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Board Agenda

 
 

Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa
NCWP Board Agenda
President - Cyndi Hench
www.ncwpdr.org
 

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Meeting Date, Time and Location:
Tuesday, Tuesday, March 2 , 2010 - 6:30 p.m.
Westchester Senior's Center
8740 Lincoln Blvd, Westchester, CA 90045

Board discussion materials available on website, if applicable: http://www.ncwpdr.org/index.php?page=boardDocuments 

http://www.planning.lacity.org/eir/LoyolaMarymountUniv/DEIR/TOC.html  

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Approval of Minutes of previous Board meetings
  4. Public Comment - non-agenda items (limited to 2 minutes per speaker unless otherwise declared by the President or presiding director.)
  5. Announcements from Governmental Representative (limit to 3 minutes please):
    1. Lisette Covarrubias, DONE Project Coordinator
    2. Jim Kennedy, Field Deputy/Councilman Bill Rosendahl
    3. Chad Molnar, LAX - Community Liaison
    4. Jennifer Badger, Area Field Representative - Mayor's Office
    5. Jennifer Zivkovic, Field Representative - 53rd Assemblymember Ted Lieu
    6. Michael Castillo, Field Representative - 51st Assemblymember Steven Bradford
    7. Alma Marquez, Field Representative - Senator Roderick Wright
    8. Veronica Zendejas, Field Representative - Senator Jenny Oropeza
    9. Jessica Duboff, Field Representative - Congresswoman Jane Harman
  6. Status of LA City Neighborhood Council funding/rollover funds. (Hench/Schneider) 
  7. Motions/Actions Items:   Public comment on agendized items will be called as each agenda item is brought forward.  Comments are limited to 2 minutes, unless otherwise declared by the President or presiding director.  
    1. Discussion Calendar:
      1. Planning and Land Use Committee (PLUC) recommend the unqualified support of the NCWP for the Loyola Marymount University Draft EIR and Specific Plan including the modifications to the setback on the East side and the conditions included in the letter from counsel dated 2/23/10 as modified.  (Voss/PLUC)
      2. Motion to approve reimbursement of Board member expenditures (Donell/Finance)
      3. Motion to approve Treasurer's report (Donell/Finance)
    2. Consent Calendar: (These items will be treated as one item and enacted with one vote unless a Board member or a stakeholder requests that an item be placed on the Discussion Calendar.)
      1. Matters transferred from the Discussion Calendar
      2. Motion to approve funding request for up to $2,000 for repairs to Westchester Seniors Center. (Schneider/Finance)
      3. Motion to approve funding request for up to $5,000 for costs associated with hosting a LAX Northside Runway Townhall, featuring lead Academic Panelist, Arnold Barnett, MIT Professor, who headed the LAX Northside Safety Study. (Schneider/Finance)
      4. Motion to approve funding request for up to $2,500 for toddler playset and awning for Westchester Park Pre-School Play Area. (Schneider/Finance)

      5. Motion to approve the funding of $5,000 for grant to PATH in order to provide expanded street outreach to homeless persons in area of the Neighborhood Council of Westchester / Playa.  (Schneider/Finance)

      6. Motion to approve funding request for up to $25,000 for furnishings for the Westchester Municipal Building Community Room. (Schneider/Finance)

      7. Motion to approve a letter to Mayor Villaraigosa acknowledging and thanking him for following through on his promise not to move LAX north runways and requesting that he request BOAC to remove references to the relocation of the LAX north runways from the upcoming Notice of Preparation. (Coffin)

      8. Motion to approve a letter to Councilman Bill Rosendahl acknowledging and thanking him for his support of the community by insisting that the Northside Runway Safety Advisory Committee be formed and that an independent safety study of the LAX north runway be completed.  (Coffin)

      9. Motion to approve a letter to the Northside Runway Safety Advisory Committee in support of the conclusion reached in the LAX Northfield Safety Study dated February 19, 2010. (Coffin)

