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07.24.17 Volume 16 Issue 217
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Downtown zoning rules make final trip to Council MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
The Downtown Community Plan will have its last public hearing on Tuesday during the July 25 City Council Meeting. The zoning document will guide development in the Downtown area between Wilshire, the freeway, Lincoln and the beach. While Council has already revised zoning
rules throughout the city, Downtown was specifically excluded from the citywide standards to allow for an area specific plan. Council held two days of discussion earlier this month that included options for revising some sections of the plan and a request for the final version to return this week. In the final document, Council has chosen to preserve three sites that could exceed the design standards set by the DCP. The
Plan makes no ruling on what can be built at 1133 Ocean Ave, 101 Santa Monica Blvd. and 4th/5th and Arizona, but it does allow projects at those sites to apply for height limits of up to 130 feet. Outside the three zones, heights are generally limited to 84 feet. The DCP subdivides Downtown into several small districts and the revised DCP allows office use on the ground floor within the Neighborhood Village district
(Broadway to Wilshire and 5th to 7th). Housing construction has been streamlined to an administrative approval for projects up to 75,000 square feet, density has been increased for the Neighborhood Village area and individual projects are required to produce affordable housing instead of averaging affordable housing production across SEE ZONING PAGE 7
Beautify Earth receives Award and continues a movement MARINA ANDALON Daily Press Staff Writer
Beautify Earth was recently honored with the Cultural Tourism Champion Award from California Travel Association earlier this month. The award highlights the impact on tourism through either performance art or visual arts. In a recent press release, Misti Kerns, President and CEO of Santa Monica Travel & Tourism said, “Beautify Earth is such a wonderful representation of the creative spirit and innovative thinking that is alive and well in Santa Monica.” Previous Cultural Tourism Champion winners include San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Laura Zucker of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. The award recognizes an entertainer, musician, event, festival or individual artists in ceramics, painting, printmaking, design, photography, video, filmmaking, architecture or a related institution. The award recognizes an entity or artist significantly impacting the building of the California Brand and visitation through the Arts. Beautify Earth was founded by Santa Monica resident and Executive Director, Evan Meyer. “I was once some crazy guy on Lincoln Boulevard painting walls by myself and sometimes with
artist friends and one thing lead to another,” said Meyer. “That wall people seem to like, and it got a lot of good traction. From one wall went to another two walls, three, four walls and ultimately leading to projects in New York. “ In his acceptance speech he acknowledges his Beautify Earth team, as they are a huge factor to the organization and really bring their mission to life. Artists Ruben Rojas, business partner to Meyer’s said “Beautify Earth’s focus has been in Santa Monica with the goal of supporting it to become the first blight free city. We have grown and expanded throughout the country and world organically.” The City has 50 murals by Beautify Earth, and as the startup location and home to the organization, Meyer expressed his gratitude toward the City and said the City has been extremely supportive through it all. However, Beautify Earth has expanded their vision by not just painting murals in Santa Monica and Venice, but reaching further locations like Seattle, Brooklyn, Mexico and India. “As a movement it is important to us to share our mission on a global scale,” said Rojas. After receiving the award Meyer
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Photo by Marina Andalon Santa Monica Boy Scouts Troop 2, recently celebrated their 70-year anniversary and received certificates from the City of Santa Monica as well as the Santa Monica – Malibu Unified School District for their contributions to the City. Scouts Jack Hyde White, Riley Furlong, Daniel Cohen and Nick Faries are all Life Scouts and working on their Eagle Advancement, while attending Santa Monica High School.
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