Bits and Pieces 15

Recent developments with new plans being unveiled for Ponte Vista at San Pedro got me searching the Web a bit more on the matter.

I came across an article published just this September 21 that seems to indicate that Ponte Vista's financial backer may seek bankruptcy protection in the near future.

You may read the article by visiting: http://www.pontevista.blogspot.com/.

I can't imagine that Ponte Vista is anything other than a horrible asset for iStar Financial.

Ponte Vista's original developer, Bob Bisno, paid 252% of the opening bid for a portion of the site and paid the Volunteers of America what is probably far too much for the remaining land he had to purchase.

After reading the article I now feel iStar is seeking entitlements for the property to then sell them or the land might be an asset another financial institution might pick up due to the possible bankruptcy.

Any way I look at it, after reading the article, raises even more questions about this newest plan.
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The poll on this blog about whether our Denny's should become a 24/7 operation continues.

I spoke with one of Denny's Managers who said that San Pedro's Carrow's Restaurant will soon be a 24/7 restaurant and that could play either way for or against Denny's chances.

Having the Denny's open 24/7 would bring even more revenue into our city with portions of sales taxes and perhaps some kind of new permit proceedure for businesses allowed to remain open 24/7 in Rancho Palos Verdes.

I think should 70% of the adult residents of the Western View Homes tract and probably about 60% of those living in the rest of the Mira Vista HOA signed petitions allowing Denny's remaining open 24/7, that could help sway the City Council in changing the conditions of operations for Denny's.

If Coco's ever had its management considering that R.P.V. restaurant becoming 24/7 I would support that more that Denny's being open 24/7.

Coco's has a larger parking lot and is located quite a bit further away from residential units than Denny's is.

I still do not object to Denny's becoming a 24/7 operation and I live quite close to it.
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Notre Dame de Namur University is located in Belmont, California.

According to the schools Web site: http://www.ndnu.edu/, "Notre Dame de Namur University is a fully accredited, independent, Catholic, co-educational, master's university founded in 1851 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in San Jose and moved to Belmont, California, in 1923."

The College has on-campus housing. The Web site includes the following information I found interesting: "A substance free floor and the Social Justice and Diversity Living Learning Community are located in Julie Billiart Hall."

So what the heck is a "substance free floor" anyway? I looked that up, too.

"Parents, school administrators, and students are counted among the fans of substance-free dorms, which ban the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs."

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2005/substance-free-dorms-get-good.html is the source for this information.



The school has 2-two story Residence Halls along with other housing options.



Only one of the four floors in the Residence Halls is a 'substance free floor' bringing my conclusion to be the other three floors of the Residence Halls allow substances like alcohol for students of legal age.



Since Measure P, The Marymount Plan contains wording for a Campus Specific Plan that would allow pretty much anything and everything Marymount wants to offer in dorm life, possibly.



Also, since there are currently 40 students attending classes in upper division studies, it is pretty much guaranteed that there could be students 21 years of age and older residing in any on-campus dorms and both off-campus housing sites provided by Marymount College.



The potential of adding alcohol to the mix of dorm rooms on the campus of Marymount College, no matter what anyone says these days, is something I and everyone else needs to be concerned about.



After all, many proponents of Measure P want students to have a 'complete' experience of living on campus.
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I still contend that we need a Paramedic Unit at Station 83 near the intersection of Miraleste Drive and Palos Verdes Drive East.



The closest Paramedic Squad to east R.P.V. and the unincorporated area of the community of San Pedro is housed at Station 6, in Lomita.



Now with new plans unveiled for Ponte Vista, the thought of having "The Sixes" traveling along Western, past the Ponte Vista site, to places in the Eastview and La Rambla areas of L.A. County or R.P.V. adds some measure of need to move the ball further toward probably moving Patrol 83 to Station 53 and putting a Paramedic Squad (83) at 'our' Station.
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The 'crickets' ad now running for Marymount's drive for dorms and NO, nobody traveled into the future to record sounds around Marymount 'after' dorms were built.



Since motor vehicles will be allowed on and off the campus between 11:00 PM and 6:00 AM, even with sign ins and sign outs, there would be increased noise, just from vehicles.



Should one of the students residing in a dorm room at Marymount own and operate a Harley Davidson motorcycle and need to go someplace on their bike during 'quiet hours', now can you 'hear' what that might sound like?



Let's say that the Marymount La Crosse team plays an away game during the evening and students living in on-campus housing attend a game where Marymount wins a very exciting game.



Can anyone truly claim that some revelry won't go on late into the evening by returning students and friends gathering to celebrate the returning players?



Here again is another of the 'complete' experience of living on campus.
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Which one of the following companies might Marymount use for dorms and which of these companies might have Board of Trustee members investing in them, or even other supporters of Measure P, for that matter?

http://www.assetcampushousing.com/
http://www.americancampus.com/
http://www.campusadv.com/index.htm