CITY TO SELL LANDFILL PROPERTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUPPORT DEAL FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Staff Writer Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. unanimously approved on Friday the sale of 20 acres of city property, including a former landfill, to a private developer who plans to build a large industrial park in Sun Valley. The project was received well by community members, who negotiated an extensive package of benefits from the developer, including a new youth center, school arts funding and improved capping of the Branford Landfill, which was closed in 1961 when environmental regulations were much looser than today. ``We're very eager to have this development in the community because it's going to bring jobs to the community,'' said Pacoima resident Richard Gallegos, who helped negotiate the community benefits package along with the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Alliance for a New Economy. The city will receive $2.55 million for the 14-acre landfill property and a 6-acre sanitation sanitation: see plumbing; sanitary science. yard. However, it will then pay $230,000 to help the developer install a methane methane (mĕth`ān), CH4, colorless, odorless, gaseous saturated hydrocarbon; the simplest alkane. It is less dense than air, melts at −184°C;, and boils at −161.4°C;. mitigation system on the property and $285,000 to cover other costs related to the deal. The proceeds will be used to help the city finish construction on a new sanitation yard in the East Valley. Construction on the SunQuest Industrial Park is expected to begin in mid-2002 and take about 18 months, 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. a representative of SunQuest Development. The project is expected to generate at least 400 jobs, said Robert Burke Robert Burke may refer to:
The park will span 33 acres at the southwest corner of Bradford Street and San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the - the developer had already acquired 13 acres before negotiating to buy 20 acres from the city. The community benefits package includes payment of $150,000 to the city for neighborhood improvement projects, which the city will match with its own funds; a building of at least 4,000 square feet for a new youth center operated by the city; payment of a ``living wage'' on at least 70 percent of jobs in the park; and community input on selection of commercial tenants. Council President Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City , who helped negotiate the deal, said many of the proposals came from the local residents. ``This wasn't city-driven,'' Padilla said. ``This was community-driven.'' ``The developer did not have to do this,'' he added. ``This was his gesture of good faith.'' CAPTION(S): map Map: Industrial park site at the former Branford Landfill Daily News |
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