Notice of Public Outreach Meetings Regarding Culver City's Soft Story (SWOF) Seismic Retrofit Ordinance
City of Culver City sent this bulletin at 10/25/2020 09:33 PM PDT
The City of Culver City is pleased to invite your participation in a public outreach meeting.
WHAT: The City Council is considering a new seismic strengthening ordinance to address “Soft Story”
buildings in Culver City – “Soft-Story Seismic Retrofit Ordinance”. Soft Story buildings are wood
construction that have soft, weak, open walls (SWOF) at the ground floor that are particularly
vulnerable to earthquakes.
WHERE: ***ATTENDEES MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND** See below for instructions.
WHEN: Tuesday, November 03, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Persons who are unable to attend the meeting but wish to submit written comments may do so before 12:00 PM on Tuesday, November 03, 2020, and/or may attend the follow up meetings scheduled on November 10 and 19, 2020.
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Persons who are unable to attend the meeting but wish to submit written comments may do so before 12:00 PM on Tuesday, November 10, 2020.
Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 7:00 PM
Persons who are unable to attend the meeting but wish to submit written comments may do so before 12:00 PM on Thursday, November 19, 2020
WHY: The purpose of the public outreach meeting is to engage in an informational discussion to help
inform the City Council on the potential draft ordinance.
Persons may submit comments BEFORE 12:00 PM on the day of the hearing by LETTER to the Culver City Community Development Department, Building Safety Division, Culver City City Hall, 9770 Culver Blvd., 2nd Floor, Culver City, CA 90232, E-MAIL to lukas.quach@culvercity.org, or Phone at (310) 253-5802.
The Special Meeting will take place via video conference. To combat the spread of COVID-19, the City issued a “Safer at Home” emergency order on March 20, 2020.
How to Attend the Meeting Remotely: All attendees must Register to Attend on Webex, after which you will receive an email with directions and a link to join the meeting, once it has begun. Watch a video tutorial on how to register on Webex. No Internet or computer? Please call (310) 253-5700 to request call-in information, no earlier than two days before the meeting.
NEW: For those who wish to speak during the meeting: please join the Webex meeting and use the Q&A function to indicate if you wish to make a comment/ask a question. You will "raise your hand", when appropriate; you will be called to make your comment/ask a question.
More information on the City of Culver City response to coronavirus is available online.
