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The City of LA Wants to Shut You Out of the Planning Process Details
PLANNING HIJACKS-On March 30, the Department of City Planning released a memo signed by the Director of Planning, Vince Bertoni.
The purpose of the memo was to give “guidance” on the way the Mulholland Scenic Parkway Specific Plan (MSPSP) would be implemented from now on. For many years, projects proposed for the hills below Mulholland Drive needed to be reviewed by the Mulholland Design Review Board. Bertoni has decided to change that. In his memo the Director asserts that the purpose of the MSPSP is to preserve views from Mulholland Drive, so from now on projects that won’t be seen from Mulholland will no longer come before the Board.
For the past four decades, Lower Merion has been the fortunate recipient of some of the finest services from one of the best public servants with whom any of us have had the privilege of working. On May 7, 2021, Robert (Bob) Duncan will retire from the Township where he has most notably served as the Assistant Township Manager and Director of Building and Planning. Anybody (and I do mean âanybodyâ) who has had any dealings (and I do mean âanyâ dealings) with Bob will attest that we are about to lose the Michael Jordan of municipal employees. When I had to inform my colleagues on the Board of Commissioners of Bobâs planned retirement, I reminded them of the saying that nobody is irreplaceable. I also noted another saying, namely, that there is an exception to every rule and the truth is that Bob, indeed, may be the exception to the former.