Small Business Breakfast

United Chambers of Commerce invites you to Join Us Bright and Early For Our Annual Small Business Breakfast Friday, June 1, 2012 Honoring - Richard Stewart Painting - Sunland-Tujunga The Beverly Garland Holiday Inn 4222 Vineland Avenue North Hollywood, Ca 91602 Registration opens @ 7:00 am Program ~ 7:30 am ~ 9:30 am More info: 818-352-4433 Congratulations STNC Board Member Richard Stewart for being honored as Small Business of the Year!

Gourmet Food Trucks on Foothill Blvd. - June 6

Between McVine and Oro Vista from 5-10 p.m.

Medical Service Professional Offices Ordinance

City Planning Commission hearing will take place on June 14, 2012 after 8:30a.m. at LA City Hall, 200 N. Spring St., Room 350, Los Angeles, CA 90012. CPC-2012-665-CA; Council File: 10-0595, CEQA ENV-2012-666-CA, Citywide A proposed ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to categorize low-intensity medical service uses as medical service professional offices; update parking requirements for such uses; bring the LAMC into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act; delete obsolete terms; and make other technical correcitons. The STNC's Land Use Committee will review the report at their next meeting on Monday, June 4, 7 p.m.

Special Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee Meeting in Lake View Terrace

Equestrian Opportunities in Los Angeles to be Topic of Special Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee Meeting in Lake View Terrace FOR PLANNING PURPOSES Meeting Date: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Meeting Time: 6:00 pm Meeting Location: Lake View Terrace Recreation Center Community Room 11075 Foothill Blvd., Lake View Terrace, CA 91342 CONTACT David Graham-Caso 213.393.9196 (cell) WEDNESDAY: Equestrian Opportunities in Los Angeles to be Topic of Special Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee Meeting in Lake View Terrace (Los Angeles, CA) – On Wednesday, May 30, 2012, Los Angeles City Councilmember Richard Alarcón will host a special meeting of the Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee in the Northeast San Fernando Valley to discuss equestrian issues in the City of Los Angeles. In addition to welcoming comments from the public about equine issues in Los Angeles and hosting a presentation from the Los Angeles Equine Advisory Committee, the Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee will consider four motions recently authored by Councilmember Alarcón relating to equestrian opportunities in Los Angeles, including: 1) Promoting the City’s Horse Trails: Directs the Department of Recreation and Parks to work with other City agencies to create a map of equestrian areas in Los Angeles, to promote the use of City-owned parks and City-owned trails and to preserve and expand the City's existing trail system. (Motion 12-0307: Alarcón – Englander – Krekorian – Zine) 2) Improving Safety at Intersections and Crossings: Reviews dangerous intersections for horses and directs the City to create a plan to install at-grade road crossings at trail locations in order to enhance safety and avoid collisions between horses and vehicles. (Motion 12-0307-S1: Alarcón – Englander) 3) Expediting Permits for Barns: Establishes a faster review process for the installation and use of barns that house horses, to make it easier to build barns without unnecessary red tape. (Motion 12-03-07-S2: Alarcón – Englander) 4) Offer Discounts for Horse Licensing Fees: Instructs Animal Services to improve its registration website and to increase the number of registered horses in Los Angeles by offering a discount for multi-year registrations. (Motion 12-0307-S3: Alarcón – Englander) Please visit: http://ens.lacity.org/clk/committeeagend/clkcommitteeagend1677372_05302012.pdf to see a full committee agenda. WHAT: Los Angeles City Council Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee – Special Meeting WHO: Arts, Parks, Health and Aging Committee Members Councilmember Richard Alarcón (Chair) Councilmember Tom LaBonge Councilmember Ed Reyes Los Angeles Equine Advisory Committee Dale Gibson Mary Benson Lynne Brown Representatives from relevant City Departments, including: Recreation and Parks Planning Transportation Building and Safety Animal Services WHEN: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 6:00pm WHERE: Lake View Terrace Recreation Center – Community Room 11075 Foothill Blvd., Lake View Terrace, CA 91342

