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The Culver City Education Foundation (CCEF) held its annual gathering acknowledging the generosity of major donors to the Foundation ($1,000 and above) on November 13 at the Akasha Restaurant. More than 85 business and community members attended the Breakfast, including City Manager John Nachbar, City Council members Vice Mayor Jeff Cooper, Jim Clarke and Mehgan Sahli-Wells and School Board members Laura Chardiet and Nancy Goldberg. Superintendent Dave LaRose defined a Benefactor as a “helper”, and thanked the attendees for the enormous impact...
Council Considers Bike Sharing Program Monday’s City Council meeting seemed as green as the paper used for its agenda, with green transit the main focus. Topics ranged from speakers in public comment talking about walking to school to ease traffic, to Council member Mehaul O’ Leary giving a brief report on a group opposed to the building of Phase Two of the Expo Line, to the Council’s consideration of participating in the Westside Cities Council of Government Bike Share Program (WSCCOG). Bike sh...
Realizing the import of Measure Y, more than 225 concerned residents came to Vet’s Park for the Yes on Measure Y Walk this past Saturday. Mayor Andy Weissman got things started with an inspirational talk and Vice Mayor Jeff Cooper explained the importance of Measure Y, saying “Measure Y is the half-cent city sales tax on the ballet in November. If it passes, Measure Y will help maintain essential Culver City services such as 911 emergency responses, paramedics, police and fire protection. While adding just five cents to a $10 purchase, Mea...
City Council Receives Update Culver City residents have heard that West Nile Virus is active in the Culver City area. The unusually hot and muggy summer weather has triggered a rise in the positive indicators of the disease (dead birds, dead squirrels, sentinel flocks, and mosquitoes) compared to 2011. At Monday’s City Council meeting, at the request of Council member Jim Clarke, Elena Sweda Neff and Robert Saviskas of the Los Angeles County West Vector and Vector-Borne Disease Control D...
A Major Resolution Is Passed Another step was taken by the City Council on Monday night to ensure that the much-anticipated multiple-use project at 9300 Culver Boulevard (“Parcel B”) will be built. The Council and the Successor Agency to the Culver City Redevelopment Agency unanimously passed a resolution to adopt a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) between the City of Culver City and Combined/Hudson 9300 LLC, the chosen developer of the property in downtown Culver City. The pro...
Council Delays Fracking Symposium At its meeting Monday night the Culver City Council rejected a request to endorse a symposium on the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that would have been scheduled for August 4. However, the Council did not rule out approval of a symposium for a future date after PXP (Plains Exploration and Production) Oil Company completes its promised study of fracking. The request was made by anti-fracking activist Tom Camarella, who was seeking...
Half-Cent Sales Tax Goes On Ballot This November, in addition to Governor Brown’s state sales tax measure, voters in Culver City will be saying yes or no to a local measure that would place a one-half cent sales tax on merchandise sold in Culver City. The resolution to place this measure, which contains a ten-year sunset clause, on the November ballot was passed unanimously at the City Council meeting Monday night. The Council also passed a resolution declaring that a financial emergency e...
Council Hears From Residents In a continuing series of City Council meetings at neighborhood venues, the Monday night meeting was held at Linwood Howe Elementary School in order to engage community members and the Council in a dialogue on the budget. Chief Financial Officer Jeff Muir presented a PowerPoint summary of the 2012-2013 budget, showing that expenses are exceeding incoming revenue and cuts to services and staff look inevitable unless there can be some new source of revenue in the form...
Resolution Requests Ban Some words send a stronger message than others. That was the conclusion reached by a majority of the Culver City Council Monday night. The Council voted to send a resolution to the state of California and California Department of Conservation, Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to place a ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in state and local oil fields, and on the disposal of fracking wastewater by injection wells, until DOGGR adopts comprehensive...
Council Selects Commission Members The Rotunda Room at Veterans’ Memorial Auditorium was the unusual setting for Monday night’s City Council meeting. According to Assistant City Manager Martin Cole, the location was chosen in order to bring the Council closer to the community. Certainly the community brought itself to this meeting, as the Council heard from community members and selected candidates for vacant seats on a number of City commissions. “This is going to look a lot like sausa...
Now in its 18th year, and bigger and better than ever, LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2012 is a guaranteed winner. Returning to the LA Live complex in Downtown Los Angeles, the energy and excitement is already at an anticipatory fever pitch - and that’s just from looking at the line-up! While the main screening venue will be at the Regal Cinemas L.A. Live Stadium 14, LAFF will have the stars shining all over town with special events at additional venues, among them, Disney Concert Hall Redcat, D...
City Manager’sUpdate June 8, 2012 City Manager’s Office Community Development Department • Chipotle Mexican Grill – Plans have been approved for a new restaurant located at 4114 Sepulveda Boulevard. • Continental Development Group - Plans have been approved for construction of building B, a new commercial building (core/shell only), located at 4130 Sepulveda Boulevard. • Westfield Culver City - A permit has been issued to Olive Garden, a new restaurant located in the mall. • Sony Pictures Entertainment – Plans have been approved for a...
May 25, 2012 • Kaiser Foundation Hospitals – Plans have submitted for a tenant improvement for "Occupational Health Services" located at 12001 Washington Boulevard. • Sony Pictures – Plans have been approved to fabricate and erect a 188 foot diameter Rainbow arch. The sculpture includes: two concrete foundations, a structural steel arch, aluminum art panels, intermediate framing to support the aluminum art panels located at 10202 Washington Boulevard. • Clive Wilkinson Architects - is relocatin...
