31, 2020 at 3:13:39 PM PDT To: ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS <ALLELECTEDOFFICIALS@elsegundo.org> Subject: Today 5/31/2020 Dear All, Re: Today, 5/31/2020 Please cancel any demonstration and close our City borders to intruders. Thank you for your consideration, Kelly Murphy 410.980.7681 Harada, Patricia From: Weaver, Tracy (City Clerk) Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2020 10:20 PM To: *ALL CITY CLERKS Subject: FW: City of RPV Request to Allow South Bay Businesses to Reopen Under State and County Phase 3 Attachments: PeninsulaMayors LettertoSupHahnMay26_FINAL.pdf; ATT00001.htm Email to Council. Tracy Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S 10+, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org> Date: 5/27/20 9:45 PM (GMT -08:00) To: "Mitnick, Scott" <smitnick@elsegundo.org> Subject: City of RPV Request to Allow South Bay Businesses to Reopen Under State and County Phase 3 City Council & E -Team - FYI Begin forwarded message: From: Megan Barnes <mbarnes@rpvca.gov> Date: May 27, 2020 at 18:13:34 PDT Subject: Request to Allow South Bay Businesses to Reopen Under State and County Phase 3 Good Evening, Please see the attached letter to L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn from the Palos Verdes Peninsula cities requesting the County of Los Angeles, along with the State of California, allow businesses throughout the South Bay to open within Phase 3 guidelines while following State and County safety protocols. Thank you, Megan Barnes Senior Administrative Analyst City Manager's Office City of Rancho Palos Verdes 30940 Hawthorne Blvd. Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 310-544-5226 mbarnes(@rovca.eov 1 �os . vexQE�, � w � .i niawdtAA4s f� RAPcHo NOS VERDES 1,4Lmaw" May 26, 2020 The Honorable Supervisor Janice Hahn Los Angeles County 4th District Office 302 W. 5th Street, #200 San Pedro, CA 90731 Via Email SUBJECT: Palos Verdes Peninsula Reopening Blueprint for Businesses -Request to Allow Peninsula Businesses to Open Honorable Supervisor Hahn: The four cities of the Palos Verdes Peninsula greatly appreciate and commend your leadership in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, and your commitment to protecting the well-being of your constituents. We are pleased to hear that on Memorial Day, the Governor announced that all retail will be able to reopen with safety protocols subject to County approval. It is our belief that your letter and efforts urging Governor Newsom to allow retail businesses statewide to reopen under the same health protocols that essential retail businesses have been allowed to operate under helped influence his announcement. And now we need you to tell the L.A. Countv Public Health Officials that it's time to reopen our Countv's economv. As a patron of our businesses on the Peninsula, you know firsthand how difficult the stay-at- home orders have been on -our business community, which is primarily comprised of independent and mom-and-pop retail outlets. It is common knowledge now that many of these businesses may not be able to sustain limited operations for much longer. We are urgently writing to you because business owners in every sector on the Peninsula and throughout the South Bay region need your immediate help. Businesses are reeling from the devastating impacts of this unprecedented health crisis. Many of our businesses have found themselves facing great uncertainty and agonizing choices, unsure if they will ever recover from the significant losses in income with each day that they are partially or fully closed. Limiting our businesses is unsustainable and will result in rising business closures and job losses, not to mention adversely impacting our city budgets. Given the size and diversity of Los Angeles, it is not surprising that the impact of COVID-19 has differed across the County. While Los Angeles County has entered Stage 2 of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Recovery Framework, there are areas within the County that are less affected by the pandemic, such as the South Bay as a region, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula in particular. If the Peninsula and the other South Bay cities can demonstrate an ability to protect the public and essential workers, we should be allowed to forge ahead into the less restrictive aspects of Stage 3. A similar variance concept has already been authorized at the State level for counties that are able to attest that they are able to protect the public and essential workers. We support your motion on the May 26 Board of Supervisors Agenda to actively explore obtaining such a variance approach from the Governor so that reopening may occur city -by -city rather than subjecting the entire region to the same rules. On May 19, the four Peninsula cities submitted for your review a reopening plan for Peninsula businesses, titled the Peninsula Reopening Blueprint for Businesses, which was developed in partnership with the Palos Verdes Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. The plan outlines physical distancing and safeguard protocols for various business sectors that would implement the required industry safety protocols to ensure employees and customers are protected. On May 21, your Chief of Staff Nick Ippolito provided us with appreciated suggestions on how to enhance our reopening plan. We were also pleased to hear that the Department