 SPEED TABLES NEEDED ON OVERLAND BY WESTWOOD CHARTER
We have been advocating speed tables on Overland in the 1900, 2000, and 2100 block for years. Our children deserve to be safe. There are funds from the Santa Monica Blvd. Parkway project available. This is a particularly important issue now, with budget cuts across the City, and our children are at risk.
Will there be Crossing Guards next Fall? We don't know. We do know there will be less teaching staff at Westwood Charter next Fall, and there is a current proposal to make even deeper cuts. Having those speed tables installed this summer, prior to the Fall semester, are critical to the safety of our children.
Speed tables are the lower, wider version of speed humps. Overland will always have traffic, and speed tables will simply make a safer street for our children.
Westwood Charter is in support of this request, and we ask for your support. Whether you have children currently or in the past attending Westwood Charter, or believe in the safety of our children, please send your support to overland90064@gmail.com and we will forward it on.
Upcoming Meetings/Events/Due Dates:
Westside Neighborhood Council: Monthly Meeting
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Place: Westside Pavillion, 3rd Floor, Community Room "A" (behind the food courts)
Have neighborhood concerns? Come to our meeting where we discuss issues affecting Westside Stakeholders, including concerns over local development, mobility, schools, parks, and local businesses.
CASDEN SEPULVEDA PROJECT SCOPING COMMENTS DUE!
Due Date for Public Comments: July 10, 2009
Where to send comments:
Mail to:
Environmental Review Section
Department of City Planning
200 North Spring Street, Room 750
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Attention: David Somers, Planning Assistant
Or Email to:
Or Fax to:
213-978-1343
What: This begins the environmental impact report process for this proposed development for this MONSTEROUSLY LARGE, traffic congestion-inducing project at the old cement plant off Pico at Sepulveda & Exposition. At this meeting, you will learn about the proposed demolition of the existing structures, and the proposal to replace the cement plan with a mixed-use commercial and residential development. It is the beginning of the developers' intention to densify the area surrounding the proposed Exposition Light Rail -- which will, for now, block traffic as it will go in AT GRADE (i.e. neither above the ground or below the cross streets) at Sepulveda, Military, Westwood, and Overland, putting a halt to all north/southbound traffic.
On all correspondence for this project, please put in the reference line: Re: ENV-2008-3989-EIR
Sample Comments & Concerns might address some or all of the following (thanks to one of our adjacent Neighborhood Council members):
1) The excessive size, height, density and scope of this project lies entirely outside the character of this region, and would therefore disrupt if not destroy the character of all adjacent neighborhoods, and have permanent impacts on the residential, commercial and industrial aspects of the region. 2) A project of this size requires a full Environmental Impact Report, per CEQA requirements, and a comprehensive 24-hour traffic impact report, instead of the outdated peak-hour traffic counts as currently used under the outdated LADOT policy. 3) There are serious concerns to be addressed regarding a freeway-adjacent housing development and the increased risk of asthma and cancer of any future residents 4) There is insufficient commercial and senior affordable housing for this transit-adjacent development, as well as a lack of incentives for the employees of the commercial aspect of this project to live at this site; in particular, senior affordable housing will attract individuals most likely to utilize adjacent mass transit accommodations instead of worsening local automobile traffic. 5) There are inadequate residential amenities for a project of this scope and size, including insufficient land/playing field/open space for a development of this size and of this many people. 6) There is inadequate infrastructure for proper ingress/egress to this facility. 7) The Property in question, zoned M2, represents a significant portion of M2-zoned space in the region. The community and city has demonstrated concern over the future need for and previous loss of M2 land. The West LA Community Plan is currently being re-written and issues pertaining to land use designation on such a large property should be deferred until after the plan has been complete. To change the zone of this large property at this critical juncture will undermine the importance of the planning effort and create an un-mitigatable impact on the community's vision for its future. 8) This project contributes to Westside traffic congestion, rather than helps solve it. See Link below for further details, or click on "Casden" at the bottom of this page.
Survey underway to get feedback on how to improve walkability of Pico Boulevard -- Business areaOAC member, Lisa Morocco, Chairs the Westside Neighborhood Council's Pico Beautification Committee, a project that envisions making Pico Boulevard between Patricia Avenue and the 405 a more liveable, walkable environment to encourage businesses and residents to make the best uses of this street. The residential community is invited to participate in a survey being done by the volunteers on the Pico Beautification Committee. That committee has hired a landscape architect to help improve Pico Blvd., and make it the neighborhood district we have long envisioned. The committee wants to involve residents as well as businesses in this process. Once printed, please return it as follows: By mail: Westside Neighborhood Council; P.O. Box 64370; Los Angeles, CA 90064 By Facsimile: 310-446-0027 By Email: wncbusiness@verizon.net Porkchops & Pylons -- Just Say No! From a safety standpoint, these structures are a disaster -- as seen here: Yes, it creates a second lane for creative drivers, and creates a barrier that inhibits emergency vehicles from providing assistance to the neighborhood.  Feel free to contact us for more information: overland90064@gmail.com
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