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Council backs airport contracts

By DAN WEIKEL
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The City Council on Friday backed the airport commission’s approval of a $41.5-million architectural design contract related to the expansion and modernization of Los Angeles International Airport.

Council members decided earlier this week to review the hiring of Fentress Architects after questions were raised over whether airports director Gina Marie Lindsey had improperly influenced the hiring of the Denver-based company as well as of DMJM Aviation Inc. of Florida.

Lindsey and two high-ranking airport executives have told City Council committees there was no attempt to manipulate contracting procedures for projects at LAX.

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The review was one of several recent inquiries into the Fentress and DMJM contracts.

-- Dan Weikel

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Dan Weikel covered local aviation, the California high-speed rail project, Metrolink, the MTA and regional transportation issues for the Los Angeles Times before leaving in 2017. He started with the newsroom in 1989 and previously covered courts and transportation in Orange County, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as substance abuse, environmental issues and law enforcement as a member of a project team. A native of San Diego, Weikel is a graduate of the UC Santa Barbara and the master’s program at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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