Airport talk. (Politics).It worked -- after a fashion -- for charter reform, so why not have two committees to assess the community impact of L.A. Mayor James Hahn's $10 billion makeover plan for LAX? Two committees -- one formed by Hahn and the other by Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski Cindy Miscikowski represented the 11th District on the Los Angeles City Council for two full terms from 1997 through 2005. Previously, she was an aide to Councilman Marvin Braude and the Executive Director of the Skitball Cultural Center in its beginning stages. (who represents the airport area) -- met for the first time last month. Both were formed after concerns emerged last fall that too much of the planning for Hahn's LAX proposal was taking place behind closed doors. The key concern was -- and remains -- Hahn's plan to put the airport's main parking facility on a large chunk of the Manchester Square Manchester Square is an 18th century garden square in the Marylebone area in London, England, a short distance north of Oxford Street. It is one of the smaller but better preserved Georgian squares in central London. neighborhood about 1.5 miles northeast of LAX. Miscikowski followed with the formation of the Airport Working Group, a committee that will have 10 to 15 representatives from local businesses, homeowner groups and other interested citizens. The group's task, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Miscikowski airport deputy David Kissinger, is to ensure that residents and businesses are able to present their views to airport planners. Hahn, too, formed a committee to deal with rising concerns of residents over the Manchester Square parking center. The Manchester Square Blue Ribbon Committee Noun 1. blue ribbon committee - an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue blue ribbon commission of 15 members is charged with providing input on planning the parking center. The facility must be "integrated into the surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. communities' landscape," Hahn said in announcing the committee's formation. With two committees of local residents from a relatively small area, it should come as a no surprise that at least two local residents serve on both committees. Staff reporter Howard Fine Howard Fine (November 28, 1958) is an American acting teacher, the founder of the Howard Fine Acting Studio in Hollywood, CA, and also a theatre director. Early Life Howard Fine was born on November 28, 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the youngest of 5 children. can be reached by phone at (323) 549-5225, ext. 227, or by e-mail at hfine@labusinessjournal.com. |
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