Land Use and Planning Committee (LUPC)
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
The meeting was called to order by Acting Chair Sabrina Venskus at 7:15 PM with all members present.
Agenda Item 1 Minutes of the November 3 meeting were read and approved by the motion of John Davis, seconded by Lydia Ponce. Approved unanimously.
Agenda Item 2 Minutes of the December 1, meeting were read and approved by the motion of John Davis, seconded by Lydia Ponce. Approved unanimously with the agreement that Richard Carter will add the language of the motions that passed.
Agenda Item 3 See Item 5 below.
Agenda Item 4 Public Comment. None
Agenda Item 5 MTA lot-swap. Representing District 11 Council Office, Kevin Keller reported that Jodie Litvak (213)922-1240 of MTA will be available to respond to community questions regarding this project. The MTA has been looking for a replacement lot for its Venice lot for about 10 years. A developer has identified a property in Council District 10 on Jefferson between National and Rodeo in an industrial zone and would build the new lot for the MTA. In exchange he would receive the Venice lot which he could develop. In response to John Davisí question, Mr. Keller stated that an environmental impact analysis is currently in progress and matters of toxicity will be left to the buyer for cleanup
Kevin Keller also said that the Trammel Crow hearing before the West LA Planning Commission, 11214 W. Exposition Blvd. has been moved to March 3 at 4:30 in order to evaluate access road mitigation measures. The Staff Recommendation should be available at the end of the month. In conclusion he stated that the Pioneer Bakery site on Rose Avenue will be for a mixed use 75 unit project and is subject to the Coastal Commission approval.
Agenda Item 6 Action Item. St. Josephís Center. Mark Danziger described the project and Lydia Ponce moved to support
the project and endorse the supplemental zoning administratorís staff report of December 17, 2003, seconded by Dennis Hathaway, amended by Laura Burns to consider articulation on east side wall.
The project was approved by 8 to 1 with DeDe Audet voting against.
Agenda Item 7 Envision Venice.
a. Summary of Report from November 15, 2003 introduced by Gwynne Pugh, discussed by Elinor Aurthur
and Francie Stefan.
b. Request for endorsement. Dan Valenzuela moved to endorse, seconded by Lydia Ponce, and accepted unanimously.
c. Dennis Hathaway moved to appoint ad hoc committee, seconded by John Davis, and the vote was unanimous with the following appointed to the committee: all district LUPC members,
Elinor Aurthur, Sheila Bernard, Moira LaMountain, Laura Silagi, Mindy Taylor-Ross, Peter Erskine, Jerry Jaffe, Suzanne Thompson, Gwynne Pugh, Ingrid Mueller, and Michael Stenger.
Agenda Item 8 LUPC Business.
a. Appointment of Secretary: Dennis Hathaway accepted. Appointment of Treasurer: John Davis accepted. Both appointments accepted by all members except electees who abstained.
b. Rotating chairman. Committee members were against a rotation of chairing committee meetings. Sabrina and Laura agreed to cochair.
c. Procedure for selecting projects for agenda. It was (agreed deleted) suggested that the district representatives are responsible for bringing projects from their district to the agenda. It was suggested that it be the responsibility of the district representative to communicate with the project developer and to see that all materials are provided to the committee members in a timely fashion.
d. Division of labor and dissemination of information. Tabled.
e. Meeting day and time for 2004: First Tuesday of month at 7:00 PM accepted unanimously.
f. Laura Burns reported that Planning Department began using the amended Venice Coastal Specific Plan on Jnuary 19, 2004.
g. Laura Burns distributed a communication from DONE regarding Community Impact Statements.
Agenda Items 9 & 10 carried over.
Agenda Item 11 Adjournment at 119 minutes, failed by one hour. Custodian of building graciously conceding.
Signed by: ________________________________
DeDe Audet, Acting Secretary, District One, LUPC/G