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10.12.15 Volume 14 Issue 286
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Downtown development projects up for council approval BY MATTHEW HALL Daily Press Editor
Two development agreements for new, mixed-use projects by prolific development company NMS Properties are up for debate at Tuesday’s City Council meeting. Both projects, one on 5th Street and the other a potential replacement for Denny’s on Lincoln Boulevard, were previously discussed and approved by the Planning Commission. Tuesday’s meeting is council’s first opportunity to weigh in on the projects. The first project, located at 1415 5th St. is a 6-story (84 feet) building consisting of approx-
imately 52,545 total square feet: 6,345 squarefeet of ground floor commercial space, 64 residential units and 105 parking spaces within a 3level subterranean parking garage. The Planning Commission approved the project on July 22 with several conditions including the addition of an additional affordable unit, additional solar panels, efficient irrigation systems, increase the percentage of EV charging stations, a guarantee of “active” retail uses, additional study by the ARB, and establishment of a system for allowing a seventh story if allowed by the future Downtown Specific plan. Staff said the applicant agreed to all conditions.
The Planning Commission has also approved the project at 1560 Lincoln Boulevard, the current site of Denny’s restaurant. The project is a 5-story, 102,500 squarefoot mixed-use project consisting of 100 residential units, 13,800 square feet of ground floor commercial space, and 232 parking spaces within a 3-level subterranean parking garage. The commission asked for additional solar energy panels, edible landscaping, active commercial uses, even distribution of affordable units, shade for necessary units, flexibility in the ARB review, onsite public restrooms and out-
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A celebration of collaboration
The numerous social service agencies based in Santa Monica likely wouldn’t be able to function by themselves.
Weeklong campaign to wrap up with ‘pink-out’ at football game
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Matthew Hall
Beer, Art & Music Festival, held at the 18th Street Arts Center on Oct. 10, featured over 100 brews from more than 40 breweries, as well as works from artists visiting from countries like Indonesia, Denmark and Taiwan. Local musicians kept the crowd entertained and six different food trucks served up the grub.
Westside Family Health Center regularly offers primary care to clients of OPCC, which operates several homeless shelters. Upward Bound House, which provides transitional housing, pays for a small portion of the food that Meals on Wheels West distributes to low-
Samohi participating in Breast Cancer Awareness Month
income and poor residents. Indeed, the partnerships between these and other local nonprofit organizations underscore the importance of collaboration in serving the
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Leadership students at Santa Monica High School were trying to figure out how to raise breast cancer awareness on campus. They knew that their peers had mobilized in droves for basketball games when asked to pack the gymnasium for “white-out” or “black-out” events, where they showed unity by wearing the same colored clothing. Why not try something similar, they thought, to bring attention to an important cause? That’s how Samohi settled on a “pink-out” promotion for Friday’s football game, where players, students, school officials and community members will wear pink clothing or accessories to show solidarity and support for breast cancer treatment, research and awareness. The stylistic statement will be the culmination of Think Pink Week at the high school, which comes amid Breast Cancer Awareness Month campaigns across the country. There were nearly 3 million women in the United States living with breast cancer as of 2012, according to the National Cancer Institute. More than 231,000 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2015, according to the American Cancer Society, and more than 40,000 women are projected to die from the disease this year.
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