Local News in Brief : Water and Power Panel Approves Land Trade
The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Thursday voted to trade its 16-acre Upper Franklin Reservoir property to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreational Area for 2,731 acres of federal land in Inyo County.
The reservoir, situated above Studio City, is used as a nature center by the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom. It was taken out of service in 1983 after DWP built a bypass pipeline.
Board president Jack W. Leeney said the U.S. Bureau of Land Management property, which is adjacent to the Hawiee Reservoir in Inyo County, will give the city greater control and protection of its water-storage facilities.
If the land exchange is approved by the City Council, the land management bureau will pay the city $21,000 as compensation for the difference in value of the properties being exchanged.
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