"In a public meeting, officials often explain their position on a high-profile issue. In the Metro meeting next week, the board of directors could vote on the gondola without any of the board members saying a word about it. Metro released the meeting agenda late Tuesday night. The agenda includes the gondola vote as part of what public agencies call the consent calendar - that is, a package of items that can be approved with one vote, and without any discussion among the officials doing the voting."
"At a committee meeting last week - one week after the council had urged Metro to kill the project - Los Angeles Mayor and Metro board member Karen Bass put it this way: "Just real quickly, I just wanted to reiterate or clarify that what the vote is about today is about certifying the EIR, certifying the project's environmental documents under CEQA, nothing more.""
Metro placed the Dodger Stadium gondola approval on the consent calendar for an upcoming board meeting, allowing a single package vote without individual discussion. The gondola previously received Metro approval, and a judge ordered fixes to the environmental impact report; Metro staff characterized the current action as certifying those fixes. The project still requires approvals from the Los Angeles City Council and multiple state agencies. At a committee meeting Mayor and Metro board member Karen Bass emphasized that the vote concerns only certifying the EIR under CEQA. County supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis addressed public concerns; Hahn voted no and Solis voted yes. Any board member can remove the item from consent to force discussion.
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