Metro Orange Line Open to the Public

The Metro Orange Line Extension — a four-mile addition to the wildly popular Orange Line busway — will open to the public on Saturday, June 30 with community celebrations and free rides on the extension from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Please click on the link below for more details on the news release. http://thesource.metro.net/

Watch the Road

UPDATE: The STNC has ordered signs and will have them ready for distribution at the September 2012 STNC meeting. A representative from the Dept. of Transportation will give a short presentation. Save the Date: Sept. 12 to pick up your signs. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation's Watch the Road program has a one time offer to receive up to 110 personalized lawn signs delivered to each Neighborhood Council Office. The signs are to be given out to the council's constituents as a way of reminding residents to be alert, and drivers to be cautious of kids walking or playing in the neighborhood. Each neighborhood council is allowed up to 110 personalized lawn signs, free of charge.

NEW - Prop F: Fire Facilities and Animal Services Facilities Oversight Committees AGENDA JOINT MEETING FIRE FACILITIES and ANIMAL SERVICES FACILITIES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES May 31, 2012, 1:15 PM CAO Conference Room, 15th Floor City Hall East MEMBERS City Administrative Officer: Miguel A. Santana, Chair Office of the Mayor: Neil M. Guglielmo Chief Legislative Analyst: Gerry F. Miller City Engineer: Gary L. Moore Fire Chief, Fire Department: Brian L. Cummings (Fire Facilities) GM, Department of Animal Services: Brenda F. Barnette (Animal Services Facilities) Staff Contacts Animal Services – John D. Chavez 482-9507 Fire – Curt Klafta 213.202.3455 BOE (Animal and Fire Facilities) – Allan Kawaguchi 213.485.4687 CAO – Ramon Soto 213.473.7581 CLA –Mandana Khatibshahidi 213.473.5742 ITEMS: (1) Approval of the minutes from the Joint Fire and Animal Services Facilities meetings of March 29, 2012 (2) Public Comments Animal Bond Program: (3) Bureau of Engineering progress report for May 2012—Allan Kawaguchi Report on status of the projects Fire Bond Program: (4) Bureau of Engineering progress report for May 2012--Allan Kawaguchi Report on the status of the projects (5) Both Programs: Consideration of 2012-13 Staffing Plan Next regular meeting scheduled for July 26, 2012

PROW Cell Towers

UPDATE: Good News! The Committee voted to send this on to City Council -- finally moving this forward. Thank you to CM Buscaino and Garcetti for your leadership and to Ted Jordan from the City Attorney's office for his updates and report. Look for this to be on the City Council agenda "soon". PROW Cell Towers - there's still time to get your letter in to the committee. These are cell towers that are placed in the public right of way (PROW) with little to no community input. One of the most recent installations in S-T is located at Summitrose and Las Lunitas. The STNC submitted a Community Impact Statement on this issue. Your letters will help too. See more details below. The Public Works Committee again has this issue (CF 09-2645) on its agenda this Wed., 5/9 at 2pm, in Rm. 1050, City Hall. It is #7 on the agenda. An update from the City Attorney to the Public Works Committee on the status of revisions to the ordinance which the City Attorney was directed to do last July (almost 10 months ago) is anticipated. If you have an interest in whether cell towers should go up along sidewalks near your home, plan to attend the committee meeting this Wednesday to urge the Committee and/or the City Attorney to take action to ensure completion of the revisions to the ordinance as soon as possible. Also include your support for an Interim Control Ordinance. The Public Works Committee has a new chair, Councilman Buscaino, and new members -- Councilman Garcetti and Councilman Krekorian. Remind them of your concerns and expectation of a revised ordinance. If you are not able to attend, please send emails to the Committee members and legislative assistant, with a copy to the City Attorney, requesting that the directed revisions to the AGF ordinance be completed as soon as possible and also requesting that the Committee propose to the full Council that an ICO be enacted with respect to PROW installations until the new ordinance revisions are enacted. Send your communication to: Joe Buscaino, Cmtee Chair councilmember.buscaino@lacity.org Eric Garcetti, Cmtee member councilmember.garcetti@lacity.org Paul Krekorian, Cmtee member councilmember.krekorian@lacity.org Michael Espinosa, Cmtee legislative assistant michael.espinosa@lacity.org (request your letter be placed in CF 09-2645) copies to: Carmen Trutanich, City Attorney ctrutanich@lacity.org Ted Jordan, Asst. City Attorney ted.jordan@lacity.org Richard Alarcon, Councilman councilmember.alarcon@lacity.org

