Next Apartment Project Meeting – 7/27 6pm

The next meeting about the apartment project meeting is tentatively scheduled for Monday July 27 at 6pm. It will probably be at the Westchester community center / councilman’s office again.

This time we’ll be meeting with not only Chris Robertson and her team, but also CIM. More negotiations on what we want for them to make the project palatable.

I’ll update this post as details get confirmed.

Jim

Letter to Planning Department

It was recommended that we let the LA City Planning Department know how we feel, and specifically the “accomodations” that the apartment project has already put in for us, so that the city’s requests do not get addressed at the expense of our concerns.

Here is a letter you can copy and paste in an e-mail to Oliver Netburn – oliver.netburn@lacity.org at the LA City Planning Department.

Dear Los Angeles Planning Department,

Regarding DIR 2015-583-SPR, 8820 South Sepulveda Eastway

I am a resident in the neighborhood directly adjacent to this project. Many people in the neighborhood are against this project for a variety of reasons. As this project moves forward, I wanted to remind you of some of the features of the project that were put in to accommodate some of our concerns, so that these features will not be sacrificed for other needs or desires.

These features include:

  • An offset at the rear of the property to accommodate forty foot tall trees to provide a privacy screen between the building and the neighbors
  • Windows set six feet high at the bottom of the window on the side facing the neighbors to provide additional privacy
  • Patios and balconies set into the building to break up the flat side of the building to reduce heat and noise reflection into the neighborhood
  • The project does not have sufficient parking in our opinion, so reduction in useable parking in the project or on Sepulveda Eastway will directly impact the neighborhood

Thank you for keeping these features, and any others added in the interest of harmony with the neighborhood, in mind and at the top of the priority list as the project moves forward.

Sincerely,

 

 

 

Next Meeting – 7/20

We’re meeting with Chris Robertson, Deputy Director of Land Use & Planning for Councilman Bonin, on Monday July 20, 2015 at 6pm at the Westchester Community building.

The plan is to emphasize our objections and discuss modifications to the project that will overcome those objections.

If you are planning to attend, please let Jim Gerken know by e-mail at jim@thegerkens.net so we can get the appropriate sized room.

Next Meeting – TBD

Councilman Bonin’s office would like to meet with the community again in the next week or so. If you are interested in attending this meeting please contact Jim Gerken (8849 Kittyhawk) at jim@thegerkens.net.

If there is anything that you think would make the La Tijera apartment project more acceptable, please be ready to quickly explain your request at the meeting.

Next Apartment Project Meeting – 7/15

The next meeting about the apartment project is the public hearing on the Mititgated Negative Declaration (MND).

Wednesday – July 15, 2015
2pm
Los Angeles City Hall
200 N. Spring Street
Room 1020
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Tell your neighbors, tell your friends, tell anybody in the neighborhood that wants to voice an opinion about the project.

Public Hearing – July 15 2015

Some of you may have received the Notice of Public Hearing for the La Tijera Apartments project. It’s attached below. If you didn’t here you go. Either way, please share with your neighbors. It’s important that we attend and have a voice.

This meeting will be July 15, 2015 at 2pm, Los Angeles City Hall Room 1020. LA City Hall is 200 N. Spring String. Important – this is DOWNTOWN.

This meeting will be like many other government meetings – we’ll have limited time to express our opinions and ask questions, so please be prepared and know what you want to say.

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