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PUBLIC NOTICE
BEVERLY HILLS DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT
At its regular meeting on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, the City Council of the City
of Beverly Hills will review the Draft 2014-2021 Housing Element and consider
a recommendation to direct staff to submit the draft document to the State
Department of Housing and Community Development for the States initial
review.
DATE: Tuesday, August 6, 2013
ITEM: Draft 2014-2021 Housing Element
TIME: 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter
LOCATION: Council Chambers
Beverly Hills City Hall
455 North Rexford Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
The Draft 2014-2021 Housing Element would update the Citys housing
programs, and would replace the existing Housing Element in the Citys General
Plan. Programs proposed in the new Element focus on:
Maintaining and enhancing the quality and character of existing
housing and neighborhoods;
Providing for a variety of housing types and adequate affordable
housing to meet the diverse needs of the community; and,
Promoting equal housing opportunities for all residents.
To fulfll the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
the City will complete an environmental review of the proposed element update
to determine if it will result in any signicant impacts.
At the Formal Meeting, the City Council will hear and consider all comments
on the Draft Housing Element. All interested persons are invited to attend and
speak on this matter. Written comments may also be submitted, and should
be addressed to the City Council, c/o City Clerk, 455 N. Rexford Drive, Beverly
Hills, CA 90210. Comments must be received prior to the meeting date to be
considered.
f there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact Timothea Tway,
Assistant Planner in the Beverly Hills Community Development Department at
310.285.1122 or ttway@beverlyhills.org. A copy of the draft Element is on le
in the Community Development Department located at 455 N. Rexford Drive,
Beverly Hills, California 90210, at the Citys public library, and on the Citys
website at www.beverlyhills.org/housing.
BYRON POPE, CMC
City Clerk
task force.
Goldstein is an attorney. He received his
B.S. from CSU Northridge and his J.D.
from Whittier College.
Board of Education member Lisa
Korbatov, who is up for re-election,
announced her intent to run earlier this
year, but has not yet filed, as of press time
on Wednesday. Korbatov did not return a
phone call from the Weekly.
The filing period runs through August
9. Forms and information are available at
https://lavote.net/secured/canreg/Default.
cfm. For more information, call (562) 462-
2317.
Crescent Drive to close for
bollard installation
The City of Beverly Hills will begin
installing retractable street bollards on
Crescent Drive between North and South
Santa Monica the week of August 5.
The construction will involve diversion
of traffic on Crescent Drive and is sched-
uled to be completed by the first week
of September. Signs will direct traffic to
Rexford or Canon Drives. Signs will also
show that Crescent Drive businesses will
be open. The street will remain closed until
completion.
The Crescent Drive parking garage will
remain open.
A bollard is a short vertical post used
to increase pedestrian safety by restrict-
ing vehicle access to a specific area. The
Crescent Drive bollards will be stainless
steel cylinders, decorated with the Beverly
Hills shield logo. They will be used to close
one block of North Crescent Drive in front
of City Hall for occasional community
events.
The Beverly Hills City Council unani-
mously approved installation of a manually
operated counter weighted bollard system
that requires between 35 to 45 pounds of
lifting to raise each bollard. The bollards
are 15 inches in diameter, 35 inches high
and 48 inches on centers. The bollards are
also able to stop a 15,000 pound vehicle
traveling at 50 miles per hour.
The council approved a contract with
Matt Construction, who is overseeing the
work at the Annenberg Center, for part
four, which includes reconstruction of the
public streets and parkways surrounding
the Annenberg Center as required by the
lease agreement approved in July of 2012.
The project sum approved in July included
an allowance for the installation of street
bollards.
Donation site created for
former Beverly High drama
teacher battling cancer
Beverly High theater teacher Herb Hall
and his wife Donna Peacher-Hall have
set up a GoFundMe fundraiser for former
Beverly High drama teacher Katie Grant
Shalin, who has been diagnosed with inop-
erable stage four brain cancer.
