Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) approved the restaurant at 5-7 Dudley and the market/restaurant at 9 Dudley at the 15 July meet. VNC also selected 8 of 13 applicants for Land Use and Planning committee and approved the neighborhood committee members too.
The Piccolo restaurant on Dudley had 48 speaker cards and all were “for” the project which wanted to open for lunch and to have a full line of alcohol. The market/restaurant next door was the same story. No opposition.
“Didn’t know Venice was capable of such a consensus,” said Reta Moser.
New members of LUPC are Kathleen Rawson, Mark Kleinman, Maury Ruano, Mehrnoosh Mogallali, Ramsey Daham, Robert Aronson, Gabriel Ruspini, and Todd Darling. Robert Aronson and Mehrnoosh Mogallali were the only two returning members and both were voted back on the committee.
Robin Rudisill, chair of LUPC, announced that the committee would meet the first and fourth Tuesdays of the month. Previously the committee met on first and third Wednesdays. Date for first meeting has not been established yet.
The land use and planning committee can only have a specified number of members according to the bylaws or all the applicants would have been accepted. Challis Macpherson, former chair of LUPC, says that DONE (Department of Neighborhood Empowerment) has declared a moratorium on bylaw changes.
Rudisill has since stated that she will use these people as “subcommittees.” Doesn’t matter what they are called, LUPC needs the talent and the help.
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