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Week Ahead - Garcetti Wants Some Answers |
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CityWatch Staff Writers
 LA
City Council President Eric Garcetti has called for the Department of
Recreation and Parks to come on down to council chambers and explain
the millions of dollars in unspent funds that have been designated for
city parks and outdoor projects improvement.
“It is troubling,” Garcetti said, “that in Los Angeles … where families are begging for more green and open space … we’ve got millions of dollars earmarked for that purpose that are going unspent.”
The City currently has more than $75 million in unspent Quimby funds. (City Council-City Hall-10 a.m. Agenda at www.lacity.org )
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Education and Neighborhoods plays a double header today (Tuesday). Regular meeting at 9 a.m. and another NCRC Final Report hearing at 6 p.m. at Jefferson High School at 1319 East 41st Street.
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The City Council addresses Armenian Genocide on Wednesday’s agenda. Councilwoman Greuel brings a motion asking that the City “reaffirm its support and urge the US House of Representatives to support the House bill that calls for the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the US “reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing and genocide documented in the US record relating to the Armenian Genocide and urge the Republic of Turkey to end its decades long campaign of denial.”
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Interesting stuff happening on the Rules and the Transportation committee’s agendas on Wednesday. Check them out at www.lacity.org.
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The Energy committee was to have take up the DWP rate increases this week. Moved instead to October 30, City Hall-Room 1010 at 9 a.m.
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Congress of Neighborhoods … and the DWP Rate Debate … caps the week: Saturday at the Convention Center at 8:30 a.m. Info at www.lacityneighborhoods.com . _
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