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#  Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council Board Meeting Agenda

April 24 2019

Written by CityWatch.

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LAKE BALBOA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL

Certified September 9, 2004

Board Meeting Agenda

May 1, 2019

6:30pm - meet and greet

7:00 pm - meeting starts

Gault Street Elementary – Auditorium

17000 Gault St. - Lake Balboa, CA 91406

1 . Ca l l me e t i n g t o o r d e r WE LCOME

2 . Pledge of Allegiance

3\. Roll Call - Quorum is 9 -

4 Adoption of the Agenda May 1, 2019 - item # 23 and Item # 24

5\. Approval of Minutes For December 5, 2018

6\. Announcements and Reports: 12 minutes If present, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF

Representatives of LAPD, Local, City, County, State 2-minute limit per speaker.

 West Valley LAPD Captain Ernest Eskridge - Senior Lead Officers (SLOs) - 1-877-ASK-LAPD

1\. Officer (Para) Smith - 34488@lapd.online Task Force

2\. Officer Fuentes - 40093@lapd.online

 04.03.19 LA Councilwoman’s Martinez’s office (CD 6) 818-778-4999 Field Deputy –

Lauren.Padick@lacity.org

 LA Mayor Garcetti’s office –Jaqueline.Serrano@lacity.org cell 213-910-9104

 LA City Attorney’s Office – 213-978-8100

1\. Neighborhood Prosecutor – Raffy Astvasadoorian - raffy.a@lacity.org 818-374-6837

 LAUSD Scott Schmerelson’s office (District 3) 818-654-3785 Dir of Parent &amp; Community Engagement

Jeannie.Kamm@lausd.net, Dir of Communication &amp; Community Affairs Ambrosia.Solis@lausd.net

 03.03.19 LAUSD Kelly Gonez office (District 6) 818-389-9216 - Dir of Community Engagement &amp; Advocacy

Cara.Onofre@lausd.net

 LAUSD Northwest District Administrator Parent/Community Engagement-Gonsalo Garay -

ggg9445@lausd.net 818-654-3600

 LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl’s office (District 3) 213-974-3333 Dist Dir. Benita Trujillo

btrujillo@bos.lacounty.gov

 04.03.19 CA Assembly Member Adrin Nazarian’s office (District 46) 818-376-4246

Emma.Taylor@asm.ca.gov

 3.6.19 CA State Senator Robert Hertzberg’s Office (District 18) - 818-901-5588 Hannah.Kelley@sen.ca.gov

 CA State Senator Henry Stern’s Office (District 27) - 818-876-3352 - Kevin.Taylor@sen.ca.gov

 US Representative Tony Cardenas (District 29) 818-782-7407 Nigel.Sanchez@mail.house.gov

 US Representative Brad Sherman – (District 30) - 818-501-9200 Mary.Chakerian@mail.house.gov

 04.03.19 Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) 818-374-9898 Betty Wong Oyama NC

Advocate betty.wong@lacity.org 818-374-9896

 City Clerk Election Administrator Renee McDade 213-978-0378 renee.mcdade@lacity.org

L.A. City Charter Sec. 910. Monitoring of City Services.

Neighborhood councils shall monitor the delivery of City services in their respective areas and have

periodic meetings with responsible officials of City departments, subject to their reasonable

availability.

7 GUEST SPEAKER - Jesse Ramos - Arleta Neighborhood Council Committee chair of Community

Improvement and Land Use.

a. Discussion and Possible action regarding CF17-0981 - Issue Over the Counter / On-site

Alcohol Sales / Conditional Use Permit 20-min

b. Discussion and Possible action regarding CF 13-1493 - Street Vending / Special Sidewalk

Vending District Program 20-min

8 PUBLIC COMMENT: a total of 10 MIN - Comments from Public on Non-Agenda items, Issues, Announcements and

Complaints within the jurisdiction of the Lake Balboa NC. Please fill out a speaker card, TIME PERMITTING 1 minute

limit per speaker, you may be asked to select a spokesperson. The California State Law known as the Brown Act

requires PUBLIC COMMENT to be a NON-DISCUSSION PERIOD.

2 minute break

9\. ANNOUNCEMENTS and REPORTS: Committee Chairs and Board Members - 30 min TOTAL (2MIN each)

President Update - LBNC Bylaws 8/1/18 Article V Governing Board, Section 1

G. Two (2) At-Large Appointed Stakeholder Representatives (ALASR) - The Board

shall appoint two (2) At-Large Appoint Stakeholder Representatives, The ALASRs

shall be appointed within the first two (2) meetings of the seats being vacant.