Mountain Lion Training Session

TONIGHT - MAY 8 -- This meeting is TONIGHT and starts at 6 PM Mountain Lion Training Session, Tuesday, May 8 at 6 p.m. at North Valley City Hall with Robin Parks, an investigator from the Mountain Lion Foundation will present a 1.5 hr training session on mountain lions.

GOOD LA/2B Challenge

Springtime is here and we want you to get out and explore the streets of LA! The City of LA and GOOD want to know what would be your ideal CAR-FREE day in LA? This is a great place to get out and do things. Be it by bike, foot, bus or even horse. It’s sunny. It’s warm. It’s friendly. It’s LA. Now get creative and submit an idea for the chance to win 500 dollars to bring it life!
The deadline to submit is Tuesday, May 15^th, at noon PT.  At that point, we’ll open up all ideas for voting, so rally your colleagues and friends to join the GOOD community and decide which idea is most deserving of the cash. Voting is open May 15-31. The top-voted idea will take home $500 to implement their idea.
Submit your idea to the GOOD LA/2B Challenge: http://la2b.maker.good.is/

Connect with this challenge on twitter at @GOODmkr and follow the conversation via #LAcarfreeday. And, if you’d like to continue to be notified of future GOOD Maker Challenges, let us know here: http://bit.ly/yYlwXS
Can’t wait to see your ideas! http://la2b.maker.good.is/

Thanks!

The City's Mobility Element Team 

NC Elections 2012 - Yes!

Last September 24, 2011 neighborhood councils across the City of Los Angeles held a Congress. Over 600 NC leaders packed City Hall that day. City Councilmembers, City Departments and Commissioners were also well represented. At the 2011 Congress neighborhood councils voiced the highest priority for NCs is NC Elections in 2012. Since then NC alliances have also voiced their support. The message is loud and clear "we want NC elections in 2012". NCs have been taking action to move elections forward in 2012 within their individual NCs and Citywide. The schedules are set, procedures in place, outreach plans on schedule. Thousands of hours of volunteer time are going into these preparations. NC leaders across the city look forward to working together for a successful NC elections season. --Cindy Cleghorn Chair, Neighborhood Council Congress Board Member, Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council

DWP Rate Increase Meeting

Community Meeting Tonight in East San Fernando Valley to Discuss Proposed 2-Year Power and Water Rate Changes

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) tonight will hold the sixth in a series of regional community meetings in Van Nuys to educate and inform customers regarding proposed power and water rate changes needed over the next two years. The details for tonight’s meeting are as follows: Thursday, May 3, 2012 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. LADWP Van Nuys Service Center 14401 Saticoy St. Van Nuys 91405 RSVP Map The proposed rate changes are necessary to meet regulatory mandates that affect much of LADWP’s existing energy and water supplies, and to invest in replacing aging infrastructure to maintain reliability for LADWP’s 1.4 million electric customers and 657,000 water customers. General Manager Ronald O. Nichols and LADWP Senior Managers will present the proposed power and water rate changes during the meeting, answer questions and take comments. RSVPs are encouraged. To RSVP, please click here or call 213-367-1361. For more information about the rate proposals, please click here.