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Brownfields
Supplemental Assistance
City of West Hollywood, CA
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded the City of West Hollywood supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot and additional funding for assessments atbrownfields
properties to be used for greenspace purposes. West
Hollywood's East Side (population 10,500) is home to
several industrial sites. The majority of East Side residents
are minorities. A growing number of immigrants with very
low incomes and limited Englishlanguage skills are locating
in the area. More than 31 percent of East Side households
earn incomes below the poverty level.
The original Pilot targeted the seven-acre La Brea Gateway
area in the East Side and conducted several Phase I and
II environmental assessments in collaboration with property
owners, local residents, and developers. The city also
identified possible cleanup funding mechanisms for some
of the contaminated sites. Supplemental funds are needed
to assess East Side sites targeted as a result of a 2001
zoning ordinance to improve the environmental quality of
life in the East Side. The ordinance affects nine vehicle
repair shops. The shops will have to undergo substantial
changes by 2004. Shops that do not comply with the
ordinance will need environmental assessments in
preparation for redevelopment.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The city's planned use of the supplemental assistance is
similar to the city' s plans for the original Pilot, which were
to bring together community groups, developers, and
financial institutions to assess contamination onproperties
with potential environmental problems; explore cleanup
options; and promote redevelopment. The city already is
exploring possible public-private development ventures
with the property owners of the vehicle repair shops
targeted for the supplemental funds. The city is prepared
to acquire some of the target properties, if necessary.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
City of West
Hollywood, California
Date of Announcement:
May 2002
Amount: $150,000
Greenspace: $50,000
Profile: The Pilot targets nine
vehicle repair shops in the city's
East Side, which has a high
poverty rate and minority
population. Greenspace funding
will be used to help expand the
East Side's only park area.
Contacts:
City of West Hollywood
(323)848-6418
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 9
(415)972-3249
Visit the E PA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/regon09/waste/brown/index.html
Forfurtherinformation,includingspecific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields
Greenspace funding will be used to assess Plummer Park
in order to expand the area's only park and add greenspace
to the East Side. Park and recreational areas in the
targeted East Side is inadequate for the population density
compared to county and state standards. Greenspace
funding will be used to perform Phase I and if necessary
Phase II environmental assessments. The city intends to
involve the community and other stakeholders in the
greenspace planning.
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Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting Phase I environmental assessments on the
targeted vehicle repair sites;
• Developing Phase II environmental assessment plans
as necessary;
• Preparing preliminary cleanup strategies for selected
properties as needed; and
• Involving residents, property owners, and the business
community in outreach and reuse planning.
ThecooperativeagreementforthisPilothasnotyetbeennegotiated;therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste EPA 500-F-02-113
and Emergency May 2002
Response (5105) www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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