Developer touts hotel project in woodsy Benedict Canyon as eco-friendly, but critics worry about harm to environment.
made by Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, whose Westside district includes Benedict Canyon.
“Since the last City Council consideration of this motion, the project team has been working diligently with the City’s Planning Department to release the Draft Environmental Impact Report for public review,” he wrote. “With this DEIR process nearly complete, we feel confident that the majority of the council will choose to evaluate the project on its merits as required by law and vote to deny the motion, and allow the administrative process to proceed.
Even if the City Council rejects Yaroslavsky’s motion this week, thus allowing the developer to continue with his application, the ultimate decision to allow an amendment to the city’s general plan would still require final approval by the City Council and Mayor Karen Bass.“We’re trying to spare the city and the community from spending any more time on a project that, on the face of it, is very inappropriate,” Levin said.
At the same time, four former members of the Los Angeles Fire Department who have worked with Safady on the proposed project recentlyThe project, they said, would include building wider, upgraded access roads to accommodate all fire vehicles and apparatuses; installing new fire hydrants and water mains; and removing brush and non-native, fire-prone trees and replacing them with native, drought-resistant vegetation, among other safeguards.
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