L.A. Council President Garcetti publicly stated that North Atwater Village will not be included in the proposed NELA River Corridor Redevelopment Study. Garcetti states in his recent Los Feliz Ledger article:
“We are also working to protect the character of Atwater Village’s residential neighborhoods. Since the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) proposed including North Atwater Village in its study related to the creation of a Northeast Los Angeles redevelopment area, we have been in constant contact with the community and the CRA to ensure concerns were heard and addressed. Recently, the CRA announced this study was being postponed indefinitely. But if and when the study moves forward, North Atwater Village will not be a part of it.”
CRA/LA had sought to create a redevelopment project area in NELA that would include significant sections of Atwater Village. To be included in the redevelopment project area portions of Atwater Village would have been declared legally “blighted”. However, the prospect of declaring portions of Atwater Village legally “blighted” received stiff opposition from residents, businesses and community groups.
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Complete Los Feliz Ledger article, originally published March 3rd, 2011
How We’re Working to Improve Atwater Village
By Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles City Council President
Atwater Village has seen an impressive turnaround in recent years, and we must keep up this momentum.
In February, the City Council approved my motion to attract more pedestrian-friendly businesses along Glendale Blvd. with a parking credit program. We heard from the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council that one of the barriers for entrepreneurs wanting to move to Atwater Village are outdated city parking regulations that do not take into account the neighborhood’s specific attributes.
I share with the community a desire to see mom-and-pop shops and restaurants continue to fill the storefronts along Glendale Blvd. and want to ensure new construction continues to foster a “main street” atmosphere. What we do not want is what the city’s red tape could create—parking lots in front of businesses that would create a “mini-mall” atmosphere or subterranean parking lots that no small business could afford.
The new parking credit program is based on a study of the area’s metered spaces, which found that they were underused. Under the program, neighborhood-friendly small businesses can purchase “parking credits” tied to these unused metered spots rather than being required to build expensive, pedestrian un-friendly parking lots. The credits are finite, ensuring that overcrowding will not be an issue. And the money paid for these credits will be put into a special fund dedicated to future Atwater Village parking studies and improvements.
We are also working to protect the character of Atwater Village’s residential neighborhoods. Since the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) proposed including North Atwater Village in its study related to the creation of a Northeast Los Angeles redevelopment area, we have been in constant contact with the community and the CRA to ensure concerns were heard and addressed. Recently, the CRA announced this study was being postponed indefinitely. But if and when the study moves forward, North Atwater Village will not be a part of it.
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