Chamber Presented Overview
of Millennium Hollywood Project
Chamber
officials met with representatives of Argent
Ventures and Millennium Partners last week for
the first of what will be a series of community
outreach meetings by the firms to explain their
proposed development. The project, which will
represent a $1-billion investment in Hollywood,
would surround the Capitol Records Tower and
occupy parcels on both sides of Vine Street.
Phil Aarons of Millennium Partners described the
project as an extraordinary opportunity to
create a signature project for Hollywood that
would provide a new gathering place for locals
and visitors. The proposed design includes
extensive open space and water features. The
4.5-acre project would have a 200-room boutique
hotel, 100,000-sq.ft. of office space, a sports
and fitness center and about 500 condominiums.
Also included would be an observation deck. An
18-month entitlement process is anticipated
before construction could begin. Chamber
officials offered suggestions and invited the
companies to go through the formal review
process that the Chamber has established in
considering whether to endorse projects. The
Economic Development Committee is tentatively
scheduled to review the project in October.
Stars Come Out for
Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremonies
 
Photos by Bob
Freeman ©Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Two Walk of Fame
ceremonies were conducted in the past week by
the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, attracting
broad media attention. Beloved character actor
and World War II hero Charles Durning received
his star last Friday at the corner of Wilcox and
Hollywood Blvd. A who’s who of Hollywood showed
up for the ceremony, including Angie Dickinson,
Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Benjamin, Elliott Gould,
Jon Voight, Doris Roberts, Charlotte Rae, George Segal
and firefighters from Fire Station 61. Speaking at the ceremony were
actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. This past
Monday, the country music duo, Brooks & Dunn,
were honored with the 2,367th star at
7021 Hollywood Blvd. The singers are the
best-selling country duo of all time, having
sold more than 30-million albums over the course
of their career. On hand to help them celebrate
was Dr. Phil McGraw and his wife, Robin.
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Community Invited to
Historic Survey Workshop
The Hollywood
community has been invited to a special
Hollywood Historic Survey Workshop on
Tuesday, August 12th, at the Will and
Ariel Durant Branch Library, 7140 W. Sunset
Blvd. The workshop will help to provide the
data for a survey being conducted of the
historic elements of the CRA’s Hollywood Plan.
It will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Attendees will be invited to provide their input
on building that they consider to be Hollywood
landmarks, and people who have helped to shape
the Hollywood area. For further information,
contact Kip Rudd at the Hollywood Regional
Office of the CRA at (323)960-2660.
A quick update on our Hollywood crime-for the
year-to-date (YTD), Part I Crime [Homicide,
Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assaults, Burglary,
Auto Theft, Burglary/Theft from Motor Vehicle (BTMV)
and Personal Theft] is down 13.7 percent
compared to 2007. Hollywood continues to lead
the entire City in Part I crime reduction.
Violent crime is down 18 percent and property
crime is down 12.4 percent. Notably, gang crime
is down 42 percent and the number of shooting
victims is down 33 percent.
The most prevalent crime continues to be BTMV;
Hollywood experienced 150 BTMV crimes in the
last four weeks. We are down 10.6 percent in
BTMV crimes in 2008. The most prevalent violent
crime is robbery, although we are down 18.6
percent YTD.
Your Hollywood officers are continuing to
perform in a proactive manner; officers average
making over 1,000 arrests each month. The
response time to emergency radio calls is 5.2
minutes compared to the City average of 6.3
minutes and Hollywood's response time to
priority radio calls is 15.1 minutes compared to
the City average of 17.6 minutes. Arrests for
weapon violations are up 16 percent, a fact
which is demonstrative of our continuing focus
upon the most violent of criminals.
Regarding Department-wide issues, 62 recruit
officers were hired on July 21, 2008, which was
the first class for Fiscal Year 08/09. Fiscal
year 07/08 concluded with the hiring of 739
recruit officers; the goal for FY08/09 is 780
officers.
The Hollywood Police Activities League (PAL)
dinner is scheduled for September 25 at the
world famous Music Box @ Fonda. The premier PAL
program consists of over 350 youth members and
is a showcase example of the benefits of
community, youth and police department
partnership. Information regarding sponsorship,
tables and tickets may be obtained at (818)994
4661.
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