City Council Motion for 4th Ave. drill site Nuisance Abatement Hearing:
Council President Herb Wesson will make a motion (attached) before Council directing LA City Planning to initiate a Nuisance Abatement Hearing regarding the 4th Ave. Drill Site.
The motion is in response to concerns raised by our community over the past year and through our Neighborhood Council (UNNC) about the operations and violations at the site as well as Planning’s unwillingness to uphold City code on oil and gas production.
The motion to be presented by President Wesson to City Council is also based in part on the recently appointed City Petroleum Administrator’s January 6, 2017, attached report indicating that FMOG:
NEXT STEPS:
PLANNING MUST ACT: Our community, including UNNC, provided information to City Planning about the problems outlined by the Petroleum Administrator and Planning has not acted. Both UNNC and Council President Wesson requested that Planning initiate a Nuisance Abatement process almost one year ago. Planning never responded. Non-responsive City agencies are not in the best interest of our community, CD10, UNNC, as well as oil companies.
THANK YOU to:
Our UNNC which for a number of years has maintained a critical focus on the issues,
Council President Herb Wesson and his diligent staff have stood with our community in this effort.
The Petroleum Administrator for his professionalism and substantive report.
This is a demonstration of the value of grass-roots community engagement that seeks viable solutions to problems, the importance of a responsive Council representative, and having a full time Petroleum Administrator (a position that was previously vacant for decades).