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Page 14 Palisades News November 18, 2015 This Dry Bar window, painted by Marquez Brownie Troop 12885, took first in the third- and fourth-grade group. Photo: Credit THE HOPE RANCH 82 ACRES 1172 Encinal Canyon Rd Malibu OFFERED AT $5,990,000 GRACIOUS HIGHLANDS ESTATE 16678 Via la Costa Pacific Palisades OFFERED AT $5,650,000 Halloween Window Painting Contest Winners Announced The annual window painting contest sponsored by the Palisades Woman’s Club, was held the last week of October. Winners were announced at a special reception at the Palisades Library community room on October 30. The contest, now more than 50 years old, allows youth the opportunity to paint local store windows with tempera paint. Ribbons are awarded to the winners. Taking first place in the kindergarten division was Finn Fuchs, with support from siblings Calla (third grade) and Weston (fourth grade). His creation of ghosts and ghouls filled the window of the Chinese restaurant Cathay Palisades. First place in the first- and second-grade division was Vanessa Masterson, who paint - ed the Carpets West window with a happy DAN URBACH PRESENTS NORTH OF MONTANA GEM 523 9th St Santa Monica OFFERED AT $4,675,000 ghost and a sad moon. The third-grade Marquez Brownie Troop 12885 took first place in the third- and fourth-grade group by painting the Dry Bar windows. The eight-year-olds who participated in the winning entry included Eleanor Lee, Kylie Ross, Elise Patton, Ivy Woolenberg, Annika Johansson, Ally Eastland, Morgan Davidson, Casey Scaduto, Amanda Wexler and Piper Lohse. The Palisades Garden Café window received the artistic touches of the Village School sixth-grade Girl Scouts. The window was a delight with colorful pumpkins, gray tombstones and ghosts floating in the sky. Winning in the category of grades 5 and higher included Amanda Mintzer, Gabby Wolf, Ashley Beal, Grace Sauter, Cami Broumand and Sophie Schwartzberg. Palisades Garden Club to Host Succulent Expert Christianson The Pacific Palisades Garden Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 7, at the Woman’s Club, 901 Haverford Ave. The featured speaker will be Nels Christianson, editor of Dry Times, the Sunset Succulent Society newsletter in Santa Monica. His talk, “Introduction to Succulents and Those More Commonly Grown,” will explain why the coastal areas of Southern California are excellent places to have a succulent garden. This area duplicates the natural conditions of regions rich in succulents, such as South Africa, Chile, coastal Peru, the Canary Islands, Morocco and much of Mexico. Christianson may show photos from his travels to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Portugal and Spain. He also has pictures of plant life from the southwestern United States and his personal garden of more than 500 succulents. The Garden Club is a charitable membership organization started more than 50 years ago. Funds generated from grants, membership income, donations, bequests and the Spring Garden Tour enable it to help create or maintain “edible gardens” in schools, civic beautification projects, and plant conservation and restoration efforts in nearby mountains. E-mail: pacpalgardenclub@yahoo.com or visit: pacpalgardenclub.org. ENCOUNTER THE UNEXPECTED 5958 Paseo Canyon Dr Malibu OFFERED AT $2,475,000 Hope Ranch… 82 acres w/ 5 different residences; each unique to its location and includes the 4bd/3ba owners residence which is a contemporary take on the California Ranch Home. Equestrian facilities. www.1172Encinal.com Palisades Highlands. Breathtaking 5bd/7.5ba ocean view Med estate on apprx ½ acre in the exclusive guard gated Enclave. Exceptional 180 degree ocean & mountain views. Resort-like backyard with pool. www.EnclaveEstate.com NEW LISTING Setback behind lush landscape on a desirable tree lined street North of Montana. 5bd/4.75ba Mediterranean w/ hi ceilings, pale wood floors, skylights & a light palette enhance the well-executed floor plan. www.523Ninth.com NEW LISTING Encounter the unexpected… Up a private driveway you come upon this Zen-Asian inspired 4bd/3.5ba residence. Situated on a large private lot, w/ mountain vistas, lush landscaping and an inviting pool. www.5958Paseo.com Dan was recently congratulated by John Closson, Vice President and Regional Manager of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, for being the “Top Producing” agent in the Pacific Palisades office for 2014, as well as one of the “Top Ten” agents nationwide out of more than 35,000 Berkshire Hathaway sales professionals. CalBRE #01147391 310.230.3757 info@DanUrbach.com www.ExclusiveRealtor.com 881 Alma Real Dr., Ste. 100 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 S PECIALIZING IN P ACIFIC P ALISADES, MALIBU, SANTA M ONICA Dan Urbach Luxury Property Specialist
November 18, 2015 Palisades News Page 15 Security App (Continued from Page 1) overhead, or a traffic accident causes road closures, residents call Palisades Patrol, which is based in the Village, to ask what is happening. “With our 24-hour monitoring and patrol operations in our various patrol communities, this app will help provide community awareness,” said Gates Security CEO Scott Wagenseller (Palisades News owner). “It will also lessen calls to our office for information in emergency situations.” “The app goes out directly to everyone who has signed up and they will get information immediately,” said Gates Operation Manager Denise Montelongo. Park said the app will send out an initial alert statement, “Gates Security Community Alert,” and information will include time of occurrence, type of incident and location. For example, one posting might read: “11:07 am, traffic accident, 300 blk of Toyopa Drive.” Additional information may also be available such as photos and video, estimated time that the incident will affect the area and a narrative: “2 car t/c, firefighters on scene, duration 2 hours.” Park and Montelongo said the app will ATRIUM HAIR SALON Men’s Hairstyling Customer Service #1 Happy Thanksgiving! _______________________________ Tuesday-Saturday 9-5 For Appointments 860 Via de la Paz 424.272.9267 be used only for serious breaking news that affects the quality of life. “The fire department is constantly