BEVERLY HILLS: City officials have complained to...

BEVERLY HILLS: City officials have complained to neighboring West Hollywood that its proposed zoning plan, which could add 1.1 million square feet of development to the Sunset Strip, does not take into account the effect on Beverly Hills.

In a 15-page letter to West Hollywood, Beverly Hills officials cited such worries as increased traffic and parking.

The letter is expected to be just part of a long-term debate among West Hollywood, its residents and neighboring cities regarding the proposal that would address development along 1.2 miles of Sunset Boulevard.

CULVER CITY: The City Council met in a closed session on Monday to discuss communication issues with Culver City Police Chief Ted Cooke. The meeting was billed on the council’s agenda as Cooke’s performance evaluation, although it was scheduled two weeks ago after a group of angry Culver City residents protested the hiring of Timothy Wind as a community service officer.

Wind, a former Los Angeles police officer, was acquitted of state and federal charges stemming from the beating of Rodney G. King. Residents complained that hiring Wind made the city appear insensitive to the issues surrounding King’s beating and the 1992 riots after the acquittal in state court of Wind and three other officers.

The council has not released information about the closed session, but the city is expected to make public a memo prepared by the city’s Chief Administrative Office explaining Cooke’s rationale for hiring Wind.

MEETINGS NEXT WEEK * Beverly Hills: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 450 Crescent Drive, (310) 285-2400.

* Culver City: 7 p.m. Monday, Interim City Hall, Trailer No. 1, 4095 Overland Ave., (310) 202-5851.

* Los Angeles: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 200 N. Spring St., (213) 485-3126.

* Malibu: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Hughes Laboratory, 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd., (310) 456-2489.

* West Hollywood: 7 p.m. Monday, West Hollywood Park gymnasium, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd., (310) 854-7400.