of Public Health has reviewed our plan and will be providing us with more feedback under a separate email, which we have yet to receive. We appreciate your efforts in coordinating tomorrow's call between our City Managers and Mayors and Mr. Ippolito and some of your key staff on the economic task force you organized. It is our intent to request that the specific timeframes cited in our plan for reopening all of our business sectors is one that is achievable with appropriate safeguards and monitoring. According to the most recent available data from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the Palos Verdes Peninsula has seen only 143 confirmed COVID-19 cases out of a population of about 65,000 residents. This equates to 0.22% of the Peninsula's population. The Palos Verdes Peninsula falls under the South Region of L.A. County EMS reporting area for hospital availability. Over the past two weeks, the South Region hospitals have had an average of 245 beds available for surge and also maintained an average of 45 ICU beds over the past 14 days. The South Bay can accommodate a minimum surge of 35% due to COVID-19 patients within the existing infrastructure. In addition, hospital facilities have robust plans to protect hospital workers, both clinical and non -clinical with PPE while simultaneously maintaining plans to grow surge capacity, if needed. All four Peninsula cities continue to maintain an emergency operations plan, which includes pandemic as a potential hazard. We recognize the role social distancing has played in preventing our case count from being far higher, but we fear that limiting our businesses and waiting to allow them to safely reopen will worsen the economic health crisis created by this pandemic. As elected officials, we are contacted several times a day by our business community with reopening plans that provide safeguard measures that seem reasonable and responsible. Moreover, the Peninsula cities are exploring the "open street" concept, similar to other cities in the County, by issuing temporary permits to allow businesses to move their operations outside onto patios or on-site parking spaces. Our businesses are ready to implement the required industry safety protocols to ensure employees and customers are protected. Please act now to allow them to fully reopen while following State and County safety protocols. For these reasons, the Palos Verdes Peninsula cities are prepared for movement into the less restrictive portions of the Los Angeles County Public Health Recovery Framework. We respectfully request that the County of Los Angeles, along with the State of California, allow businesses throughout the South Bay to open within the Phase 3 guidelines while following the State and County safety protocols. Thank you for your support and commitment to stand with your local businesses, We would appreciate an opportunity to continue discussing our reopening plan with you, Sincerely, �f John Oruikshank Mayor, FZancho Palos Verdes Velveth Schmitz Mayor, Rolling Hills Estates David McGowan Mayor, Palos Verdes Estates .teff Pieper Mayor, Rolling Hills cc: Gavin Newsom, Governor, State of California Ben Allen, Senator, 261' Senate District At Muratsuchi, Assembly Member, 66th Assembly District Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors South Bay City Councils Harada Patricia From: Earley, Michael <Michael.Earley@elliman.com> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2020 9:16 PM To: public communications Subject: Close main street for dinner I think it would be a great idea to close Main Street from Grand to Mariposa each night from 5-9 pm and allow the restaurants to place tables in the street. Perhaps the Chamber can contract someone to string lights back and forth to give it a festive look. It may be difficult to close all those streets and meet the State requirements to block the streets with immovable objects. If that is the case, just close the area around the civic center each night and let customers walk down with food. Maybe some live music? Thank you Michael J.Earley DRE#00877967 DE DRE#0194727 EARLEY SCHICK & AsSC)bates EARLEY/SCHICK & ASSOCIATES MICHAEL EARLEY DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. OFFICE: 424.281.7603 MOBILE 310 490 3068 Michael. Earlev[Welliman.com 3701 HIGHLAND AVE SUITE 200, MANHATTAN BEACH. CA 90266 DRE # 00877967 MY LISTINGS DISCOVER THE VALUE OF YOUR HOME FACEBOOK / TWITTER / YOUTUBE / INSTAGRAM / LINKEDIN At Douglas Elliman, we won't ask you for your social security number, bank account or other highly confidential information over email. *Wire Fraud is Real". Before wiring ANY money, call the intended recipient at a number you know is valid to confirm the instructions. 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If you are the intended recipient and you do not wish to receive similar electronic messages from us in the future then please respond to the sender to this effect. