CD11 NEIGHBORHOOD EMPOWERMENT CONGRESS
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
(Chair: Ken Alpern)
AGENDA--Monday, March 10th, 2014 at 7:15 -9:00 P.M.
West LA Municipal Building, (Adjacent to Felicia Mahood Center)
Room 200 (Auditorium, Second Floor)
1645 Corinth Ave. (near intersection at Santa Monica Blvd. and Corinth Ave.)
Los Angeles, CA 90025
I.
Call to Order –Ken Alpern (Chairing this meeting)
II.
Introductions – All (5 minutes)
III.
Old Motions passed at last meeting (No motions passed)
IV. Old Business/Unresolved items from previous meetings, and potential motions
a. Westside Mobility Plan
b. Expo Corridor and Other Transportation/Planning Outreach by the City of Los Angeles
c. MetroRail to LAX
d. Westside/Valley Transit Project
e. Los Angeles Citywide Bicycle Plan
f. LAX/Santa Monica Airport Update
g. City Bond proposal to repair streets ($3 billion)
h. LADOT MOU
i. Native Plants and City Sidewalk/Median Landscaping—Buscaino Plan??
V. Westside Large-Scale Development Update (Charles Grobe, Ray Klein, Lauren Cole, Sharon Commins and others)
a) Casden/Sepulveda Project
b) Bundy/Olympic Projects
c) Bergamot Village/Papermate Site Project
d) JMB project in Century City
VI. Pedestrian/Bicycle Update and potential motions, if time permits
a) Pedestrian/Complete Corridors Update
b) Expo Bikeway and Native Plants Update (Kent Strumpell, Charles Miller and Sarah Hayes)
VII. Special Presentation
Personal Rapid Transit (Marty Taft et al)
Special Motion—The CD11 Transportation Advisory Committee supports a Port/Harbor Region Personal Rapid
Transit Prototype Study at/adjacent to the Ports of Los Angeles and the Harbor Region.
VIII. New Business and possible motions
a) MOTION--ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS:
The CD11 Transportation Advisory Committee opposes the efforts by Lamar Central Outdoor, as well as CBS
Outdoor and Clear Channel, or any other billboard operators in Los Angeles, to file suit or to attempt to force the
City of Los Angeles in any other way, to allow for the conversion of Lamar's traditional billboards to
digital/electronic format, or to restore operations of digital/electronic billboards already declared illegal, in that
their negative effects on transportation (such as distracting motorists) are hazardous and inappropriate for smooth
and steady traffic flow.
b) MOTION: BUS-ONLY LANES AND ACCESS TO BUS TRANSIT CENTERS
Whereas, since Bus Transit Centers are critical for riders to begin a trip, end a trip, or transfer between buses of
the same agency, such as from one Metro Bus to another, or from one agency to another, such as from a Metro Bus
to a Culver City Bus, and
Whereas, since there are delays to the buses' times caused by non-buses sharing the same roadways for the Bus
Transit Centers, and interfering with the buses,
Therefore, the CD11 Transportation Advisory Committee supports the policy that for all Bus Transit Centers
there are Bus Only Lanes for entry into and exit out of Bus Transit Centers, and that all non-bus vehicles should
be prohibited from Bus Transit Centers except for official bus agency business and emergencies.
c) MOTION—NATIVE TREES FOR CRENSHAW/LAX LIGHT RAIL LINE
The CD11 Transportation Advisory Committee supports the replacement of non-native plants and/or planting of
drought-tolerant native plants, whenever possible, for the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line corridor, and
reaffirms its support for this endeavor for any trees and plants of the Westside Segment of the Exposition Light
Rail Line
d) MOTION—HINDRY STATION LAND USE/RECLAMATION/TRAFFIC PLAN
The CD11 Transportation Advisory Committee requests that the CD11 office, working in conjunction with Metro,
create a zoning, traffic and land use Station Plan for the rail right of way and the land adjacent for the future
Hindry station of the Metro Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line. Such a Station Plan would include considerations of
residential, commercial and industrial zoning, as well as parking, water reclamation/environmental projects, and
road/bicycle/bus/pedestrian access.
IX. Update on CD 11 Council Office Transportation-Related Activities, 30/10 Update, LAX Update, Westside RFP, I-405 Widening
Project/Sunset Blvd. Bridge Reconstruction Update, Discussion and Updates of new or ongoing topics by CD11 Transportation
Advisory Committee Members (CD11 Staff--Paul Backstrom and Len Nguyen)
X. Next Meeting: April (TBA) at West L.A. Municipal Bldg. in Room 200
XI. Announcements/Future Agenda Items
a) Development/TOD Planning with CD11 Staff
XII. Adjournment