rescuing people from our local mountains from hiking and biking accidents. These incidents do not impact our commute or whether an evacuation is necessary and will not be included in our alerts,” Wagenseller said. To add the app, go to the Apple Store and search for Gates Security, create a user name and profile and choose an area (Gates Security covers Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Malibu and Conejo Valley (Agoura Hills to Thousand Oaks). Users can select one or all areas to receive notifications and must press “select notification” to receive notifications on the phone or tablet device. Asked how many alerts residents should expect, Park said: “One weekend was busy and there were three alerts in the Palisades alone. Some weekends there are none.” If you have trouble setting up your iPhone or Android, Montelongo can help. Call: (310) 454-7741. Under-Age Drinkers A Problem for Owner A.C. Chaudhry, owner of State Beach Liquors at Pacific Coast Highway and Entrada, and a member of the Santa Monica Canyon Board, reported that he is having issues with under-age youth attempting to obtain alcohol. Several teenagers have attempted purchases using fake identification from other states.They were turned away when they were unable to show a California driver’s license. Additionally, under-aged youth are asking transients to purchase alcohol for them. One transient who attempted to buy beer, was turned away. That same transient was listed in the crime report on November 7, at 12:05 a.m., because he entered the business, pulled out a knife and threatened “I will get you.” AMAZING MUSIC STORE.COM ALL AGES, ALL STYLES! Group & Private Lessons • Instrument Rentals & Sales Caruso (Continued from Page 1) to form an organization (named PaliTown) that can focus on the common concerns, research each issue and then try to reach consensus on solutions “that work for our community and Caruso.” “Caruso has been very good at reaching out to the community and sitting down with people,” Kamer said. “But everybody has a different perspective, so when people raise an issue, his usual response is, ‘We’ll look at it.’ Our answer should be, ‘We have looked at it and we have some ideas. Let’s see how we can work together.’” Kamer’s initial survey found that more than 70 percent of the respondents were concerned about traffic—specifically its impact on Sunset and the Alphabet Streets neighborhood. They believe that Caruso’s argument doesn’t ring true when he states that because gas stations are the numberone generator of traffic, removing the Mobil station on Swarthmore will balance out the traffic generated by 54 businesses in his development. Several audience members expressed skepticism about Caruso Affiliated’s required traffic study, which has been conducted by an independent contractor and should soon be available to the public. One person asked, “If the traffic study concerns us, and doesn’t go far enough, what do we do?” Another person asked, “If we don’t believe this data, we need to get data from another source. Can the community fund a second report?” Kamer asked for volunteers who can analyze Caruso’s traffic study and explore hiring a traffic consultant. Local architect Randy Jefferson will head this committee, joined by Linda Andrews. Parking is also seen as a major problem, according to almost 70 percent of the people who took the survey. Members of the audience said they feared that despite Caruso’s insistence that his project is “overparked” (going beyond the code requirement), his underground, twolevel parking structure will prove insufficient if Palisades Village is successful, and this will cause shoppers and employees to park on various Alphabet streets. “[Parking projections] have to be based on use,” one person said. “Restaurants require a higher number of parking spaces.” Another person noted that the proposed specialty grocery store “will generate heavy traffic at busy times of day.” Attorney Ted Weitz volunteered to head a committee on parking issues, assisted by Reed Saxon and Ron Dean. The next issue for discussion focused on defending the community’s Specific Plan, crafted by a committee of residents and approved by the City of L.A. in 1985. The plan establishes criteria regarding building heights, building mass, setbacks, signage and landscaping. Caruso is seeking a subarea application, which allows for variances from specific plans. “He’s asking for exceptions to our Specific Plan,” said attorney Ron Dean, who served on the original committee. “We need to see exactly what his plan looks like, when compared to the Specific Plan. Get the facts, then we can debate the exceptions.” Dean will lead the Specific Plan committee, joined by Joan Graves, another member of the original committee. A fourth group, the CUP/alcohol license committee (consisting of Robin Weitz, Patty Detroit and Lisa Hay Morrin), will seek more specifics regarding Caruso’s effort to obtain 10 alcohol licenses with one blanket application. This would include three existing licenses, one license for the movie theater, one for the grocery store and five for eating establishments. The fifth and final committee, focused on aesthetics, will be chaired by Rick Leslie. During the evening’s discussion, when Kamer asked for a show of hands, audience members clearly opposed Caruso’s proposal to make Swarthmore a one-way street. And nearly everyone raised a hand when Kamer asked, “How many feel we should get rid of the market?” This reflected the group’s belief that concerns about traffic and parking would ease if Caruso could scale back the overall size of his project and have far fewer storefronts than the current 54. The fact-gathering process will continue tonight (November 18) at 6:30 at the Pali - sades Recreation Center when the Commu - nity Council hears a report about Palisades Village from its Land-Use Committee. The public is invited. NEXT ISSUE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2 Send us your comments and suggestions to spascoe@palisadesnews.com Get Your Advertising in Place Now! Contact Jeff: (310) 573-0150 • jeffridgway@palisadesnews.com Grace: (310) 454-7383 • gracehiney@palisadesnews.com THANK-YOU TO OUR ADVERTISERS! 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