  8. Committee Reports:
    1. Highlighted Committee Reports
      1. Playa del Rey development projects (ad hoc committee) (Burnett and Eggers)
      2. Culver Blvd CDO - Community Meeting re Parking and traffic (ad hoc committee) (Ruhlen and Isaccs)
  9. Announcements
    1. Next NCWP Board meeting: April 6, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
    2. NCWP elections will be held on April 11, 2010 from 9:00am - 3:00pm at Playa Vista Center Pointe Club 6200 Playa Vista Dr., Playa Vista 90094
    3. Other announcements
  10. Adjournment

Special Meeting of the NCWP Board

 

Meeting Date, Time and Location:
Tuesday, Tuesday, March 2 , 2010 - immediately following regularly scheduled Board meeting, approx 8:30pm.
Westchester Senior's Center
8740 Lincoln Blvd, Westchester, CA 90045

  1. Public Comment
  2. Motion to join with the other Neighborhood Councils that comprise the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils (WRAC) in recommending that with the City Attorney's guidance and consistent with his recommendations, that the City enact a comprehensive new ordinance with clear and consistent standards and procedures regulating all wireless telecommunications facilities in the City, authorizing regulation of aesthetics and providing protection to communities and residential neighborhoods to the full extent of the law.  (PLUC/Voss)
  3. Adjournment

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Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa

Meeting in a Minute

Meeting of March 2, 2010

 

Here are some highlights from the Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa's board of directors meeting of March 2, 2010:

 

At this meeting, the NCWP Board:

  • Voted 11-4 to support Loyola Marymount University's Master Plan, which the university says would bring more students onto campus and discourage students from driving, add new recreational facilities (including 5 acres of new outdoor athletic facilities and landscaped open space at full build out), improve on-campus circulation, create new jobs and have a major positive economic impact. The university is seeking approval of a new specific plan for the site that will include reaffirmation of the existing cap of 7,800 full-time students. The full board endorsed the Neighborhood Council's Planning and Land-Use Committee's (PLUC) recommendation to support the project after hearing more than six hours of public comment during two PLUC meetings and the full board meeting and after LMU agreed to a number of important changes to address community concerns. 
    • The public comment period on the Draft Environmental Impact Report is currently open, though the NCWP Board pushed for a 15-day extension of the comment period. For more information, visit www.lmu.edu/masterplan
  • Approved a number of community benefit expenditures in light of the city's announcement that Neighborhood Councils can no longer carry over unspent funds from year to year. Among the expenditures approved unanimously were up to $2,000 for repairs to Westchester Seniors Center; up to $5,000 for consultant Arnold Barnett, MIT Professor, who headed the LAX Northside Safety Study Academic Panel, to conduct a Town Hall meeting; up to $2,500 for toddler playset and awning for Westchester Park Pre-School Play Area; and up to $25,000 for furnishings for the Westchester Municipal Building Community Room.
  • Approved a letter to the Northside Runway Safety Advisory Committee in support of the conclusion reached in the LAX Northfield Safety Study dated February 19, 2010, that indicated that moving the northernmost runway would not improve safety enough to justify its cost and that safety alone did not provide a valid reason for the runway's movement.

Among the important community items discussed were:

  • That a vacancy currently exists for the NCWP's residential District 13 (Manchester Square area) seats. To see a map of the NCWP residential districts please visit: http://www.ncwpdr.org/index.php?page=map Those interested in being considered for one of the board's vacant seats should express their interest and attach a bio or other information in an email to NCWP President Cyndi Hench at kentwoodnw@aol.com.
  • That NCWP elections will be held on Sunday, April 11, 2010 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Playa Vista CenterPointe Club at 6200 Playa Vista Dr., Playa Vista 90094. For more information about the candidates and the election, please visit www.ncwpdr.org

The next NCWP board meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in the Community Room of the Municipal Building at 7166 Manchester Avenue.  This meeting will include the NCWP Candidates Forum.  Come meet the candidates who are running for election on April 11, 2010.  You may access the agenda for this meeting by visiting http://www.ncwpdr.org/index.php?page=boardAgenda within 72 hours of the meeting.   

 

Please Note:  The Meeting in a Minute is an unofficial record of the Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa board meeting. The Official Record of the meeting is the minutes once approved by the NCWP Board.