The City Council voted 5-0 to close Civic Center Way. This should give citizens a good idea of the traffic planning skills of that body. The same group appointed, one per council member, the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission voted 5-0 to reject the Malibu Bay Company development agreement. The Commission was concerned by, amongst other numerous flaws that have been or will be detailed elsewhere, the inadequacy of the traffic planning. The MBC development would, according to the MBC development study, generate an additional 13,600 cars per day. Do you think the MBC attempted to over-state or under-state the amount of anticipated traffic?
The same traffic planners, our City Council, who so carefully arranged for the blocking of Civic Center Way, now urge upon you a similar but undoubtedly larger blockage, to wit substantial development in the Civic Center area, should be accepted by you, the voters, along with the obligation to construct a sewage treatment plant at the Chili Cook-Off site. The barriers erected by the Council last time were easy to remove. It will not be so easy to remove a Civic Center mall and sewage treatment plan if Measure M passes. Vote “No” on M unless you wish to trust our five City Council traffic experts with your ability to transport yourself.
A reasonable plan for Malibu can be made. Join the Planning Commission in rejecting the unreasonable and untimely plan presented by Measure M.
Bill Sampson