West Hollywood City Hall’s lobby is getting a make-over.
The city on March 23 will begin a renovation project aimed to create more efficient access to frequently visited City Hall services. That renovation is expected to be completed by September.
While it is underway, all regular services offered at City Hall – including access to the City Hall cashier, parking services, rent stabilization and housing services, planning and development services, building and safety services – will operate as usual. Visitors may be redirected from regularly accessed counters as construction progresses. Signs will be posted at City Hall to provide directions and staff members will be available to assist visitors. Construction is anticipated to take place at nighttime to allow for uninterrupted daytime access to the public.
All city commission and city advisory board meetings regularly held in the Community Conference Room at City Hall will be temporarily relocated either to Plummer Park, at 7377 Santa Monica Blvd., or to the West Hollywood Library Community Meeting Room at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. Community members who wish to attend meetings are encouraged to check the City of West Hollywood’s meeting and events calendar online or the appropriate posted agendas for meetings, which include location information at www.weho.org/agendas
The lobby renovation project will feature a newly designed reception desk area. There also will be a new staircase to connect the ground-floor lobby area with second-floor services, such as planning and development services and building and safety services, which will eliminate the need to wait for a busy elevator. Improvements will include updated customer service counters for parking services and rent stabilization and housing services, as well as an expanded counter for the City Hall cashier and City Clerk’s office. Lighting will be modified and improved on both levels.
For questions about public meetings for city commissions and city advisory boards, please contact the City Clerk’s office at (323) 848-6409.
The best makeover would involve replacing the photos of the five incumbents with new members’ photos! We can do it if we get more than the historically low voter turnout which results in candidates winning with the support of about 10% of registered voters.
No kidding!
I wonder every time we vote why turnout is so low and why nobody else wins but incumbents.
I don’t wonder, however, why we seem to have the same issues year after year.
This is progress?
How can we fix this?
Why? Does it really need it?
Probably not. Just like we didn’t need the robo-parking garage or the ugly green bicycles.
And yet, I was seriously told the City only had enough money in its budget for one rent decrease hearing examiner. One. For the whole City. And apparently she does it for Santa Monica too.
Do we know what the cost of the project is?
serious question: do we ever get to see what city hall spends our tax dollars on? as in an honest, transparent disclosure of every penny they spend and for what? and the inner workings. since we’re paying everyone’s salary there, shouldn’t we know what kind of people/government we’re paying for?
Wondrin, you can checkout the Demand Register on line or in the City Council Agenda every two weeks it is in the staff report on the consent calendar. You can comment on the Demand Register during public comment. It lists every check that was written to whom and for what. It makes for very interesting reading. One time I read a check was made out to a T-Shirt company for $3,000.00 and as nearly as I could tell, the staff were recipients of the custom t-shirts. Hmmmmm…
Here’s a link for the upcoming meeting. Check it out.
http://weho.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=&event_id=1028&meta_id=145378
As I’m sure this comprehensive renovation is rather costly, therefore the dream of certain council members to build a palatial city hall on the west side has been laid to rest.
S.J.Harker, how could one find out what we pay each year for operation, maintenance and insurance for the often malfunctioning Robo Parking Structure? I’d be very curious as I know what that same company has charged for one of their previous projects in NJ.
Go to our City Hall website.
Sometimes I root around for hours.
It is chock full of information.
http://www.weho.org/