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Hear the latest plans and give your feedback on the L.A. waterfront at a public meeting to be held on Thursday, February 11.

WHEN: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 6:00–8:00 pm
WHERE: Crown Plaza ballroom, 601 S. Palos Verdes St.
DETAILS: For more details, call (310) 290-0049

Related Posts:
Sustainable Waterfront Plans
San Pedro Waterfront Plans
Harbor Air Pollution Study Results

Sustainability Plan for the San Pedro Waterfront (click image to enlarge)
Are you hoping that the San Pedro waterfront can be turned into a pedestrian-friendly, low-traffic area that is integrated with downtown San Pedro? The San Pedro Coordinated Plan Subcommittee of the Port Community Advisory Committee (PCAC) is holding a meeting to present an alternative sustainability plan for the San Pedro Waterfront that the Port did not include in its Draft Environmental Impact Report/Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIR/DEIS).

DETAILS:
Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 7:00 pm
P.O.L.A. High School
250 West 5th St, San Pedro, CA 90731

Related Posts:
San Pedro Waterfront Plans
Harbor Air Pollution Study Results

Proposed changes to the waterfront. Click image to enlarge.

The Port of Los Angeles has released a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on their plans for the San Pedro waterfront which affects all Palisades residents. To view the DEIR please visit the Port of L.A. website. The Port would not include the Community Coalition’s Sustainability Plan (published in Random Lengths) as an alternative project. Instead, there are three Alternative Projects with the cruise ship terminal at Kaiser Point (across from inner Cabrillo Beach) and two Alternative Projects that are effectively no project.

The Port and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will conduct a public meeting to receive public comment on the Draft EIS/EIR for this project on October 27, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel located at 601 S. Palos Verdes Street, San Pedro CA 90731. The deadline for written comments on the Draft EIS/EIR is December 8, 2008.

Related Posts:
Harbor Air Pollution Study Results

Los Angeles City Controller, Laura Chick, will be meeting with harbor area residents next week to discuss the status of the Controller’s Office, including reports from Audits of City Departments over the past year.

It is anticipated that an issue of major discussion will include the deficiencies discovered in Chick’s audit of LA’s Emergency Response Plan. Because the harbor area faces greatly increased risks due to the presence of the Port of LA, and numerous privately operated chemical storage facilities and refineries, this issue demands great attention. The recent prediction by the USGS of a 7.1—7.9 earthquake in the Los Angeles vicinity within the next several years intensifies the need for emergency preparedness. Large areas of San Pedro and Wilmington (including port terminals) have been identified as liquefaction areas and are sitting directly on top of the Palos Verdes Fault line. This is a critical issue for local residents.

WHEN: Thursday, September 4, 2008* at 6:30 PM
WHERE: Los Angeles County Senior & Community Center, 769 W. 3rd Street (just off of Gaffey Street west of McDonald’s) in San Pedro

The meeting is being sponsored by The San Pedro and Peninsula Homeowners Coalition and the San Pedro and Peninsula Homeowners United and supported by Community Outreach Promoting Safety & Security.

For further info: Janet Gunter (310) 251-7075

Link/s:
Office of the Controller - City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Community & Senior Center, San Pedro
Community Outreach Promoting Safety & Security

* This event takes place the same evening as LAUSD’s presentation of the proposed high school #15 design and DEIR.

The Port of Los Angeles will be giving away free trees! Trees are usually of 5-gallon size and you must provide your own transportation for the trees. Each family is limited to a maximum two free trees which will be given away on a first-come, first-served basis. Come early to not miss out.
Saturday, August 16, at 10 a.m.
Neptune Field (located at Neptune Avenue and C Street), Wilmington

If you are unable to make the 8/16 event and you are an L.A. DWP customer there is another way you can obtain free shade trees. Take a 20-minute online workshop on how to select, site and plant trees on your property. You will receive up to seven trees delivered to your door. See the links below for more information.

Related Link/s: DWP Free Residential Shade Trees
Million Trees L.A.
Port of Los Angeles