Committee Members Chosen Newly seated and veteran Council members got business off to a start at the Monday night meeting with a big issue—the 2012-2013 budget---and the lighter issue of choosing members for an assortment of committees. Culver City Finance Director Jeff Muir gave an overview of the budget, outlining the process for the benefit of the new members. “A budget is a plan for how to use our resources,” said Muir. He defined a “city budget” as a way “to communicate how to use the res...
By John Nachbar City Manager’s Office • AT & T U-verse to Carry CCTV 35 – Staff has begun the process of working with AT & T to have Culver City TV Channel 35 (the City’s Government Channel) added to the channel lineup for customers of AT & T’s U-verse Video services. Current indications are that the addition of CCTV 35 would be at no cost or low cost to the City. If all goes as planned, U-verse customers in Culver City and throughout the Los Angeles County metropolitan area would have acce...
Voters Reject Malsin Bid to Return to Dias Meghan Sahli-Wells and Jim Clarke both won seats on the Culver City Council Tuesday night joining incumbents Andy Weissman and Micheal O’Leary, both of whom were re-elected to second terms. Scott Malsin lost his bid to return to the council after resigning in December in order to retain his health benefits. City hall watchers were not surprised by his loss as many expressed sympathy with Malsin on his decision to resign but were critical of his d...
Council Approves Car Show, IndieCade City Will Pay IndieCade Hard Costs As in past years, the popular Culver City Car Show, held every May, and IndieCade, the video game show held in October, will be happening again in Culver City, thanks to a vote by the City Council at its meeting Monday night. The two events will be designated as Culver City-sponsored events. The Car Show, produced by the Culver City Exchange Club, will receive in-kind financial assistance with fee waivers provided, for a tot...
If the nice weather holds we are springing into birthday celebrations for Steven Gourley, Alan Elmont, Kyle Ruebsamen, Karen Gajewski Baughan, David Oliver, Dave Ruebsamen, Ian Carter, Carol Burns, Stephanie Gardner, Randy Bratton, Jeff Cooper, David Lycan, Zoe Sullivan, Frank Manley, Louise Hayter, Yolanda Gutierrez, Paul Lim, Patridcia Duncan, Ann Perich, Dave Crawford, Diane Tieerney, Cesar Trelles, Jennifer Stara, Susan Allen, Humberto Benitez, Eufemia Silva, Kristina Knight, Caty Kehs, Elizabeth Cabrera, Raina Healy, Alejandro Nunez,...
It now looks certain that there will be at least four summer music concerts at City Hall courtyard this summer—and possibly more than four, if funding becomes available. On Monday night the City Council passed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Boulevard Music to produce a minimum of four shows during the 2012 summer months for the Culver City Boulevard Music Festival. The Council had struggled with the issue of funding the music festival since the news came that the Culver City R...
Scott Malsin's campaign fundraiser on Saturday was a success. More than 100 supporters gathered at the Culver City Elk Lodge for a Rat Pack themed party to rub shoulders with Culver City leaders and contribute to the success of former City Councilman Malsin's election campaign. Attendees were treated to live music by the AVPA Jazz Band, dinner, dancing, and extensive live and silent auctions. Jeff Cooper made his inaugural appearance as an auctioneer and guests included former Mayor Paul Jacobs and wife Joy, School Board Members Laura Chardiet...
Market Hall Project Car Show Funding Is In Doubt The City Council’s Monday night meeting saw approval of a commitment letter that would move forward the development of a market hall at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Centinela Avenue. However, a decision on financial assistance by the City for three special events formerly funded by redevelopment funds was continued in order to obtain information from the event organizers. Concerning the events (Culver City Car Show, IndieCade, a...
SUMMER CONCERTS Looks Good But With Less It looks like Culver City’s beloved summer music festival will happen this year-although there will be fewer concerts and some differences in the set-up and amenities, thanks to the City Council and Redevelopment Agency’s decision at their Monday night meeting. They considered a proposal for a concert series made by longtime summer concert producer and Boulevard Music owner Gary Mandell. According to Mandell’s proposal, he would produce a number of conce...
The meeting of the Culver City Council and Redevelopment Agency Monday night saw local citizens not happy with a proposed project which garnered unanimous Council/Agency approval in spite of community concerns. The approval of issuances for the RFQ and RFP involved the development of city owned property at the northeast and northwest corners of Centinela Avenue and Washington Boulevard. The issuance of the RFQ was for the purpose of soliciting developer interest in the development of a “market h...
Culver City loves its summer concert series and its citizens appreciate the work done by longtime producer Gary Mandell. But despite a show of support by speakers in public comment at the Redevelopment Agency’s Monday night meeting, the Agency did not make an absolute commitment to having him back as producer for the 2011 concert series. The Agency’s options for producing the festival included suggestions from the events subcommittee of the Cultural Affairs Commission: shortening the existing fe...
It took two-plus hours, 18 speakers, 11 written comments, and a lengthy question and answer session with City staff, but the Culver City Redevelopment Agency approved an affordable housing project agreement at 4043 Irving Place at its August 9 meeting. The agreement stipulates that the Redevelopment Agency Board will provide the developers, 4043 Irving Place Investors, LLC, with approximately six million in funding for the creation of a 12-unit project, with nine units at a “moderate” rental rate and three units at a “low-income” rate. While e...