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this e-mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Company. Harada, Patricia From: Dan C <malkir@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 4:58 PM To: public communications; publiccommunication@elsegundo.org Subject: City Council Meeting 05/19/2020 6:00 PM - Question Hello City Council members, Thank you for hearing my question! My name is Daniel Collins, I'm born and raised in the South Bay but happy to say that I'm a new El Segundo resident as of this week. I'm writing in today in regards to the general 'State of the Internet' here in El Segundo. My apologies for a preface, but I'm trying to make up for not being able to speak my part while physically present: With the recent pandemic uprooting and shifting peoples lives and impacting businesses, one major notable change is that many companies policies have been updated to now allowing Work from Home. I have been in the tech industry for I 1 years, and deeply interested in technology since I was a child. From my observations and discussions with many tech professionals several CEO's, there are a non -trivial amount of companies who are moving towards full -remote Work from Home positions across the nation. For example: I currently work for Tinder, all 300+ employees in our Sunset Blvd. offices are now fully remote. When lockdown lifts, we will be remaining fully Work From Home. My previous company, Media Temple, has made their employees full remote. I know of countless more companies who have adopted this similar policy as to not put their employees and their immediate families at risk. Employees with the option to work remote are now no longer geographically bound to a specific area, or destined to spend their leisure hours commuting long distances to and from their offices. In fact, this reason is why I was finally able to move out of Beverly and come back closer to my family and home here in the South Bay. This pandemic is a nightmare in some ways, and a blessing in others. When this lockdown lifts, companies will not be rushing back to staff cubicles for a large amount of types of jobs. They won't be looking to make headlines if a cluster breaks out in their office due to them requiring a close physical presence unless it's absolutely essential. I firmly believe this pandemic has fundamentally shaped the relationship between businesses and employees for many sectors and its impact will remain long after the lockdowns are lifted. That brings me to my point: Why has ALL non-essential business not ground to a halt? What gives residents in El Segundo and other parts of the country the ability to work and find work the their own homes? The internet, specifically a fast, reliable, and cost effective internet. We use the internet now to take classes at school, to meet with our coworkers and family, to watch movies, listen to music... and even interact with our local government. TRUE high-speed internet is an absolutely fundamental backbone of interacting with the world around us. Every day, more people cut their cable television and home telephone lines and solely operate on internet based services and cell phones. Those people who 'cut the cables' are never coming back. While looking at several different possible places to move in E1 Segundo, one of the major key factors I researched was the availability of high-speed internet. I'm not talking about what ISP's call "high-speed", but instead measurable, actual, infrastructure backed high-speed internet. What I found is there is extremely poor availability of modern, fiber optic internet for the overwhelming majority of the city. The average download speed in El Segundo is 128 megabits per second. Next door in Manhattan Beach, it's double at 250 megabits per second. What I found was actually quite interesting considering how historically close El Segundo has been to hugely important and impactful companies such as Sun Microsystems and Oracle; high-tech corporations such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon; and gaming powerhouses such as Square Enix U.S.A. My questions for the City Council are: * Are there any plans to upgrade the cities infrastructure to snake high performance fiber optic lines available to El Segundo residents homes and businesses? If so, can you speak on them? * What can residents do to work with our local government to petition these internet service providers's to improve the infrastructure in El Segundo? * Do you folks on the City Council believe this is something worth diverting energy into? I would be more than happy to answer any questions or demystify any technical jargon. It's often difficult to discuss technology because it's one of those things that people aren't aware of just HOW much they are missing out on until they experience it, and then they can't live without it. Some details if there is time: Elsewhere AT&T offers 1000 megabit per second download, and 1000 megabit per second upload over modern fiber optic lines for $60 per month. However, in El Segundo AT&T only offers ancient copper lines capped at 100 megabits per second, that's 1/10th of the speed we could be getting. In El Segundo, Spectrum offers internet on their old coaxial, copper lines that are shared with every other resident around you. They do offer up to 1000 megabit per second speeds, but their upload rates are an abysmal 35 megabits per second, and it's $130 per month, additionally their advertised speeds aren't even guaranteed, meaning that when your neighbors watch Netflix, or their children download a game, it actually can impact the speed of the internet for other residents around you. Now that everyone is in lockdown, this means that existing networking infrastructure is strained and overloaded. Thank you for your time, and I'm looking forward to seeing everyone around town from at least 6 feet away. -Daniel Collins