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The matter reached the council as an appeal by homeowners and community groups who argued a change in the project's planned use—from office to an evening-heavy mix of theater, restaurants and retail—would shift traffic impacts and require additional mitigation. Craig Sherman, representing the appellants, told the council the mayor's office had unilaterally amended a development agreement and that the city must enforce the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan and the 1986 development agreement.

\"This appeal's about West Side traffic \u0014 your San Diego Freeway nightmare,\" Sherman said. \"The coastal fees are mandatory set forth in the plan. The council negotiated a development agreement in 1985, and that needs to be enforced and cannot be changed by the mayor's office without consideration of council.\"

Developer representatives and Department of Transportation supporters urged the council to deny the appeal. Marsh Holtzman of JH Snyder Company asked the council to uphold DOT staff and the Transportation Committee recommendations. Dale Neil, counsel for the developers, told the council the appeal was untimely and lacked merit and urged denial.

After brief discussion the council took a roll-call vote: 9 ayes, 1 no. The clerk announced, \"That item is approved. Forthwith.\" The record does not show named votes in the transcript; the clerk reported the tally only.

Why it matters: Appellants said the revision converts a daytime office use into a higher-intensity, evening-oriented retail/entertainment project and that such a shift changes when and how traffic congestion appears and must be mitigated. The Department of Transportation had identified roughly $5 million in required traffic mitigation tied to that change, according to speakers urging enforcement.

Supporting details: Speakers cited the 1986 Howard Hughes Center development agreement, the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan and a Transportation Department letter dated April 17, 1998, as central documents. Appellants argued the developer should not be allowed to apply credits from a prior, different project to avoid paying mitigation fees for the new project configuration.

Council action: The council approved the item as presented; the transcript records the approval and the 9-1 tally but does not record textual language of a motion on the floor in the excerpt. The council did not adopt new mitigations on the floor during the hearing; the vote was to adopt the recommendation before the body.

Public comment/positions: Appellants said the settlement of credits would \"give away $5,000,000 that belongs to the public.\" Developer counsel argued the appeal was late and the DOT action complied with the specific plan and the development agreement.

Next steps/implications: The transcript records approval of item 13; any specific mitigation obligations or follow-up steps will be reflected in subsequent department records or permit conditions.

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City staff attorney Jeffrey Pritzker (identified in the hearing as the presenter) outlined key settlement elements he said the authority had offered to obtain if the city dropped litigation that dates to 1994 over the airport's environmental and planning processes. The settlement summary included the authority's agreement to undertake a Part 161 study (a federal process relevant to curfews), a commitment to pursue a revised Part 150 study examining noise compatibility and runway utilization, and participation with the city in surface-traffic analysis with mitigation measures to follow where legally permitted.

Pritzker said the authority agreed to fund testing of the airport's noise-monitoring system, and the agreement contained a nondiscrimination clause on residential sound insulation. A key settlement condition listed in the presentation was that the airport authority would seek to use roughly 22 acres of land in the City of Los Angeles for parking tied to a replacement terminal; the settlement would lapse if Los Angeles did not approve that land use within a nine-month window in the draft summary.

Residents and community advocates sharply criticized the timing and secrecy of negotiations. Lev Mailer told the council the deal \"sells out those affected by the noise\" and complained the documents were provided to the public only the afternoon before. Tom Patterson and Laurie Dinkin urged the council to retain legal leverage and not surrender rights prematurely. \"It is premature at this time for the city of Los Angeles to give up any legal leverage,\" Patterson said.

Councilmembers expressed similar concerns about process and public notice. Councilmember Wax moved to continue the matter three weeks to allow community meetings and time for affected neighborhood groups and council offices to review the proposed settlement and confer with city attorneys. Several councilmembers seconded and supported the continuance; the chair instructed the clerk to record the action and continued the item.

Why it matters: The proposed settlement touches on airport noise, runway use patterns, curfews and potential land use of property in Los Angeles for airport parking. Residents, who have pushed for limits on flight operations and noise mitigation for years, said they had not been given sufficient time or documentation to evaluate terms that could affect long-standing policy positions and legal leverage.

Next steps: The council continued the item to a hearing roughly three weeks out to allow city staff and council offices to meet with affected community groups, the city attorney and other stakeholders. The city attorney's office said it could present the full draft and legal analysis and that the court has a status conference; staff will seek appropriate continuances at the court if necessary.

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Councilmember Burnson introduced the measure asking the city attorney to draft an ordinance that would make being a spectator at a drag race a punishable violation and allow impoundment of vehicles seized in connection with drag racing for up to 180 days. Burnson said the measure responds to repeated incidents of dangerous street racing that damage property and threaten residents.

\"These drag races take place on our city streets, and endanger property and life,\" Burnson said. \"We're asking the city attorney to draft an ordinance. I think this is very important.\"

Public testimony was sharply divided. Candido Mars, a constituent from the San Fernando Valley, described nightly races on Reseda Boulevard and urged tougher enforcement to protect children and property. \"This isn't about taking away somebody's rights. This is about protecting children,\" Mars said.

Other speakers and several council members raised constitutional and proportionality concerns. Councilmember Holden asked whether the proposal might be unconstitutional or overbroad and questioned whether penalties \u0014 including long-term vehicle impoundment \u0014 would be proportional to the offense.

\"I have some difficulty with it,\" said Councilmember Goldberg, who said she supported action against drag racing but worried about seizing vehicles and criminalizing spectators. \"How is watching aiding and abetting?\"

Councilmember Padilla and others argued that current penalties were not deterring repeat offenders and called for stronger measures and vehicle inspections before release. The city attorney said the office would research legality and return a proposed ordinance or explain legal obstacles.

The council approved the request to draft an ordinance with an 8-3 roll-call vote. The action instructs the city attorney to prepare draft ordinance language for committee consideration; it does not itself create new criminal penalties.

Why it matters: Residents and council members said illegal street racing has become a persistent public-safety and property-damage issue in multiple neighborhoods. The measure asks legal staff to prepare an enforceable ordinance but drew objections from members who warned against creating unconstitutional or disproportionate penalties.

Next steps: City Attorney's office will research legal issues and, if feasible, draft ordinance language and return it to the council for committee and eventual council consideration. The transcript records the council's 8-3 vote to seek an ordinance; the council did not adopt ordinance language on the floor.

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