We created the fundraiser because she
and her husband are about to go to Duke
University Brain Tumor Center where they
have experimental programs for brain can-
cer, said Peacher-Hall. Theyll develop
a plan and start treatment and then theyll
go home to
Ma r i e t t a ,
G e o r g i a ,
where they
live and will
c o n t i n u e
treatment. All
doctors have
said that this
is the best
thing for her
to do.
S h a l i n ,
who was part
of the Beverly High faculty from 1998 to
2005, was taken to the hospital after expe-
riencing a headache and dizziness. Doctors
found a brain tumor and she was diagnosed
with Stage four brain cancer.
Peacher-Hall said the fund would be to
help with airline expenses, food, and other
expenses incurred on the trip. The website
has been set up with a goal of $5,000. As of
press time, the site had raised $330.
Shalins fundraising page is at http://
www.gofundme.com/katiegrantshalin.
Interim Fire Chief Ralph
Mundell to apply for Fire
Chief Position
R a l p h
Mundell has
been named
Interim Fire
Chief fol-
lowing Tim
Sc r a nt on s
r esi gnat i on
last week.
Its an
exciting time
for me, said
M u n d e l l .
Im looking
forward to it greatly. I think its going to
be an outstanding opportunity and if Im
lucky enough to be selected, I look forward
to leading the organization in to the future.
Mundell, who joined the Beverly Hills
Fire department 27 years ago, was pro-
moted to deputy fire chief six months ago
following former Deputy Fire Chief Mark
Embrys retirement.
I think the primary difference is as the
fire chief, youre not focused on the day to
day activity. Its more of the vision: where
you see the fire department going [and]
where the fire service looks like it is head-
ing, Mundell said.
Mundell, who grew up and still lives in
Santa Clarita, said he had been in his third
year of studying economics at California
State University of Northridge when he
grew wary of the prospect of sitting behind
a desk all day. While he was in high
school, a test had suggested he become a
firefighter.
I got to the point where maybe based
on that exam five years ago, [being a fire-
fighter] is something that might interest
me, said Mundell.
Mundell said he had taken about 15 fire
department entry level exams when he was
offered a position with the City of Beverly
Hills. Two other departments offered him a
position and he chose Beverly Hills due to
the fire departments reputation.
Mundell has an Associate of Arts
degree from College of the Canyons and a
Bachelors degree in Occupational Studies
from California State University Long
Beach.
City Manager Jeff Kolin announced
Mundells appointment to the position of
interim fire chief at the study session on
July 16. Greg Barton was appointed inter-
im deputy fire chief.
Kolin said he would look to fill the posi-
tion internally. Mundell said he plans to
apply once the position is posted.
Egerman says North
Oakhurst residents do not
want a historic district
Prior to the Cultural Heritage
Commissions decision last month not to
designate Oakhurst Drive as a historic
district, a survey conducted by Former
Mayor Mark Egerman showed residents of
the district would not have been in favor of
such a finding.
The finding of my survey was that
the substantial majority of the individu-
als involved did not wish to have the
block designated a cultural district, said
Egerman, who lives on the block.
The item went before the commission at
its meeting on June 5. The block did not
qualify as a historic district because under
municipal code, 70 percent of the homes
would have needed to be found as contrib-
uting to the historic district. In this case,
the commission found 69.69 percent of
the properties contributed to the potential
district. Because the percentage fell short
of the required 70 percent, the commission
did not find that the block could be desig-
nated a historic district.
The discussion was prompted when the
property owner at 619 North Oakhurst
Drive applied for a directors determina-
tion of ineligibility. A property owner
may apply for a determination of ineli-
gibility. If found ineligible, the property
owner would be able to modify the house.
In this case, the determination would have
allowed the property owner to remove a
balcony and a faade remodel of the home
built in 1937.
Katie Grant-Shalin
briefs cont. on page 5
Ralph Mundell