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Council adopts PLUM report to allow Marboro School athletic expansion with mitigation and one-year review
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing on July 14, 1999, the Los Angeles City Council adopted the Planning and Land Use Management Committee report to permit Marboro School to expand its athletic facilities with conditions addressing parking, wall heights, gating, noise and a one-year review.
The Los Angeles City Council voted July 14 to adopt the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee report approving a conditional use request that will allow Marboro School to expand its athletic facilities in Council District 4, while attaching mitigation measures and a one‑year post‑occupancy review.
PLUM member Miss Makowski recommended adoption, saying the proposal balances neighborhood concerns and citywide needs for recreation: "We need fields. We need places for our kids to have healthy organized activities," she told the council, urging members to approve the committee's controlled conditions and transportation demand management measures.
Opponents — including attorney Jan Chatten Brown and a group of nearby residents — told council members they accept school expansion in principle but asked for stronger mitigation. Brown said she believed key conditions imposed by the city's…
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