From Sierra Club website
Griffith Park Expansion
Submitted by Central Group; approved Nov. 2007, Dec. 2007, Jan. 2008, as submitted and amended.
WHEREAS, the massive Griffith Park expansion proposal contained in the Autry National Center’s Draft Environmental Impact Report dated August, 2007, represents an expansion of park commercialization, increased traffic congestion of Western Heritage Way, exposure to additional air pollution from adjacent freeways, disruption of plant and animal life and small animal corridors, and the potential for fire and flood hazards as demonstrated by events of the past twelve months, and an unacceptable elimination of Griffith Park open space.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sierra Club opposes any expansion in Griffith Park.
This resolution will serve to affirm the Sierra Club’s existing policy against the taking of park land for non-park purposes, which includes museums. We call upon our members to implement this opposition by keeping careful watch on the Los Angeles City permit processes, so as to prevent a repeat of the 1987 City Council Board of Referred Powers action in approving the original Autry building. This action by the Board of Referred Powers took jurisdiction from the Department of Recreation and Parks and disregarded the near unanimous public opposition to the project.
This item to be referred to the proper Sierra Club body for action.
The original lease for the Autry in Griffith Park required annual reports to the City of Los Angeles. We have been unable to find documentation of compliance with this lease requirement. Therefore we respectfully request that all required audited annual reports be compiled and forwarded to the Sierra Club office located at 3435 Wilshire Blvd Ste 320, Los Angeles CA 90010-1904.
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