It Is BACK!

Last week, the President of the Rolling Hills Riviera HOA was informed that the new Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Ponte Vista at San Pedro project would be out in '10 days'.

This document replaces the EIR produced for the project site during "The Bob Years" when developer Robert H. (Bob) Bisno attempted to suggest he knew better about what needs to go onto the 61.53 acre site of the old Navy Housing along Western Avenue in northwest San Pedro.

Bob's gone bankrupt...again. His personal home was foreclosed on and his business in Century City basically asked him to leave.

The new EIR already has earned some controversy with its new Traffic and Transportation Study, by some very informed residents and now-recognized experts in the field of everything Western Avenue in the area between Palos Verdes Drive North and Paseo del Mar.

I am expecting the EIR to include three 'Alternatives' for the development, with the third being the mandated "No Project" Alternative that is the study of keeping the site with its current residential zoning of "R1", along with open space zoning consistent with the dwelling zoning.

With just about everything regarding my writing about Ponte Vista at San Pedro, I will be ramping up my first blog, www.pontevista.blogspot.com where readers can go to learn about the new concepts and about support and opposition to the alternatives offered in the new EIR.

For most of my 'regular' readers who live on the east and southern areas of our city, Ponte Vista might be a big deal in terms of overwhelming traffic congestion and other problems associated with a new large development going up in an area that has been built out for years.

For readers of this blog who may be R.P.V. residents and who, at least, occasionally drive through the intersection of Western Avenue and Palos Verdes Drive North, this might be a medium to big deal for you, too.

Whether the issues regarding Ponte Vista at San Pedro come up at any of the remaining debates and forum for the upcoming election, is something I don't know about.

I do applaud several of the candidates for the three seats on our Council who have offered opinions about Ponte Vista at San Pedro and how a over development with at least 1,135 condominium units directly across the street from homes and a very large business in Rancho Palos Verdes might mean.

Stay tuned to this blog or my Ponte Vista blog, for more information.

Thank you.