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Community Celebrates Completion of Sunset Boulevard and Mandeville Canyon Road Street Improvements

On October 29, 2007, City officials and community members turned out for a dedication ceremony celebrating the completion of the Sunset Boulevard and Mandeville Canyon Road Street Improvement Project.  The $2.1-million-dollar street project, which included newly constructed left-hand-turn pockets, left-turn lights and widening Sunset Boulevard at Mandeville

 Canyon was officially celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.  The improvements will relieve traffic congestion, improve public safety, and beautify a major intersection on the Westside.
     Councilmember Bill Rosendahl officially welcomed everyone who attended.  "The completion of this project shows the City's commitment to improving our streets and neighborhoods," Rosendahl said.  "It is time to get Los Angeles moving again.  And, with transportation improvement projects such as this one, we will."  Rosendahl said he was

proud to see the seamless coordination between the departments and the departments' partnership with the community.  The Councilmember also honored more than 30 City employees with Certificates of Recognition.
     "I am thrilled to stand here with the community and our hard working City employees to celebrate this great day," Rosendahl said.  "through the coordinated efforts of many City departments and several community groups, we were able to bring a very important project to fruition.
     Other speakers included Lower Mandeville Canyon Homeowner's Association Vice President Marianne Perls, who thanked the councilman for finishing a project that began 23 years ago with Councilman Marvin Braude.  Mrs. Perls praised the City for listening to her community's voice, "instead of concrete sidewalks we got decomposed granite walkways for the safety of our horses.  Instead of plastic city bus benches with all the advertisements, we were allowed to reinstall our redwood benches.  We were even allowed to design the entrance to our wonderful canyon and the City installed."

Canyonback and Mt. St. Mary’s Trails are Saved!

The following information is an important cause that your MCA strongly endorsed. We are delighted to be able to report the following good news to all of you. For the past year, and during the better part of 2006, Canyon Back Alliance, joined by hundreds of supporters, objected to the Mountaingate development project’s adverse impact on recreational use of the Canyonback and Mt. St. Mary’s trails. Westridge-Canyon Back Wilderness Park These trails can be accessed in Upper Mandeville canyon at Holyoake Rd. Councilman Bill Rosendahl with the tireless efforts of Norman Kulla, brought the once-feuding parties together in order to achieve two remarkable resolutions:

(1) THE MT. ST. MARY’S TRAIL WILL SURVIVE – and it will be better than before because it will bypass the Stoney Hill neighborhood completely.

(2) THE CANYONBACK TRAIL will be wholly outside the planned residential enclave, hewing to the western-most alignment along Canyonback Ridge, with scenic views of the unspoiled hillsides.

Applause also goes to former Mayor Richard Riordan,Joe Edmiston and Paul Edelman of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, http://smmc.ca.gov/board.asp/ Robert Garcia, Center for Law in the Public Interest, the developers Castle and Cooke and the Stoney Hill Community at Mountaingate. Thank you also to the hundreds of concerned folks who sent letters to our city officials opposing the possible enclosure of these trails.

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Neighborhood Protection Plan

The Los Angeles City Council passed Councilman Jack Weiss’s “Neighborhood Protection Package” to help residents protect the quality of life in their neighborhoods. The package includes strengthened enforcement against developers who repeatedly violate code requirements; notification when demolition permits are issued; improved construction site management, including a set of rules of the road for builders to minimize nuisance to neighbors.
The Neighborhood Protection Package is an important step toward better enforcement of City laws and better relationships between developers and neighbors.

View Protection Ordinance

Councilman Rosendahl has submitted a motion directing city officials to research view protection programs in other cities statewide and to prepare a draft ordinance for review by the Planning Commission, the Planning and Land Use Management Committee and the City Council. The motion specifically directs the Planning Department, City Administrative Officer, and City Attorney’s Office to develop policies, amendments to the City’s Municipal Code, and funding mechanisms, to protect views from impacted neighborhoods.

 
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