LARGE “BIG BOX” COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT GETS FIRST APPROVAL, ATWATER VILLAGE NC MEMBER LENORE SOLIS EXPRESSES HER SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT

The proposed Mitaa Plaza Project at 435 West Los Feliz Road in the City of Glendale got initial design approval from the Glendale City Council.

The rectangular 2.1-acre Mitaa Plaza site is within the San Fernando Road Corridor Redevelopment Project Area and is bounded by Fernando Court to the north, Gardena Avenue to the east, Los Feliz Road to the south, and the Costco Site in Atwater Village (Los Angeles) to the west.

The “big box” project includes a 5-story commercial, mixed-use development, one level of which is subterranean. The project would include a 36,000 square-foot supermarket (possible Korean supermarket) on the basement level; 33,065 square feet of retail and restaurant uses on the ground floor; 5,025 square feet of retail space and a 25,000 square-foot health spa on the second floor; approximately 32,000 square feet of general office space located on the third floor; and 32,000 square feet of medical office space on the fourth floor. A nine-level parking garage, two levels of which would be subterranean, containing approximately 597 spaces, would be located on the western portion of the project site.
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Atwater Village Neighborhood Council (AVNC) Board Member Lenore Solis expressed her opinion that the Mitaa Plaza would be “great community asset”. However, Solis did not clarify how the “big box” commercial development would benefit Atwater Village’s small business community, including small retail shops on Los Feliz and Glendale Blvd’s.

Design gets first approval [Glendale News Press]
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ATWATER VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (AVNC) GIVES THE BOOT TO CHRONIC “NO-SHOWS” FOR BOARD MEETINGS

AVNC Board Members Fernando Dejo-Grundy, Lance Sandman and Amador Solis (son of current Board Member Lenore Solis) were given the boot after being chronically absent for board meetings. At their February 11th meeting the AVNC Board voted to remove them for failing to attend over 9 meetings within a 12 month period.
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FOUR ATWATER VILLAGE NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL (AVNC) MEMBERS ARE CHRONIC “NO-SHOWS” FOR BOARD MEETINGS

AVNC Board Members Fernando Dejo-Grundy, Lance Sandman, Amador Solis and Lenore Solis have missed more meetings then they have attend this calendar year. Their chronic and unexplained absenteeism has left many wondering why they even joined the AVNC Board in the first place.

All four Board Members failed to attend both the November 12th and December 10th board meetings. For 2009 Fernando Dejo-Grundy, Lance Sandman and Amador Solis have failed to attend a total of 7 board meetings. While Lenore Solis failed to attend a total of 6 board meetings. This does not included the number of meeting missed by these board members since the Board was installed in October 2008.

The AVNC Board meets regularly once a month, on the 2nd Thursday of each month. The meetings are held locally at Christ’s Church in Central Atwater Village from 7pm to 9pm.
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