I have placed in bold one paragraph I found most important to me and hopefully you, too.
After the article I will compare the LMU 'apple' to Marymount College, Palos Verdes' 'apple'.
LMU's 20-year development proposal OK'd by L.A. planners
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_16339158
By Kristin S. Agostoni Staff Writer
Posted: 10/14/2010 12:30:45 PM PDT
Updated: 10/14/2010 08:11:26 PM PDT
Loyola Marymount University's 20-year plan to redevelop its blufftop campus in Westchester won approval Thursday from a Los Angeles planning panel.
In the next two decades, the private Catholic school wants to remodel, demolish and rebuild many of its dated academic, residential and athletic buildings, eventually adding an extra 1 million square feet of development to its 142-acre property.
The building would occur within the existing campus footprint, roughly half of which is surrounded by single-family homes.
Despite some lingering opposition from nearby residents, the Los Angeles City Planning Commission voted 5-0 to support the plan and several corresponding land-use documents. The proposal will eventually end up before the City Council.
Because of unresolved issues cited by the City Attorney's Office over regulations for signs on campus, the panel decided to set aside that portion of the blueprint until a meeting in two weeks.
LMU's attorneys came into the overflow meeting in downtown Los Angeles offering some concessions that emerged after various meetings with local homeowners. Among them is a pledge that the first project the school would pursue under its master plan is to relocate a recycling and green waste facility along the McConnell Avenue boundary.
That operation has aggravated residents in the area for years, prompting complaints about gnats, noise and unsightly waste storage that can be seen just beyond their backyards.
Just a few months ago, the university had said relocating the recycling yard to another part of campus would be the second project to move forward after the entitlements were approved, the first being a new life sciences building. But some residents complained there was no firm date for moving the operation.
On Thursday, though, the plans seemed more solid. An attorney for LMU told the commission that the school had identified $3 million in bond money that could be spent on the project - providing the work takes place within a certain time frame. The university has determined that if the master plan is approved by Jan. 1, the work could begin in the summer of 2011.
"That's truly a gift. We are very pleased," said McConnell Quality of Life Group co-spokesman Richard Hofmeister, who with other residents had been meeting with university representatives.
But Hofmeister also said he had received the concessions in writing for the first time Thursday morning and had little time to review them. He said some areas of the master plan still need attention, including the size of a landscaped buffer zone separating the campus from McConnell Avenue property lines and setback requirements for sports facilities that use amplified sound.
Despite recommendations by planning staff members that sources of amplified sound be set back at least 150 feet from single-family residential areas, the commission agreed to LMU's request to cut that distance requirement in half for public address systems used for sporting events.
"I think progressively the university has been recognizing our concerns and trying to address them," Hofmeister said. "(But) we're still tremendously concerned about the outdoor amplified sound and the animated scoreboards."
Several community leaders, along with a representative for Los Angeles City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who represents Westchester, applauded LMU and neighboring property owners for coming to agreement on a variety of issues.
University-community relations have been tested in recent years as complaints mounted about the recycling plant and noisy student parties in the neighborhood.
The master plan also attempts to address the party issue, as it proposes to increase housing by 15 percent, providing more room for undergraduates to live on campus.
kristin.agostoni@dailybreeze.com
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Now let us make some comparisons to Measure P, The Marymount Plan and the 'apple' that Marymount wants you to bite into.
Measure P, The Marymount Plan deletes the city's regulation of sound amplification.
A lighted Scoreboard is well within the "5%" variance Marymount would provide itself should Measure P pass.
Lighting, including the brilliance of lights of any scoreboard on Marymount's Campus would not be regulated by the city of Rancho Palos Verdes and no resident or neighbor would be allowed to seek mitigation for any lighting interfering with their normal residential life.
While Marymount College is currently proposing to house "250" students, dorm rooms for an additional 12 or many students would also fall within the 5% variance of the overall plans for Marymount College under Measure P, The Marymount Plan, no matter what Marymount currently advertises.
What is not compared in the article but bares comparison are the admission requirements for both Marymount College and Loyola Marymount University.
First, here are the requirements for admission as a freshman student at Loyola Marymount University:
Admission to LMU is selective. Academic record is the primary consideration. Writing ability; accomplishments in academic, artistic, athletic, co-curricular, or work- or service-related endeavors; recommendations; national test scores; and relationship to the University are also given significant consideration.
There are no minimum GPAs or test scores required for freshman admission. Instead, each applicant is carefully reviewed for indicators of academic achievement, preparation, and potential. The application essay can be particularly helpful for students interested in receiving academic scholarships .
Now, here are the requirements for a Domestic student admission at Marymount College, Palos Verdes:
Being Admitted to Marymount College
Careful consideration is given to the selection of applicants with greatest emphasis placed upon the applicant’s grades and the quality of academic preparation (curriculum).
Although not required for admission consideration, Marymount College strongly recommends the completion of the following college preparatory curriculum pattern: 4 years of English, 3 years of Mathematics (Algebra 1, Geometry and Intermediate Algebra), 2 years of History/Social Sciences, 2 years of Natural Science, 2 years of Foreign Language and 1-2 years of Academic Elective courses.
In addition, the following credentials, although not required, can influence the Admission Committee’s decision: standardized testing (SAT I, ACT and/or TOE FL), letters of recommendations and personal statements/essay.
The College invites applications from the following:
• Students who have graduated from an American high school or foreign secondary school.
• Students who wish to transfer from another college or university.
• Students who have successfully completed the California High School Proficiency Examination (CHSPE) or the General Equivalency Diploma (GED).
• Students who have completed three or more years of high school and wish to seek early admission through Marymount’s Early College Program (see explanation in this section). We receive many qualified applications, so we urge you to apply as early as possible.
As you will note, neither institution requires SAT scores for admission, but Marymount's admission policy allows for those with a General Equivalency Diploma just about automatic entrance into their program.
For a further comparison, look for the Admission Requirements on the Internet for both Loyola Marymount and Marymount, Palos Verdes and you will quickly be able to compare that Loyola's requirements are very easily found and notated compared to what one has to go through to find even what I finally found about Marymount Palos Verdes' Domestic Student Admission Requirements.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/los-angeles-ca/loyola-marymount-11649Loyola Marymount is a private institution that was founded in 1911. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,833, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 155 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Loyola Marymount's ranking in the 2011 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (West), 3. Its tuition and fees are $36,404.
http://www.4icu.org/us/California.htm
This ranking shows Loyola Marymount 35Th in the State of California.
For Marymount College, Palos Verdes, there is a site on the Internet that states that Marymount College ranked 218Th in the State of California while rankings for Loyola Marymount were between 3rd and 35Th.
Marymount's former President suggested that Marymount is designed for the "Sara Nelson's of the World" who are basically lower performing children of wealthy parentage (Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson) who come from "20 countries and half of the United States" to attend what Ms. Anne Copland a former Marymount employee stated is a "remedial" school.
Those with the academics and bucks go to Loyola Marymount, those with just the bucks go to Marymount, Palos Verdes it appears.
Measure P, The Marymount Plan changes existing zoning and at least one municipal code for the benefit of only Marymount College and not even providing any benefit to Loyola Marymount University, the confirmed superior of the two schools.
Please vote "No" on Measure P, The Marymount Plan.
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