Save Your Public Health Services
Keep Public Institutional Use Levels the Same for the Health District and City - Support a 1.25 FAR
A recent change to the proposed City of Redondo Beach General Plan could significantly reduce BCHD’s programs and services. The Planning Commission has proposed a dramatic reduction in the Floor Area Ratio for select public property, targeting BCHD.
The programs you use, know and love are under attack, including:
- The Center for Health & Fitness
- Social Workers for disabled and older adults
- allcove Beach Cities – youth wellness center
- Blue Zones Project
- LiveWell Kids and BCHD’s numerous other free programs and services
Initially, a 0.75 FAR was considered for BCHD’s campus by the Planning Commission, but it was recently reduced – without being studied – even further to 0.50, while select City of Redondo Beach properties, which have the same land use designation, are allowed a 1.25 FAR.
The General Plan update - which includes the proposed FAR change - will be on the agenda for the next Redondo Beach City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place in the City Council Chambers at 415 Diamond Street in Redondo Beach.
Click here for more information about Redondo Beach City Council meetings, including instructions for submitting a public comment once the agenda is posted.
Healthy Living Campus Updates:
- August 15, 2024
- August 12, 2024
- July 29, 2024
- July 12, 2024
- June 12, 2024
- April 10, 2024
- March 26, 2024
- March 13, 2024
- January 23, 2024
- August 2022
Healthy Living Campus - Overview 2017-2022
Healthy Living Campus - Fact Sheet: January 2023
Healthy Living Campus – PACE and Timeline August 2022
Healthy Living Campus Master Plan Conceptual Open Space Rendering
View a conceptual video rendering of what the Healthy Living Campus master plan open space could look like.
Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is in the planning and design stages of creating a Healthy Living Campus on the District’s Redondo Beach property located at 514 North Prospect Avenue. When completed, the 11-acre site will be a hub of well-being that serves and connects Beach Cities residents – ranging from children and families to adults and older adults – with abundant health and wellness services, programs and facilities.
The approved project features:
- A Youth Wellness Center (for ages 12 – 25)
- At least two acres of active open green space
- Residential Care for the Elderly (reduced from 420 units to 217, including memory care)
- Program for All-inclusive Care for the Elderly, or PACE, an out-patient program that includes medical care, medication management and adult day health care services.
- A new energy-efficient, seismically compliant facility
- Programmable space for community services and activities, creating greater access to BCHD’s robust preventive health benefits
- Building height limited to 83 feet and under (the tallest building on the current campus is 76 feet)
- Buildings shifted to the north behind the Vons center and away from the Torrance-facing east side of the campus
- Minimized construction time: five years in two phases (originally nine years in three phases)
Phase 1
- allcove Beach Cities
- Residential Care for the Elderly (RCFE) - Memory Care & Assisted Living
- Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
- Community Services (Social Workers, Assistance, Information and Referral, Youth Wellness Center)
- Active Open Green Space
- Parking
Phase 2
- Community Wellness Pavilion
- Aquatics
- Center for Health & Fitness
- Parking
Healthy Living Campus planning has been a multi-year endeavor. The proposed project has undergone revisions based on community feedback and input from expert structural and financial consultants.
