In response to a bus-complaint outburst at the last City Council meeting by residents of the Lakeside Villas housing complex, City Hall plans to proceed cautiously.
Just as the Council, City Hall negotiators and three other homeowner organizations were congratulating themselves for swiftly converting a raging controversy into accord with the college, Lakeside protestors emerged from nowhere. Their tailored, well-mannered demonstration potentially endangers a frail agreement that cannot be sealed in any event unless the Los Angeles Community College District trustees approve of the terms one week from this afternoon.
From a hometown perspective, it is not yet officially settled whether the city singlehandedly can revise the schedule of Culver City busses on the West Los Angeles College campus without affecting the ink-wet agreement with the college that the Council okayed on Monday night.
City Manager John Nachbar, as the igniter-in-chief, talked this morning about what he plans to do.
“We will start with an internal review and discussion, as a result of direction we received at the Council meeting,” he said.
As for City Hall acting unilaterally, Mr. Nachbar is not certain whether the college’s input or acquiescence is required. “I need to look into the matter, and I have not yet had time,” he said. “Before I take a stance of make a commitment, I want to make sure I am speaking accurately.”
Art Ida, Director of Transportation, likely will be the strategist when this burgeoning neighborhood dispute is confronted. But determining policy must be resolved first.
“There is complexity to the issue,” Mr. Nachbar said in an understatement.
