Summary

The main emphases for this year will be to (1) complete and maintain the Website for the Wilmington Industrial Park that will market opportunity sites for industrial development in the Project Area, provide important parcel data information to include subsurface conditions, oil well information and Agency assistance programs and guidelines for development (2) complete two Disposition and Development Agreements (DDA) for the expansion of two businesses, Union Ice Company and American Soccer, which were together awarded in 2001, a $1.26 million HUD Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI) Grant and $9.4 million in Section 108 Loan Authority; (3) continue to coordinate, and successfully address various code enforcement issues with the appropriate City Departments: such as illegal use of private property with the Department of Building and Safety, crime and illegal dumping with LAPD; illegal parking with LADOT Parking Enforcement and illegal encroachment on public right of ways with Bureau of Engineering, Bureau of Street Services and the Neighborhood Prosecutor; (4) promote the development of new affordable housing at L Street and Lecouvreur Avenue and (5) pursue the feasibility of creating a new Project Area for the revitalization of the commercial corridors in Wilmington.

FY 2004-2005 Proposed Work Program

• Select a qualified developer for the development of an affordable single-family housing project at L Street and Lecouvreur Avenue, City owned property and a designated Brownfields site.
• Complete two Disposition and Development Agreements for the expansions of (1) Union Ice Company at 901 E Street and (2) American Soccer Company, 726 E. Anaheim Street.
• Monitor the expansion plans of existing businesses, such as Potential Industries, Wilmington Woodworks, State Fish Company, etc.
• Continue to participate in the Wilmington Task Force of City Departments in order to effectively address issues requiring coordination and enforcement by multiple jurisdictions and continue to monitor the operations of four Q-Star cameras installed in FY02 to deter illegal dumping.
• Continue to seek City assistance with paving of unimproved streets, review of street and alley vacations and requests for issuance of revocable permits.
• Monitor the completion of Juanita’s Foods new administrative office building and public artwork at Banning’s Landing Community Center.
• Facilitate new industrial development on remaining vacant and underutilized properties in the Project Area, especially along Eubank Avenue and E Street as recommended in the 2003 Economic Adjustment Strategy by Economic and Planning Systems.
• Pursue construction of a new Industrial Park entryway at E Street and Alameda with landscape improvements and business signage on public right way.
• Conduct a planning analysis for the purposes of evaluating the feasibility of creating a new redevelopment project area to include the major commercial corridors in Wilmington, e.g. Anaheim Street, Wilmington Boulevard, Pacific Coast Highway and Avalon Boulevard.

For more information:

Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Narratives For Los Angeles Harbor Industrial Center (PDF, 81 K, 13 pages total)

See program for FY04

See program for FY03