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Some links on these archived pages are not operative.
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This NONCOMMERCIAL site is a harmless hobby of George Garrigues, who has lived in the Westside Village district of Palms for 12 years. These pages have no connection with any organization.
Send him e-mail with corrections and comments.
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Two public meetings are scheduled this month on a major project at the northern entrance to Palms. / Below
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PALMS PRESIDENT TODD ROBINSON IS SEEKING APPLICANTS FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENCY / Below
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Showroom for motorized tricycles and garage for classic cars is planned for Overland at McCune; public hearing on Aug. 11 / Below
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AFTER MANY YEARS, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH HAS SWITCHED ITS MEETINGS TO WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
It's a break in tradition for the Palms-Westside Village group; the meeting precedes that of the Palms Neighborhood Council / Below
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Plans are afoot to build a commercial-residential complex at Palms and Motor / Below
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Transformation of an old residence to a business blends the historic with the modern / Below
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Cheviot Hills is divided over 'calming' work on Motor Ave. / Below
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Mar Vista, Palms will consider upscale property development at the entrance to our area
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Two meetings are planned this month on a commercial-residential project proposed for the northern entrance to Palms.
The newly active Palms Neighborhood Council will have first crack at dealing with the development of the former Arco property on the southeast corner of National Blvd. and Overland Ave.
F. Danny Monempour, chair of the Palms Development and Land-Use Committee, said the item will be on the agenda for the organizational meeting of his committee at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15, in the IMAN Center at 3376 Motor Ave., between Palms and National Blvds.
And a committee of the Mar Vista Community Council, at the urging of activists from the Westside Village homeowners association, will hold an informational meeting on the project at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16.
Ken Alpern, one of the Village activists, has "very much invited" residents of Palms and of the Westside to a meeting of the Mar Vista Urban Planning and Land Use Committee in the Mar Vista branch library at Inglewood Ave. and Venice Blvd. He is the chair of the committee.
Westside Villager Marie Wallace has arranged the Mar Vista meeting. Steve Collins of RSA Architects will speak; he can be reached at 213-225-7254.
Westside Village, just across Overland from the old Arco station, is within the Mar Vista Community Council area.
It is not the first time that the Mar Vista council, at the urging of the Village homeowners group, has been interested in projects within the boundaries of another council. Last year it was instrumental in forcing the change of the design of a Department of Water and Power substation on National Blvd. east of Sepulveda, inside the territory of the Westside Neighborhood Council.
The National-Overland commercial-residential project was first brought to the attention of Palms stakeholders last January, before the local Representative Assembly was elected. The Assembly is the governing body of the Palms Neighborhood Council.
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Robinson is seeking applicants
for the Vice-Presidency
President Todd Robinson of the Palms Neighborhood Council is looking for a Veep.
He is seeking applicants for the job he himself held for a little more than a week before assuming the role of Council President upon the June 30 resignation of Len Nguyen, who left the Presidency to become a field deputy for Council Member Bill Rosendahl.
Robinson had been elected vice president by Palms Stakeholders on June 21. He ran with no opposition.
Already Cliff Cheng and Pauline Stout have applied for the No. 2 position, but Robinson said others may apply on or before Wednesday, Aug. 31.
If you are interested, send a letter to Secretary, Palms Neighborhood Council, P.O. Box 41070, Palms, CA 90034. Enclose some proof of your Stakeholder status, like a utility bill with your address on it, photocopy of a driver license or some other indication of your affiliation with a Palms organization — such as the Culver-Palms YMCA, the Neighborhood Watch, L.A. Scores or a church.
You can also apply directly to Robinson by e-mail at trobinson@gmail.com and send your Stakeholder document separately.
The Secretary is responsible for verifying Stakeholder status, but the President makes the appointment, subject to the approval of the Neighborhood Assembly, which is the governing body of the Council.
Under the Palms bylaws, the vice president "Assumes the duties of the President in case of absence or illness and becomes president on the death, resignation or permanent incapacity of the President." and "Assists the President and assumes special duties and responsibilities as necessary."
Like other Assembly members, the Vice President must take part in at least one Neighborhood Council committee and attend Neighborhood Council meetings, which are held on the first Wednesday of the month.
