Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council · Held

Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council meeting, October 28, 2026

October 28, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 24, 2026

On the agenda: The Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council's board meets online on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, at 7 p.m. The agenda lists possible positions opposing the proposed increase in planning appeal fees for non-applicants unless it is amended (CF 09-0969-S4), supporting a temporary moratorium on new hyperscale data centers (CF 26-1284) and opposing a zone change that would expand aviation uses at Van Nuys Airport. The agenda has 16 items.

Agenda only. As of October 24, 2026, minutes for the October 28, 2026 meeting of the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The agenda sets a virtual meeting on Zoom under SB 707 and limits public comment to one minute per speaker. Items 9 to 13 are listed as old business. The board’s Sept. 23 agenda carried motions on the same five topics. The next board meetings are Nov. 18, 2026, online, and Dec. 16, 2026, in person, both a week early because of the holidays (agenda).

9. Overdue evacuation-route report

• What it asks: A motion in which the council “demands” that City Planning, the Emergency Management Department, LAFD, LAPD, LADOT and the Bureau of Engineering submit the evacuation-planning report the Council ordered under CF 25-0848. The agenda says the report was due in November 2025. The motion also calls for grant-ready evacuation-infrastructure projects (agenda).
• Council file: The motion behind the file was moved by Traci Park and seconded by Katy Yaroslavsky. The Council adopted it on Oct. 1, 2025. The City Administrative Officer filed a report dated Sept. 11, 2026, which was referred to the Public Safety Committee (CF 25-0848).

10. Moratorium on hyperscale data centers

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-1284, a proposed temporary moratorium on new hyperscale data centers citywide while the City reviews effects on the LADWP grid, water supply, drought resilience and ratepayer costs. The motion says hillside areas in the council’s territory rely on the same grid and water system for fire response and evacuation (agenda).
• Council file: Adrin Nazarian moved the Council motion and Traci Park seconded it. The Energy and Environment Committee continued it to a date to be determined on Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-1284).

11. Another charter review process

• What it asks: Opposition to CF 26-1238 and to the related Charter Reform Commission recommendations in CF 26-0489. The motion says the City has already spent substantial resources on the same issues without saying what would be different or setting a clear path to decisions (agenda).
• Council file: Tim McOsker moved the Council motion and Adrin Nazarian seconded it. On Oct. 21, 2026 the Ad Hoc Committee on Charter Review noted and filed reports on the file (CF 26-1238).

12. Van Nuys Airport zone change

• What it asks: Opposition to Case No. CPC-2026-2843-ZC, which the agenda describes as a zone change to the “Q” condition boundary map of Ordinance 177327 that would expand aviation-related uses at Van Nuys Airport. The motion cites flight paths over the council’s area and hillside wildlife habitat. The agenda attaches a draft letter from the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council (agenda).
• Council file: The agenda cites CF 23-1339, a file on the Van Nuys Airport Specific Plan moved by Imelda Padilla and seconded by Nithya Raman, and CF 05-2286. CF 23-1339 lists a Community Impact Statement from this council submitted March 12, 2024 (CF 23-1339).

13. Missing Middle LA

• What it asks: A detailed comment on City Planning’s Missing Middle LA initiative, which the agenda says would streamline approvals for smaller homes. The agenda says the comment would ask that very high fire hazard severity zones be protected from “dangerous densification” (agenda).

14. Liability protection for neighborhood council board members

• What it asks: A letter asking the Council, including the members for CD 4 and CD 5, to introduce a motion for the City Administrative Officer, the City Attorney and the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to report on protecting board members from personal liability for good-faith acts. The report would cover the cost of group liability coverage for all neighborhood councils, a written City defense policy and the history of lawsuits against board members. The motion would also ask the City Attorney for its current written guidance and let the president take the motion to WRAC and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Coalition (agenda).
• Council file: None yet. The motion says the council would file a Community Impact Statement once one is opened (agenda).

15. Planning appeal fee increase

• What it asks: Opposition to the proposed fee increase unless it is amended. The agenda says the fee for non-applicant appeals would rise from $229 to $1,145 for appellants inside the notice zone and to $2,289 for all others, with surcharges adding about 25 percent. The amendments would give the lower fee to residents affected by haul routes, construction traffic or noise outside the notice zone, and to neighborhood associations appealing for their communities (agenda).
• Council file: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved the item on Aug. 25, 2026, and the Budget and Finance Committee concurred on Oct. 6, 2026 (CF 09-0969-S4).

16. Staffing plan for vacant tree wells

• What it asks: A motion urging StreetsLA to submit its staffing and resource plan to plant all vacant tree wells citywide. The agenda says the 30-day report-back has been overdue since Oct. 16, 2026. The motion also asks StreetsLA to favor native, climate-appropriate trees over ornamentals such as crepe myrtle (agenda).
• Council file: Imelda Padilla moved the motion and Bob Blumenfield seconded it. The Public Works Committee approved it on Oct. 13, 2026 (CF 26-1333). The committee report is item 2 on the City Council’s Oct. 27, 2026 agenda.

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