This forum topic is for discussing the community improvement projects presented to the Venice NC for funding.

You may also show your support for the projects you would prefer to see funded by filling out this survey:
http://venicenc.org/node/947

Revised Plan for a Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils

Date: February 26, 2008

To: Neighborhood Council Friends and Colleagues
From: BongHwan (BH) Kim, Interim General Manager, Department of Neighborhood Empowerment

Communications Officer Richard Myers and Community Officer James Birkelund will be giving up their positions at the February 19, 2008, Board of Officers Meeting.

If you would like to apply for appointment to one of these positions or would like more information about the process, contact the VNC Secretary at secretary@venicenc.org or leave a message at 310-606-2015. You may also want to email the full Board at board@venicenc.org .

From: "Deanna Stevenson"
Subject: Mayor Budget Day Flyer

We would appreciate it if you would e-mail and distribute this flyer to your stakeholders and post it on your website.

It would be great to get a lot of response our area.

The Mayor requests your opinion as the fiscal year 2008-09 budget is developed. The atached survey may be taken online or printed out and sent in as soon as possible. Decisions affecting all stakeholders is made at the City level and your voice has an impact.

Cellular Tower on Venice Blvd Considered at Venice Neighborhood Council Board Meeting

The Venice Neighborhood Council will consider a motion from its Land Use and Planning Committee at its December Board Meeting recommending that the VNC support the Los Angeles Zoning Administrator's denial of cellular tower proposed for roof of 658 Venice Blvd. (on the south side of Venice just east of Abbot Kinney) on the roof of Extra Space Storage because it would exceed the height limit for that building of 25'.

The VNC will consider public input before making its decision. The applicant's request for a variance allowing it to erect the tower created quite a bit of controversy - there will likely be testimony on both sides of the issue.

Tonight, Nov 21, 2007, the Venice Neighborhood Council Board of Officers appointed 8 LUPC and 6 of 9 Neighborhood Committee members. A big thank you to all who volunteered for these committee positions and we hope you will still get involved and help the committees fulfill their missions.

Appointed LUPC members: – Arnold Springer – Ruthie Seroussi – James Murez – Jed Pauker – Robert Aronson – Dennis Hathaway – Maury Ruano – Susan Papadakis

Appointed Neighborhood Committee members: – Ballona Lagoon West Bank: none – Silver Strand: none – Marina Peninsula: Jeffrey Fritz

Dear all,

I have requested the Board allocated $3000 towards a new web hosting service. The request is for our web server to be hosted by an organization called CivicSpaceLabs, the group that wrote the original software we use now. They offer web hosting (the physical computers and network connection) as well as maintaining the software and fixing problems. We've been having problems with our current provider and these guys are the pro's.

Also, if anyone besides me wants to run our web site and/or we want to make custom changes to the site, these guys can do it.

The cost is $50/mo 12*50 = $600 for the basic service

Final Results

The tallies from the Sept 19, 2007, VNC Board of Officers Election are as follows. These results are the Final Certified Canvas of Votes from Independent Election Administrator Jerry Kvasnicka.

President

• Mike Newhouse, 329 votes ‘‘elected’‘

Vice President

• Linda Lucks, 348 votes ‘‘elected’‘

Secretary

• Joseph P. Murphy, 326 votes ‘‘elected’‘

Treasurer

• Paul Christensen — whitdrawn
• Edward Ferrer – write-in, 136 votes ‘‘elected’‘

Community Outreach

Hello everyone!My name is Hans Etter and I am resident here in Marina Del Rey.I am community activist and long time resident here.I just launched a new forum for our community called
http://marina-del-rey-conservatory.org/index.php Feel free to register with us and help your neighbors to inform and empower them self.I am new to this but I feel the only way we will have an impact on our future is to take charge of it.We have many problems coming our way ,developments,traffic,air pollution and so on.I believe we share many of the same concerns and what happens in Marina Del Rey I am convinced t