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Assembly hears debate on Overland-McCune garage issue but takes no action
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BULLETIN: After a presentation on both sides of the issue, the Representative Assembly of the Palms Neighborhood Council took no action Wednesday night, Aug. 3, on the Rodworks application outlined below. There was no motion offered by Assembly members one way or the other.
A public hearing was held by a zoning examiner on Aug. 11 on an application by Rodworks to permit the establishment, use and maintenance of an automotive repair facility at 3745 Overland Ave. (at McCune).
Rodworks plans to open a repair garage for classic automobiles, a well as a salesroom and repair facility for motorized tricycles as shown in the photograph.
Come back to this page for additional details as they become available. Go here for the SoCal Trikes Web page.
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Palms Council and Watch hold first Wednesday-night meeting
The Palms-Westside Village Neighborhood Watch and the Palms Neighborhood Council held their first Wednesday-night meeting on Aug. 3.
The Watch had been meeting on Tuesday nights for as long as anybody can remember. The meetings will be the first Wednesday of the month from now on, with the next one scheduled for Sept. 7.
The Watch will meet at 6:30 p.m., and the Council, with its Representative Assembly, will meet at 7 p.m., or 7:15, if the Watch needs more time.
The Representative Assembly is the governing body of the Palms Neighborhood Council, an official agency of the city government.
Click here for the minutes of the Aug. 3 meeting.
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Apartment-commercial building is planned for Palms and Motor
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Discussion is now going on about building a large apartment complex on the northeast corner of Palms and Motor, where a Chevron gas station stood until a few months ago. The site is now vacant. A drawing submitted by the architect, above, shows an open-air atrium in the center, with shops and restaurants on the ground floor. The parking would be underground, with entry and exit from the alley to the east. The lot is opposite Palms Elementary School.
The Development and Land-Use Committee of the Palms Neighborhood Council will take up the matter in a public hearing on Monday evening, Aug. 15.
The Sun has learned that most of the properties on the west side of Motor between Palms and Woodbine (opposite the Pacific Television Center) have been purchased by a developer who plans to tear down the old structures and build apartments or condos in their place.
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REMEMBER THIS FROM LAST MARCH? ->
WE SAID THEN:
YOU SEE SUCH INTERESTING OLD HOUSES
Isn't this a terrific front porch? We believe it is a romanesque style (like UCLA's Royce Hall), but we are not experts.
This shuttered former residence is at 3712 Overland Ave.
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<- TODAY
The place is being remodeled for a new business. What a nice way to blend the historic with the modern!
We'll keep you posted on what is going to happen there.
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'CALMED' MOTOR AVE. HAS LED TO A ROAR IN CHEVIOT HILLS
Excerpted from the Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2005
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By Martha Groves
. . . The city has already instituted its most extensive neighborhood traffic measures ever to slow down and redirect the crush of commuters who pour daily through Cheviot Hills [on Motor Ave.].
[But many] residents say it's the so-called traffic-calming fixes themselves — four-way stop signs, metered signals, road narrowing curb extensions known as bump-outs, re-striped lanes and right- and left-turn restrictions — that are the problem. . . .
Under pressure from high-powered residents, the city years ago embarked on its most ambitious effort ever to control residential traffic. Engineers began installing just about every traffic calming measure they knew. . . .
On side streets, however, neighbors , , , are in an uproar. . . .
At the urging of disgruntled residents, Councilman Jack Weiss recently revealed that he planned to adjust some of the measures. Motor Avenue residents erupted, saying his actions threatened to undo years of hard work.
Now talk of litigation is floating on the jasmine-scented air. . . .
Bisecting Cheviot Hills is Motor Avenue — which, back in the day, was the first paved road between two prominent Hollywood studios, Fox and MGM. . . . Motor "has always been the solution to excess traffic going from Century City to the freeway," said Lucie Bava, a 30-year resident. . . .
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for pedestrians. Cobblestone bump-outs were put in at intersections to narrow the road. . . .
But some traffic has found its way onto Queensbury Drive, Monte Mar and other smaller residential streets. . . .
With the debate raging, city officials are trying to figure out what to do.
At the urging of many disgruntled Cheviot Hills residents, Councilman [Jack] Weiss is poised to add, among other changes, a second right-turn lane from northbound Motor onto Pico Boulevard [Point A on the map] to speed the flow to and from Century City.
That, in turn, has outraged Bava. She has suggested that she and other supporters of traffic calming might fight in court to keep all the measures in place. . . .
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