CITY OF LOS ANGELES BOARD MEMBERS CALIFORNIA SCOTT SUH SUNG HOON YOON CAROLINE J. SIM JEANNIE HEE LEE MAJIB AL-RAHMAN SIDDIQUEE DAVID E. RYU CHRISTINE NAJUNG LEE SUSAN LEE YOUNG E. KIM SANG KYUN KWAK HO MYUNG KANG DON CHO JAYSON K. CHOI ALEX CHA AURA VASQUEZ EDWARD ANTHONY COLACION JAMES YOUNG JUNG VAHE G CHIMA ANYADIKE-DANES BRADY COLLINS NIROSHAN KAHAWATTE BILL ROBINSON SANG GI LEE SAMUEL SUKATON ! 20th FLOOR, CITY HALL 200 NORTH SPRING STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 TELEPHONE: (213) 978-1551 TOLL-FREE: 3-1-1 FAX: (213) 978-1751 E-MAIL EmpowerLA@lacity.org GRAYCE LIU GENERAL MANAGER www.EmpowerLA.org ERIC GARCETTI MAYOR WILSHIRE CENTER KOREATOWN NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL REGULAR BOARD MEETING AGENDA 주민의회 미팅. Reunión del Concejo Vecinal de Wilshire Center-Koreatown MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015 – 6:30 P.M.-8 P.M. 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In addition, if you would like a copy of any record related to an item on the agenda, please contact: Chima Anyadike-Danes at (213) 373-4490 or by e-mail at: wcknccad@gmail.com. 1. Call to Order by Presiding Officer 2. Roll Call by Secretary 3. Reports and Presentations • Presentations • Rochelle McAdam of Urban Partners Los Angeles on the role of their organization in Koreatown • Mayor’s Office on the implications of the Great Street’s Initiative for Western Avenue. B. Reports • Representative(s) from Council Office(s) • Senior Lead Officer Harry Cho, LAPD • Report from DONE Representative 4. Comments and Announcements • General Public Comment 5. Continuing Items A. Discussion and action on spending $120 for a years worth of web-hosting on Squarespace. 6. New Items i. Discussion and action on a request from Urban Partners Los Angeles for a grant of $2,550 to fund their free mathematics tutoring program. ii. Election of members to file the Council’s Community Impact Statements. iii. Discussion and action on CD-10’s proposal to investigate the possibility of splitting Pio-Pico Library’s parking lot turning half of it into a parklet. iv. Election of new Secretary for the WCKNC. v. Discussion and action on the recommendations made by WCKNC’s Planning and Land Use Committee on the following projects: (i) Case Number: ZA 2014-2871-CUB Address: 621 S. Western Avenue Requested: Entitlement: Conditional Use Permit pursuant to Section 12.24 W1 of the L.A.M.C. to allow sale of full line of alcoholic beverages for off-site consumption in conjunction with a proposed supermarket with hours of operation from 8 AM to 10 PM daily. (ii) Case Number: CPC-2014-1617-ZC-ZAA-SPR Address: 3419 W, 6th Street Requested Entitlement: Zone Change Pursuant to SEC. 12.32F from the existing C2-1 Zone to RAS4-1 zone to permit an FAR 3:1 in lieu of the 1.5:1 FAR permitted in the C2-1 zone, for the construction of 53-unit apartment building on top of an existing commercial/retail/parking complex; also Zoning Administrator’s Adjustment per SEC. 12.29 to permit a 5-foot front yard encroachment of an elevator shaft; and Site Plan Review per Sec. 16.05 for a project having 50 or more residential units. (iii) Case Number: APCC -2014-1947-SPE—SPPA-SPP-DB Address: 215-241 N. Vermont Avenue Requested Entitlement: Pursuant to Section 11.5.7, a SPP. SPPA and SPE for the development of a 100 unit apartment building with subterranean park- Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council Regular Board Meeting Agenda Monday, December 07, 2014 PAGE !3 OF !3 ing and 4,465 sq. ft. of commercial space, and pursuant to Section 12.22-A.25, a DB with 2 on-menu items, Height and F.A.R. vi. Discussion and action on Case ZA-2014-4171-CUB: a request by Heyman Western Avenue properties for a Conditional Use Permit, for the sale and dispensing of beer and wine for on- and off-site consumption in conjunction with a new 1,250 sq. ft. beer bar and market with 31 indoor seats, and with the hours of operation from 12 p.m. to 12 midnight daily, at 730 S. Western Avenue. vii. Discussion of the role that WCKNC should play in helping the city’s homeless, and also of the role that city government should play in aiding its homeless population. viii. Discussion and possible action on the purchasing of a bench for the 6th Street beautification project 7. Adjourning motions