Seats will be vacant as of the June 5, 2019 meeting, LBNC does NOT meet in July.

Ad Hoc Education - Gutierrez

Emergency Preparedness - Pruett

Health &amp; Public Safety- Brown

Land Use - Riley -

Newsletter - Fujitaki

Outreach - Nelson -

Ad Hoc Recreation &amp; Park -Stein

Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Areas Steering Committee (SBWASC) -Doxsee/Kurland

Youth Affairs - McKay

Ad Hoc - Election - Schatz

Homeless - Kurland/Schatz - www.lamayor.org/ABridgeHome www.epath.org

Resilient Los Angeles - Pruett. www.lamayor.org/resilience

Volunteer Police - Pennomon

BOARDMEMBERS: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

L.A.City Charter Sec. 909. Annual City Budget Priorities.

Each neighborhood council may present to the Mayor and Council an annual list of priorities for the

City budget. The Mayor shall inform certified neighborhood councils of the deadline for submission

so that the input may be considered in a timely fashion.

10\. Budget Advocate - Updates, (ncbala.com) - Newman 15 min (Budget Advocate Carol Newman, Budget

Rep Linda Gravani)

11\. Candidates please be advised, should you be elected LBNC will have a retreat on June 1, 2019 at

LuLu’s Restaurant time to be determined (Possibly 1230p-430p) - 1 min Gravani

12\. Discussion and possible action regarding a special meeting for the community to discuss -

Pro/Con of Measure EE &amp; SB50 possible date 5/14/19 - Riley 5 min

13\. LAND USE: Discussion and possible action regarding the old Toys R Us facility- Riley 5 min

14\. LAND USE: Discussion and possible action regarding Van Nuys Airport-Southern “TAKE OFF” Flight

Path. Land Use committee supports 6-2-1-0 - Riley 5 min

15\. LAND USE: Discussion and possible action regarding LA County Fire Department’s Helicopter Hangar

relocation to Van Nuy’s Airport. Land Use Committee supports 9-0-0-0 - Riley 5 min

16\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action regarding approval of Jan Monthly Expense Report (MER)

Hart 3 min

17\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action regarding approval of Feb Monthly Expense Report (MER)

Hart 3 min

18\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action regarding approval of Mar Monthly Expense Report (MER)

Hart 3 min

NOTE:

For the purposes of accounting and reconciliation, the following fiscal dates must be

followed:

May 20 - Final date to request an event approval for the current fiscal year using current

fiscal year funds;

June 1 - Final date to submit a check payment request using current fiscal year funds;

June 20 - Final day for any bank card transactions using current fiscal year funds.

19\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action to authorize $4000 NPG to Northridge

Beautification Foundation (81-5463842) Clean Streets Clean Starts - Kurland 5 min

20\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action to spend up to $400 to purchase 250 lawn signs

to try to deter Fire Works - Brown 5 min

21\. BUDGET: Discussion and possible action regarding the 2019-2020 budget for City Clerk -

FYI: UP to $10,000 can be rolled over from 2018/19 budget to 2019/20 Budget Gravani 5 min

22\. BUDGET: Discussion and possible action regarding the expenditure of all on-going

expenses, such as, P.O.Box, Google G-Suite, Storage Unit, Website etc. .for the 2019-20 Budget -

Hart - 3 min

CONSENT ITEMS - items # 23 - 26 will be voted on with one motion, please indicate if you wish any

item(s) to be removed and discussed individually.

23\. At the 8/1/18 LBNC meeting the board authorized the expenditure of up to $100 per LBNC Board

Meeting, the vote was 12-0-0-1-0, the motion passed. The City Clerk requires LBNC to vote on the specific

expenditure, therefore, LBNC is required to discuss and approve the specific expenditure for tonight’s

refreshments. I move LBNC approve the reimbursement of $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ paid by board member

\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ for refreshments for tonight’s meeting. 2min Gravani

24\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action to authorize the reimbursement of $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ to Kristen

Fujitaki for the purchase of refreshments for the LBNC Chess Tournament held on Saturday April 27,

2019

25\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action to spend up to $400 additional funds for LBNC Polo

Shirts - Stein 5 Min

26\. FUNDING: Discussion and possible action to authorize the reimbursement of $24.85 to James

Brown for Health and Public Safety meeting on April 20, 2019

27\. Thank you LBNC Board Members for all you do for our community

28\. Adjourn

Next Regular Meeting of the

Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council

Wednesday JUNE 5, 2019 at 7:00 PM

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