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CITY ATTORNEY’S IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEASURE P

Measure P would establish land use regulations pursuant to a specific plan
(“Plan”) that would govern the 24.57-acre Marymount College campus located at
30800 Palos Verdes Drive East in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (“the
Campus”). The Measure would allow facility improvements; change some
College operations; amend the City’s General Plan and Zoning Ordinances;
establish permitted uses, development standards, conditions and limitations;
amend the zoning map; and establish that the Plan’s provisions would supercede (SUPERSEDE)
any inconsistent provisions of the Municipal Code and prior City land use
decisions regarding the Campus.

If approved, the Plan would allow improvements that include renovating four
existing buildings (auditorium/fine arts studio, faculty office, student union, and
administration building) and constructing six new buildings (two dormitories with
connecting gallery, library, maintenance building, and athletic building). The
Plan would authorize 210,254 square feet of building area, a net increase of
117,986 square feet beyond the 92,268 square feet presently existing. The
dormitories would accommodate up to 128 rooms with a maximum occupancy of
255, with quiet hours between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. The Plan would allow
relocation of athletic facilities from the east to the west side of the Campus
adjacent to Palos Verdes Drive East. The Campus entry and parking area would
be reconfigured to provide 463 on-site parking spaces.

The Measure would allow the College to continue all current activities including
college preparatory classes and other educational programs, religious services,
cultural events, intramural and intercollegiate athletic activities and
competitions, summer youth programs, community programs, and special events.
The Measure also would allow four-year degree programs and related activities.
The Measure would impose certain “Campus Requirements” intended to
address land use compatibility issues between the Campus and adjacent
residential neighborhoods. Examples of “Campus Requirements” include
enrollment limits of: 793 part-time and full-time students for all non-summer
terms; 150 students in weekend and night class degree programs; 600 total
students in all weekday summer education programs; and allowing no more than
655 fixed student seats. The “Campus Requirements” would replace conditions
imposed previously by the City, thereby eliminating certain conditions that allow
City review and regulation of the development and ongoing operation of the
Campus. (The “Campus Requirements” would replace conditions
imposed previously by the City, thereby eliminating certain conditions that allow
City review and regulation of the development and ongoing operation of the
Campus.)

The Measure would amend the City’s General Plan to: include the Campus
Specific Plan; revise Housing Activity Policy 11 to also allow grading of
previously modified terrain; and make other technical revisions.

If the Measure is approved, development consistent with the Plan, including
minor deviations of less than 5%, could proceed with ministerial permits and
approvals that would not be subject to the City’s public hearing process or the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. Substantial changes,
generally defined as deviations from development standards by more than 5%,
would require either approval by the City through its discretionary review
processes or voter approval.

A “Yes” vote approves the Marymount College Specific Plan. A “No” vote
opposes the Plan. The Plan will not become effective unless a majority of the
voters voting on Measure P vote “Yes.”
CAROL W. LYNCH
City Attorney
City of Rancho Palos Verdes

I know which spot I am marking on my ballot and I hope all of you either use your ink-a-vote pen or punch out "199" if that is where your "NO" is.

This Measure was created less than one year ago but many claim it has been around for ten years.

What has been around for over ten years has been and still is The Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project that was approved for going forward and then accepted by Marymount College within 90 days after the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council approved The Project.

Please vote "NO" on Measure P, The Marymount Plan.

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