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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...
Observer Reporter Takes a Ride Wednesday was the Summer Solstice. Kids were out of school, jacarandas were in bloom, diners flocked to the downtown cafes. Wednesday was also the opening day for the long-awaited Culver City Expo Line station that completes Phase One of the Expo Line project and connects Culver City with the USC campus and downtown Los Angeles. Culver City’s Number 1 and 7 buses were free for the day, serving as shuttles to the station at the intersection of Washington and N...
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...
In a presentation to the City Council preceding the budget hearings on Monday night the results of an independently conducted survey showed that Culver City voters are largely in support of a ballot measure to create a half cent sales tax to raise funds for essential city services. The survey was conducted by the public opinion gathering firm Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz, and Associates (FM3) between May 22 and May 24, via landline and cell phone interviews with 400 Culver City registered...
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...
Services Provided By City Discussed Lynne Bronstein Observer Reporter Monday’s City Council meeting saw the Council mulling the establishment and amending of fees and charges for services provided by the City. In the shadow of the upcoming budget hearings, the issue of fee increases was not easy to resolve. The Council passed the fee resolution but only after considerable discussion. In 2008, after a comprehensive study of city fees by a consultant, Culver City approved a “cost recovery pol...
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...
Before getting down to business as a new Council member, Jim Clarke spent time on the celebration victory circuit after winning the fourth seat on the elected five-member City Council. Clarke, who loves Culver City, said he has already started working on the city’s business prior to even officially taking the oath of office. “During campaigning, I wore an ‘I love Culver City’ button,” Clarke proudly said, who introduced himself as Jim for an interview, over a cup of coffee at a local coffee sh...
Looking forward to working with newly elected Meghan Sahli-Wells and the other Council members, Jim Clarke says he hopes to bring an outside perspective to his fellow councilmembers and wants to maintain an ongoing dialogue, generating support for his ideas. “Whatever proposals I have, I have to sell the ideas to three of my colleagues,” Clarke said. Clarke, who held nearly a 400-vote margin over veteran councilmember Scott Malsin, who resigned on December 12, will complete Malsin’s unexp...
Culver Officials Join The Celebration Confetti, banners, and a “life-sized” dinosaur greeted civic officials on the morning of Friday, April 27 as they rode on an Expo Line train that kicked off the opening weekend celebration for the newest Metro light rail line. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaragosa rode in the first car of the train, along with such officials as Los Angeles County Supervisors and Metro Board members Zev Yaroslavsky and Mark Ridley-Thomas, LA City Council members Jan Per...
New City Council Begins Its Work Armenta Receives Fond Farewell It was goodbye to the past and hello to the future Monday night at City Hall as the new and re-elected City Council members were sworn in, a new mayor and vice mayor were chosen, and departing Council member Christopher Armenta was lauded for his contributions to Culver City government. In what was hardly a surprising move, the new Council, in its first voting action, elected Andrew Weissman as mayor and Jeffrey Cooper as vice...
Election Results Are Verified The City Clerk's Office received the results of the signature verification and completed the ballot counting process for the April 10 Culver City Council election. Of the 743 vote-by-mail and provisional ballots, 706 passed the verification. The final counting of ballots for the General Municipal Election held on April 10, 2012 was completed on Wednesday afternoon. The remaining ballots had no effect on the outcome of the election. Jim Clarke, who came in fourth and secured the remaining two years of Scott...
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...
Voters To Choose On Tuesday Jim Clarke A 17-year Culver City resident, Jim Clarke currently works as Director, Mayor’s Office of Grants for the City of Los Angeles. He helps to secure grant funding and oversees $611 million of federal stimulus funds. He previously headed the City of Los Angeles’ federal relations program, which required frequent contact with members of the U.S. Senate and members of Congress. Clarke also served as chief of staff to two Congressional representatives from the Los...
Our city council elections are on Tuesday. Your Culver City Chamber has endorsed four candidates for city council Mehaul O’Leary, Andy Weissman, Scott Malsin and Jim Clarke. The Chamber’s endorsement interviews maybe viewed on our website www.culvercitychamber.com The Culver City Chamber is a non-partisan, not for profit that has endorsed in city council elections for well over 50 years regardless of political affiliations. Our concern is that the candidates we endorse are qualified to hold office with the knowledge of municipal government and...
They Respond About Issues, Pizza The Actors’ Gang Theatre seemed an appropriate venue for a lively City Council candidate forum on March 14 at which the questions-including some on controversial topics-were asked by Culver City high school, middle school, and elementary school students. Presented by Culver City High and moderated by two students, CC High senior Nicole Martin and home-schooled Claire Wineland, the forum alternated between questions asked of one candidate and “lightning rou...
Jim Clarke, candidate for one of four open seats on the Culver City City Council, announces two new endorsements. He recently received support from the Culver City Employees Association which represents the majority of City workers, and the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters, the leading voice of the Los Angeles region’s environmental community. The candidate stated, “I am encouraged by the broad range of support I have received from the community at large. I love Culver City and know that I can make a difference serving as a City Cou...
The Culver City Democratic Club has endorsed Culver City Council candidates Meghan Sahli-Wells and Jim Clarke. They were the only two candidates to receive the required minimum of 48 votes for endorsement at last week’s meeting. In order to participate in the forum, club rules require participants to be registered Democrats. As a register Decline-to-State, Culver City Mayor Mehaul O’Leary was not permitted to speak. At one time, the Democratic Club allowed speakers from all parties to participate in its forum. And once in the 1970’s, the club...
At the Candidate Forum held Tuesday by the Culver City Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors where they heard from all six candidates for Culver City Council the board endorsed four candidates, Current Mayor Mehaul O’Leary, Councilmember Andy Weissman, Jim B. Clarke and former councilmember Scott Malsin. "The four endorsed candidates showed the best understanding of the city’s financial situation and the very real issues we are facing as well as speaking knowledgeably of the future of Culver City post the closure of the redevelopment agency”,...
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