Health and safety should be the primary issue in Malibu. We are a city that is more than 21 miles long with only one major road. The Pacific Coast Highway, which already can’t accommodate the existing traffic, and has only two significant crossroads out of the city.
The following are a few of the construction projects contemplated for Malibu in the next few years (all of which significantly impact the most culpable safety area in Malibu). They are near Civic Center Way, which accommodates approximately 800 children who attend Webster Elementary School and Our Lady of Malibu School. Cross Creek Road and Civic Center Way is also the primary ingress and egress for the 115 properties in the Serra Retreat Canyon.
1. Pepperdine University has already been granted authority by the county and the California Coastal Commission to expand the Student Life Project of 465 additional housing facilities, as well as the right to expand their sporting facility to accommodate approximately 5,000 to 6,000 visitors, with ingress and egress on Civic Center Way.
2. We will be installing a sewer system in the Civic Center, the Malibu Colony, Serra Canyon, and the Knolls and a wastewater treatment facility on Civic Center Way.
3. We may build a 27-acre hotel on Civic Center Way opposite the two schools [Webster and Our Lady of Malibu].
4. We may build five, 10,000 square-foot homes and a ball field at Bluffs Park.
5. A shopping center is currently being built at Cross Creek Road and Civic Center Way.
6. We will build a Santa Monica College satellite campus in Malibu with 135 parking spaces by the courthouse on Civic Center Way.
7. We will build approximately 125,000 sq. ft. of commercial properties (with parking) on Civic Center Way (the La Paz shopping center).
8. We may build a Whole Foods facility on Civic Center Way and Cross Creek Road.
9. We will build additional parking facilities by the tennis courts which must cross Civic Center Way. How will we be able to evacuate the children in the event of a fire? Do you believe that the health and safety issue of Malibu is being addressed appropriately?
Ozzie Silna