The City Council allocated extra funding to fight a subway from going under Beverly Hills High School while the latest ballot tally in the school board election identified the three candidates with the most votes. Read about that and more in the top stories from Nov. 13-19. 1. The council has marked Dec. 19 as the date it will approve or reject the Jim Falk Lexus dealership’s bid to expand its Wilshire Boulevard facility . 2. A nonrefundable application fee of $1,500 has been established for those who want to participate in the city’s Mills Act Pilot Program. 3. In more council news, the panel has appointed an additional $650,000 to fund efforts to stop a subway from going under BHHS. 4. The latest tally of the Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education election indicates that Brian Goldberg, Noah Margo and Lewis Hall made the cut . 5. The city’s Bicycle Ad Hoc Committee met to discuss the development of bike routes in Beverly Hills . Also, shop local this holiday season at places like Tom’s Toys to support small businesses in Beverly Hills . Be sure to follow Beverly Hills Patch on Twitter and “Like” us on Facebook . Visit link: Week in Review: Mills Act Pilot Program, Subway Spending and School Board Election Results
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Week in Review: Mills Act Pilot Program, Subway Spending and School Board Election Results
Application Fee Established for Mills Act Pilot Program
The City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to set $1,500 as the application fee for property owners who want to participate in the city’s newly established Mills Act Pilot Program , which seeks to preserve historic architecture in Beverly Hills. “The city’s cost to process each application to the Mills Act Pilot Program would be approximately $15,000 … which is comparable to other commission-level applications,” according to a staff report by Susan Healy Keene, director of community development. “However, establishing a full cost recovery application fee would diminish the value gained from participating in the program and may deter some property owners from applying.” Keene reported that the application fee amounts to 10 percent of the program’s total cost to the city. “To cover the remaining cost of processing applications, the city will need to divert approximately … $75,000 … from other programs,” the report states. The Community Development Department will begin accepting applications Jan. 16, Associate Planner Peter Noonan said. “This is a two-year program through which the city council can enter into Mills Act contracts with up to six property owners,” according to the staff report. Be sure to follow Beverly Hills Patch on Twitter and “Like” us on Facebook . Continued here: Application Fee Established for Mills Act Pilot Program
