A summary of selected City Hall actions this past week affecting Central Los Angeles.

CITY COUNCIL

* HOUSING PROJECT: Approved a resolution to permit building La Villa Mariposa, a 115-unit low-income housing project at 345 Columbia Ave. in Westlake. Construction, set to begin in two months, is planned to be completed late next year. Rents will range from $110 for a single to $485 for a four-bedroom apartment.

* COLISEUM FUNDS: Approved using $10.9 million of the $75 million the city has received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for repairs to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, which sustained an estimated $33 million in damage in the Northridge earthquake. Another $40 million from FEMA is expected soon, with $6.1 million earmarked for the Coliseum.

* COLISEUM STUDY: Instructed the city attorney to report on whether the Spectacor Management Group was negligent in failing to disclose results of its 1991 study regarding the potential vulnerability of the Coliseum in an earthquake.

* NOISE CONTROL: Approved a motion to temporarily suspend the city’s noise-control ordinance within a one-mile radius of the Santa Monica Freeway to assist Caltrans in its effort to repair the earthquake-damaged freeway. The goal is to finish reconstruction by the end of June.

* PREMIERE TOWERS: Approved a $400,000 loan to the owners association of Premiere Towers, a 120-unit apartment complex at 621 S. Spring St. The money is to be used to provide security and to pay for utilities. The city Community Redevelopment Agency took over the building after the partnership that operated it went bankrupt, and the CRA now owns 88 of the units.

* TRAFFIC LIGHT: Approved Councilman Mike Hernandez’s motion to proceed with the installation of a traffic signal at the intersection of San Fernando Road and Edwards Avenue, where a supermarket is under construction. The installation cost will be paid by Hughes Market, which plans to open the store in September.

HOW THEY VOTED

How South-Central and Eastside City Council representatives voted on selected issues. * PARKING METER SLUGS: Approved an ordinance that fines users of illegal tokens in public parking meters an amount equal to the cost of repairing the meter. Repair costs range from $50 to $300. Councilwoman Jackie Goldberg argued against the original ordinance, which called for mandatory jail time not to exceed five days, saying it would exacerbate the problem of overcrowded jails. Passed 9-6. Voting yes: Richard Alatorre, Hernandez, Goldberg. Voting no: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Rita Walters, Nate Holden, Rudy Svorinich Jr.