Tonight: Echo Park Improvement Association Meeting agenda
Tonight (Wednesday, October 21) at 7:00 pm, the Echo Park Improvement Association will meet at Williams Hall at Barlow Hospital (2000 Stadium Way).
The agenda includes some topics that many Echo Park residents have been debating lately, including the Lake restoration project, the Flea Market at the lake, and Dodger Stadium traffic (always a contentious issue).
1. Introductions and sign in
2. Local Schools:
a. Van De Kamps/LACC-LACCD Update (Garsten)
3. Land Use:
a. Barlow Hospital-Proposed Entitlements and Development Update (Garsten)
b. Taco Trucks Downtown Echo Park (Schenot)
c. New Business
i. Angeles Group to discuss Durbin project and Morton Village complex
ii. Farmer’s Market Expansion (Schenot)
iii. Proposed fee increases for LADBS appeals (Garsten)
4. Parks Issues:
a. Echo Park Lake
i. Restoration Project (Raskin)
ii. Illegal Flea Market (Hubert)
b. Elysian Park
c. New business
5. Public Works Issues:
a. EPIA/Echo Park Transportation Study (Javier Aguilar)
b. Route 2 Terminus Improvement Project Updates (Lassen, Raskin).
c. Mural Projects-EPIA Committee Progress? (Lassen, Meksin)
d. Walkable Streets-Streetscape and pedestrian amenities (Meksin)
e. Southbound 101 Alvarado Exit Left Turn Lane (Hubert to present Draft Letter)
f. Dodgers traffic issues (Hubert)
g. New Business
6. EPIA Policies & Procedures
a. Bylaws Amendments (Hubert, Garsten)
7. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items
8. Future Agendas
9. Adjourn
For info email: andrew.garsten@sbcglobal.net
Sobriety Checkpoint in Echo Park tonight
Starting a 8:00 pm tonight, the Northeast Division will be conducting a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint at the intersection of Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Blvd. The Division’s news release cites “80 driving under the influence-related and 792 hit and run traffic collisions” so far this year in the Northeast area of Los Angeles.
Heavy traffic this evening surrounding Dodger Stadium for the Dodgers’ last home series should make the checkpoint very interesting, and will likely slow down the flow of traffic leaving the stadium later on.
Drive safe everyone!
