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Santa Monica Daily Press MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2015
Volume 14 Issue 184
JUNETEENTH SEE PAGE 4
FAA: Proposed SMO departures will follow existing flight tracks BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
SMO The Federal Aviation Association says westbound departure routes from the Santa Monica Airport will not be changed under its upcoming Metroplex project, avoiding the controversy associated with an experimental route flown in 2010. From December of 2009 to June of the following year, the FAA ran test patterns that routed aircraft over Ocean Park, rather than straight to the ocean — a test that drew thousands for complaints. City officials pointed out last week that, in 2010, when the FAA reverted back to the original departure routes, they said they’d make a decision about the test departure routes during the Metroplex project. The FAA’s draft environmental assessment of its Southern California Metroplex, a regional air transportation plan, was released Wednesday and the agency said the controversial route, utilizing a 250-degree turn, won’t be coming back. “The FAA is not proposing a 250-degree turn right off the runway end,” FAA
spokesperson Ian Gregor told the Daily Press in an e-mail. “The FAA is proposing a departure procedure that would have aircraft fly the runway heading (210 degrees) until they are near the shoreline, and then make a 260degree turn. The proposed procedure follows existing flight tracks.” The FAA is hosting a meeting about the Metroplex project on June 17 at the Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd. “The FAA will have Google Earth maps at the public workshops showing the location of current flight tracks and proposed procedures,” Gregor said. City officials met with the FAA last week and saw some of the draft plans for the Metroplex. “The procedures presented were shown from a very high level perspective and not layered upon a clear map that had recognizable streets or neighborhoods that identified the new flight paths areas,” Airport Manager Stelios Makrides said in a report to council. “The FAA was still in the process of finalizing details of the route and stated that a
BY JEFFREY I. GOODMAN Daily Press Staff Writer
PEDRO NOGUERA
CITYWIDE One parent recalled her young son coming home and saying he wished he weren’t black. Another parent said her daughter lost her confidence and began questioning her skin color. The anecdotes, deliv-
ered at a recent Santa Monica-Malibu school board meeting, accented a troubling portrait of racial disparities in education as district officials reviewed an achievement gap that has existed for years on local campuses. The district is currently working on the details of a partnership with renowned scholar and educator Pedro Noguera to address a variety of race-related issues in SMMUSD schools, spokeswoman Gail Pinsker said. Noguera’s contract and scope of work are expected to be finalized by next month and
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The Santa Monica Police Activities League held its annual golf fundraiser June 8. Among the dignitaries were Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks, Mayor Pro Temore Tony Vasquez, comedian Red Grant and several PAL alumni.
SEE SMO PAGE 6
SMMUSD partners with scholar to address racial issues DISTRICT WORKING ON CONTRACT WITH PEDRO NOGUERA
GOLF FUN
SEE RACE PAGE 12
Council to fill Architectural Review Board vacancy BY DAVID MARK SIMPSON Daily Press Staff Writer
CITY HALL To vastly oversimplify things, if City
Council is the Major Leagues of reviewing development agreements, then the Planning Commission is Triple-A and the Architectural Review Board is Double-A. The ARB tweaks development agreements, or gives recommendations, very early in the development agreement process and after an agreement has been approved by council. With the departure of ARB member Kevin Daly, council is looking to fill a slot that ends next year.
Seven applicants have thrown their hat in the ring. Joseph Marek is a landscape architect who’s lived in Santa Monica since 1994 and filed an application for the board in September. “I hope that the ARB will continue to have a role in guiding the rapid development going on in Santa Monica,” he said in his application. Emmanuelle Bourlier, the CEO of Panelite, which develops materials for architects, also dropped an application off in September. SEE ARB PAGE 12
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