02/16/20121:00 PMto2:30 PM
Park 101 District Panel Discussion
February 16, 2012
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
501 North Main Street, Los Angeles
Venue is walkable from Union Station.
Confirmed Participants
• Gail Goldberg, Urban Land Institute
• John Whitaker, DLA Piper
• Doug Failing, Metro
• Emily Luddy, Friends of Park 101
• Kim Benjamin, Historic Cultural Neighborhood Council
• Vaughan Davies, AECOM
• Michael Meyer, Iteris
• Tesse Rasmussen, InfraConsult
Join us as we discuss the next steps for Park 101, including the financial aspects of identifying approaches to creating development and community recreational space in Downtown Los Angeles.
Park 101 is a visionary urban design solution to cap the 101 FWY in Downtown Los Angeles – reconnecting the city’s historic core, north of the freeway, with the civic, cultural, and financial cores of modern Los Angeles to the south.
On the web: www.park101.org
02/15/20129:00 AMto10:00 AM02/23/20129:00 AMto10:00 AM
The Metro Board of Directors will meet twice to discuss the Regional Connector FEIR/FEIS document. You are encouraged to attend and to consider speaking on the topic. Due to time constraints, you are encouraged to bring a written statement that you can read from, and then hand deliver to the Board – should you run out of time.
Each meeting will take place at Metro Headquarters, located at One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012.
Continue reading "Metro Board Hearings Re: Regional Connector"
02/07/20123:30 PMto5:00 PM02/08/20126:30 PMto8:00 PM
The FTA and Metro have prepared a Final Environmental Impact Statement /Environmental Impact Report (Final EIS/EIR) for the Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project. The review period begins on Friday, January 20, 2012 and lasts for 30 days, ending on Monday, February 20, 2012.The document is available for viewing and download online at www.metro.net/regionalconnector .
The Regional Connector Transit Corridor Study commenced in 2007 with the development of the Alternatives Analysis , which looked at over 30 potential alternatives. In 2009, the Metro Board of Directors approved the initiation of the Draft EIS/EIR to analyze four alternatives. In late 2010, a fifth alternative was added to the study. This fifth alternative was identified as the “Locally Preferred Alternative” (LPA) in October 2010. The LPA was then further refined to address community comments regarding potential construction impacts. Portions of the Draft EA/EIR were recirculated during the summer of 2011.
The Final EIS/EIR document is the culmination of in-depth technical analysis, extensive community and stakeholder input as well as geotechnical work completed by field experts. Responses to the thousands of individual comments submitted by the community-at-large, organizations, agencies, and elected officials are included in the document.
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01/17/20126:30 PMto9:30 PM
WHERE: The Exchange – 114 W. 5th Street – Los Angeles, CA 90014 [map]
WHEN: TUESDAY – JANUARY 17, 2012 – 6:30 p.m.
MEETING AGENDA
1. Call to order and roll call.
2. Public comment – Comments from the public on non-agenda items within the Committee’s subject matter jurisdiction. Public comments are limited to two (2) minutes per speaker.
3. Presentation by Katherine Casey (Craig Lawson & Co.) regarding a proposed retail shopping center and office tower project located at 735 S. Figueroa Street (ZA-2011-3228-MCUP).
Proposed action: PLUC to recommend that DLANC write a letter of support.
4. Presentation by Tim Mars (Lexington Theatre) regarding a CUB permit for a proposed Café/bar project located at 129 E. 3rd Street (ZA-2011-344-CUB).
Proposed action: PLUC to recommend that DLANC write a letter of support.
