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Manhattan Beach sets Project Pulse study session Aug. 26; residents press for door‑to‑door outreach and a Second Street safety study
Summary
Staff announced a Project Pulse study session on Aug. 26 to gather public input on two city parcels (Parking Lot 3 and 400 Manhattan Beach Boulevard). Neighbors urged more targeted outreach and asked staff to initiate a safety investigation and consider speed‑awareness measures on Second Street after repeated crashes.
City staff announced a Project Pulse study session to discuss development options for two city parcels — Parking Lot 3 and 400 Manhattan Beach Boulevard — and to present an outreach plan for council direction.
Interim Community Development Director Michael Codran told the council Project Pulse is the city’s public‑engagement effort to collect community input before decisions on those properties. "Project Pulse refers to the public outreach we are performing now to make sure staff and city decision makers get a clear read on the pulse of the community," Codran said, and he scheduled the study session for Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 5:00 p.m. in council chambers.
Residents at the meeting pressed staff for more than standard notices. Jim Burton (Zoom) and other residents said mailed notices and interest‑list emails had not reached many neighbors and recommended door‑to‑door contact, door hangers or targeted postcards for households adjacent to 400 Manhattan Beach Boulevard.
On separate public comments, residents from Second Street raised long‑standing speeding concerns after a recent crash. Hillary Skinner described repeated incidents and a prior collision that hospitalized her son and urged the council to monitor the block. "We have a speeding problem on our block ... my son a couple years ago was crossing Aviation and he got hit by a car and went to the hospital," she said.
Staff told the council the first step for the speeding concerns is a safety investigation for the segment of Second Street and noted the location already is on a priority list for a future speed‑awareness sign. Council members asked staff to pursue mailings to roughly 300 residents within 300 feet of the Project Pulse properties and to return with a detailed outreach plan at the study session.
The Project Pulse study session is scheduled for Aug. 26 at 5:00 p.m. in council chambers; staff will present outreach options and a draft schedule for focus groups and events.
