At the City Council meeting on the evening of Tuesday, February 11, Item 13A saw the Gardena Economic Business Advisory Commission (GEBAC) call for “the City Council [to] review and approve the Facade Improvement program guidelines and the color palette for the Gardena Boulevard Revitalization.”
According to the staff note, “On September 10, 2024, the City Council reviewed and approved GEBAC’s recommendations for a Façade Improvement Conceptual Design and Program for the revitalization of Gardena Boulevard. At that time, the Council also directed GEBAC to draft guidelines for implementing the Façade Improvement Conceptual Design program.”
The facade improvement programs include paint, awning and signage programs. A presentation revealed the color palette to be a brown/beige, and that didn’t impress Council Members Paulette Francis and Wanda Love. Still, the item passed unanimously.
Item 13B called for, “a modification to a conditional use permit for an existing high school located within the R-1 zone; Site Plan Review #1-24 for the demolition of a 9,036 SF building and proposing a new 7,500 SF facility in its place; and an Administrative Adjustment to the off- street parking requirements, for a 12% reduction in the number of required spaces for the existing high school located at 2818 Manhattan Beach Blvd.”
The staff note read, “The proposed project is being considered for a categorical exemption from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Guideline Sections 15302 and 15303, as a Replacement of an Existing Structure and New Construction of Small Structure project.”
That item was approved.
There’s some controversy surrounding Item 13C, though the State mandated that the city has to allow “non-storefront retail medical cannabis delivery services businesses in the M-1 and M-2 zoning districts.”
Francis had a lot of questions, specifically about insurance and security, but ultimately the council had little choice and the item passed unanimously.
