Councilmember Jose Huizar INTITES PUBLIC TO DISCUSS HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS

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)

contact: zumadogg@gmail.com (ZAP: Zuma's Activist Program)