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Report from City Hall
By Greig Smith, Chief Deputy,
Councilman
Hal Bernson
ROADS
Over
the years, one of the most heard complaints by our staff
has been the condition of the streets in the City of Los
Angeles. Last year there was a concerted effort to rebuild
infrastructure in the city by increasing the amount of
roadwork. During the years that Tom Bradley was Mayor the
city averaged 17 miles of road repaving. This year the
Council increased it to 276 miles.
In
Granada Hills a majority of the work being done is in the
older Granada Village area of the community. These streets
were in the worst condition and many of the roads had not
been repaired in 40 years. One of the positive things that
can be said about the 1994 earthquake is that many of the
roads in the north Granada Hills area were repaved by FEMA.
We are now in the process of identifying further roadwork
needs in north Granada Hills. If you are interested in
more information on the work plans, contact Sandy in the
Councilman’s Northridge office…818-756-8501.
LOCAL
PROJECTS
Parks:
As part of the settlement agreement with BFI over the
expansion into the County territory, $1 million was given
to the local area for community improvements. Councilman
Bernson established the Granada Hills Amenities Committee
to oversee the use of the money. Initially, $500,000 was
given to local groups doing good things in our community.
A full list of these allocations is available by calling
me at 213-485-3343.
A
second program of development is now underway for the use
of the remaining $500,000. The committee has been working
with the
Department
of Recreation and Parks about additional development of
the Lower Canyon Bee Park. Plans include rebuilding of all
four bridges in the park, (from the NVC: And you know how
happy that makes our Environmental Citizen of the Year
–Mary Ellen Crosby!) upgrading of landscape,
reconstruction of the streambed, and most significant the
extension of the park to Balboa Boulevard. Plans will be
finished shortly and a public meeting will be called to
review and comment on the plans. They estimate the public
meetings may take place in the final quarter of this year.
DEVELOPMENT
Two
projects are being proposed for development in the north
Granada Hills area. The first is a 7–11 to be built on
the Northeast corner of Balboa and Rinaldi and the second
is the expansion of Hillcrest Christian School on the
Northwest corner of Rinaldi and Balboa (Shoshone).
It is
the Councilman’s policy not to comment on projects
before the City Planning Commissions reports and issue
their final plans. We do however make recommendation to
that planning process and comments and ideas are welcome.
We encourage your thoughts to be sent to the Councilman
and we incorporate them into his final position at the
appropriate time and send them to the Commission as is
appropriate. It is important to note that, with the rare
exception of something such as the dump, Hal does not make
public announcements about his support or opposition to
projects until the time when projects are finalized, i.e.
After the Planning Commission. But your input now is
welcome on these proposals.
For
further information, contact James in the Northridge
office. 818-756-8501.
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