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COUNCILMEMBER JOSE HUIZAR
INVITES YOU TO A PUBLIC FORUM TO DISCUSS
CUMULATIVE IMPACTS, CEQA and the CITY OF LOS ANGELES
Friday, June 8, 2007
7-9pm
Carlin G. Smith Recreation Center
511 W Ave 46, Los Angeles, CA 90065 (Mt. Washington)
The impacts of hillside development are a concern for many areas of our
city and all stakeholders are invited to attend!
This community forum will discuss the issues, laws, and community concerns
related to the cumulative impacts of hillside development, piecemeal
development and related topics. This discussion will examine the laws,
and the ways in which the City of Los Angeles addresses these impacts
currently, as well as suggestions for changes that will make processes and
hillside protections better and more in keeping with California
Environmental Quality Act guidelines.
Councilmember Huizar has a motion on cumulative impacts which will be
coming back to the City Council Planning & Land Use Management committee
on June 19 which instructs the following:
* Move the Planning Department report back with recommendations for
quantitative thresholds for determining whether a Mitigated Negative
Declaration or a full Environmental Impact Report is required.
* Move that City Planning and Building & Safety report back on the
feasibility and implementation for a specialized environmental unit which
could service both departments.
* Move that determinations of “no impact” be documented to explain how
this determination was made on environmental forms for projects within
hillside areas.
* Move that relevant departments initiate and implement necessary changes
or upgrades to equipment and technology that will allow GIS, ZIMAS or
another technology to track and map related development.
* Move that the City Attorney report back on requiring developers to
disclose on application forms any development on parcels in a 2,000 foot
radius with which they, or those related to them, have a financial
interest, or on which they have permits or an application pending.
* Move that City Planning add an electronic subscription notice to the
Early Notification System to allow members of the public to subscribe and
receive electronic notices of MNDs and EIRs as well as receive electronic
notice of entitlement applications.
* Move that City Planning require notification of MNDs and EIRs be posted
in a publicly visible location on the subject property and that notices be
mailed to adjacent parcels.
* Move that Building & Safety, City Planning and City Attorney report back
on implementation of requiring a public hearing for all haul routes
related to hillside development, and on the feasibility of limiting the
number of project sites that can be active in an area at the same time.
* Move that City Planning report back on re-evaluating the criteria of
ministerial actions in hillside areas.
Hillside development affects communities throughout Los Angeles, so tell
your friends and neighbors about the forum and attend ready to learn and
provide input on this important citywide issue.
Friday, June 8, 2007
7-9pm
Carlin G. Smith Recreation Center
511 W Ave 46, Los Angeles, CA 90065 (Mt. Washington)
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