Date: July 8th 2008

DLANC is sponsoring a town hall forum on development and park space issues Tuesday evening July 8th at 6:45 PM at the Los Angeles Theatre at 615 S. Broadway. Please attend for a very informative meeting about the redesign of downtown around the civic center/ City Hall .

At 6 PM before the meeting, there will be an informal organizational meeting for the DLANC board. This will include an update on the election certification, expected time lines, formation of committees and interests, and the beginning of the dialogue on the annual budget and need for a new location for the DLANC office.

This meeting is open to all. It will not be a board meeting, since we can not make any final decisions until the new board is sworn in. However, we will be using this as an opportunity to be as ready as possible to make decisions and the next board meeting.

Also, mark your calendars for Wed July 23rd for new board orientation in the evening. This meeting will be i n Hollywood but we will be arranging car pools and shuttles from the Red Line Station.

Questions? Call Russ Brown at 213-999-0379, DLANC.jr2brown@gmail.com

Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council- DLANC & Historic Downtown LA Business Improvement District- HD LA BID

Sponsors Re-imagining Downtown Creating a Master Plan for the Civic Center and its Neighbors.

Tuesday July 8th 6:45 pm Historic Los Angeles Theatre Lobby Refreshments provided

Presentations:

The Grand & Civic Center Grand Avenue Park- Bill Witte- The Related Group A joint powers project including the Community Redevelopment Agency/City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles and The Related Group. This $3 billion project will include Frank Gehry designed buildings which include 2600 housing units of condominiums, apartments, affordable housing, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, a grocery store, bookstore, fitness club, restaurants and entertainment venues and numerous retail outlets. 3.6 million square feet of development

The Civic Center 16 acre park- Bill Witte- The Related Group LA's new version of Central Park will be a $100 million plus project will be a grand commons connecting The Music Center Plaza to the steps of City Hall for city-wide celebrations and international events.

Park 101- EDAW Design Group- Henrik Olsson, Gustavo Ilejandro, Mike Williams, Gaurav Srivasta An International design forum with 24 participants has created a master plan that caps the 101 Hollywood Freeway from Alameda to Grand Avenue, from Temple to Cesar Chavez. This proposed project would unite Chinatown, El Pueblo, Union Station, the Civic Center, Bunker Hill and the Arts District with 100 acres of green space and development opportunities.

LA Police Department Headquarters- This 2 acre site is opposite the LA Times Building from First to Second Street along Spring and from Main to Spring Street along 2nd Street opposite Higgins Building all activated by a restaurant, auditorium and plaza fronting First Street.

Vista Hermosa- Park at Belmont Learning Center This $14 million open space consists of 10 acres adjacent to the Edward R. Roybald Learning Center (Belmont Learning Center) in the City West neighborhood at 1st and Beaudry. The complex will serve 2,800 students and cost $350 million. Walking and hiking trails, water features, a playground, soccer field shared by LAUSD and the Dept. of Recreation & Parks are part of the complex. The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority have operational authority.

Questions? Contact Russell Brown President DLANC DLANC.jr2brown@gmail.com 213-999-0379 or

Brady Westwater VP Adm. DLANC BradyWestwater@gmail.com 213-804-8396