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GRVNC Announcement: Board Meeting (Dec 13), Committee Meetings and more

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COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ANNOUNCEMENT
Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council (GRVNC)
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In this announcement:

1. Board of Officers Meeting (Dec 13)
2. Committee Meetings Schedule (Dec 7 - Dec 17)
3. Lincoln Boulevard and Maxella Avenue Project Open House (Dec 5)
4. Los Angeles Conservation Corps on Rose Avenue (Dec 15+ )
5. Lincoln Place Apartments Evictions
6. LAX Settlement Announcement
7. Mayor's Budget Survey's Due
8. $100,000 for Street Repair Priorities
9. Committee Proposals
10. Call for Volunteers

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1. Board of Officers Meeting (Dec 13)

Board of Officers Meeting

Where: Westminster Avenue Elementary School, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd
(Auditorium)
When: Tuesday, Dec 13, 2005 at 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Agenda will be posted here after the Executive Committee meets on
December 8th:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/BoardHome.html

Proposals for items to be put on the agenda of the next Board of
Officers meeting MUST be in the hands of the Executive Committee
no later then December 8th. No exceptions!
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2. Updated Committee Meetings Schedule (Dec 7 - Dec 17)

The following GRVNC committees are scheduled to meet:

- Land Use and Planning Committee Meeting
Wednesday, December 7 at 7pm at Westminster Elementary School,
1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd
For more details:
http://www.grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/LUPC.ev2004/lupc.html
Agenda:
http://www.grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/LUPC.ev2004/documents/LUPCagendaDec-05draft2-1.pdf

- Budget, Finance and Fund raising Committee Meeting
Thursday, December 8, 2005 at 8:30 AM at Extra Storage Space Public
Meeting Room
658 Venice Boulevard
Agenda:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/documents/BudgetCommAgenda12-8-05.pdf

- Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 pm at the Extra Space facility's public
meeting room, 658 Venice Blvd.
For more details:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/Executive2004/ExecutiveCommittee.html

- Rules and Elections Committee Meeting
Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 pm
Agenda:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/Elections2004/documents/RulesandElectionsMtg12-15-2005_agenda.pdf

- Communication and Outreach Committee Meeting
Saturday, December 17th at 9:30 am
For more details:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/Communication2004/cc.htm

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3. Lincoln Boulevard and Maxella Avenue Project Open House (Dec 5)

DEVELOPMENT OPEN HOUSE - CHANGE OF DATE - Maxella/Lincoln

The Olson Company would like to invite interested community members to an
open house featuring our proposed mixed-use project to be located in the
Del Rey community at Lincoln Boulevard and Maxella Avenue. Currently on
this site there are several closed restaurant uses. This proposal will
breath life into this community again encouraging a pedestrian friendly
atmosphere. The project has received the support of the Del Rey
Neighborhood Council and now we would like to share the concept with the
adjacent Venice community.

We invite you to join us at the Venice Boys and Girls Club located at 2232
Lincoln Boulevard on MONDAY, DECEMBER 5TH from 6-8pm to see our project and
share your thoughts and comments with us.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Kristen Lonner at
(323)466-3445 or kristen@cerrell.com.

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4. Los Angeles Conservation Corps on Rose Avenue (Dec 15+)

Jamie Cantor Ginsburg has, with the assistance of Mark Antonio Grant at
Bill Rosendahl's Office, arranged for the Los Angeles Conservation Corps - a
nonprofit that helps young people develop by participating in environmental
projects - to come and help clean up Rose Avenue twice a month. Each group
of kids will be cleaning the area every other Wednesday; with a different
group of workers coming every 8 weeks.

Their responsibilities will include sweeping the sidewalks, getting rid of
weeds, addressing graffiti, and over all maintenance of the area.
They will work for five hours, from 8:00am until 1:00pm.

The next clean-up day will be December 15th, after which a small party will
be organized at Rosendahl's office to thank them. Volunteers?

Please take a moment to thank these young volunteers if you see them helping
out on Rose Ave.

Please put up and pass on the flier here:
http://grvnc.org/NewSite/News/documents/RoseAveCleanupflyer.pdf

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5. Lincoln Place Apartments Evictions

If you would like to learn more about the pending evictions of our
neighbors at Lincoln Place Apartments or would like to help support
their efforts, you can contact our District 1 representative, Ingrid
Mueller,
at the email address: district1@grvnc.org . You may also get up to date
information on the situation and related events here: www.lincolnplace.net

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6. LAX Settlement Announcement

For Immediate Release
November 30, 2005

Contact: Office of Councilman Rosendahl/ Safiya Jones (213) 473-7011
Office of Mayor Villaraigosa/ Darryl Ryan (213) 922-9728
LAX Public Relations/ Nancy Castles (310) 646-5260

VILLARAIGOSA, ROSENDAHL AND ARSAC ANNOUNCE LAX SETTLEMENT

City Councilman Bill Rosendahl will join Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa,
ARSAC, and other local elected officials on Thursday, December 1 to
announce the settlement of lawsuits against the LAX Master Plan. The
settlement agreement will allow Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to
modernize LAX while resolving concerns about noise, traffic, pollution,
and regional aviation.

“This is a great day for LAX, for airport neighbors and for regional
aviation,” said Rosendahl, whose district encompasses LAX. “After years
of controversy, we can now move forward on modernizing and securing LAX
while directing growth and increased air traffic to the rest of the region.”

See also:
http://www.nbc4.tv/travelgetaways/5444617/detail.html
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7. Mayor's Budget Survey's Due

The GRVNC Board has been asked to provide budget priority input to the
Mayor's office. We are asking that stakeholders wishing to provide input on
this decision please fill out a budget survey and return it to the GRVNC
Board at our December 13th meeting (see above).

More details on the budget process can be found here:
http://www.lacity.org/mayor/budget/pdf/ncouncil.pdf

A copy of the budget survey can be found here:
http://www.grvnc.org/NewSite/News/documents/MayorsBudgetSurvey.pdf

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8. $100,000 for Street Repair Priorities in Venice

The City is asking Neighborhood Councils with elected boards in place to
designate $100,000 worth of street resurfacing or repair projects.

The Executive Committee is seeking proposals from individuals interested
in chairing a committee that will assess how these funds should be
allocated in Venice.

Please bring a proposal to the December 8th Executive committee meeting
(see above) if you would like to volunteer for this position or contact
excom@grvnc.org for more information.

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9. Committee Proposals

The Executive Committee is looking for proposals from volunteers
interested in chairing one of the following established committees:

Education
Public Safety
Transportation
Parking
Community Building
Arts
Homelessness

Interested volunteers should bring 10 copies of their committee proposal
to the December 8th Executive Committee meeting (see above).
Guidelines for Ad-hoc committees can be found here:

http://grvnc.org/NewSite/Commitees/Ad-HocCommitteeGuidelines.htm

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10. Call for Volunteers

The board urgently needs volunteers for the following positions:

GRVNC Meetings: (contact secretary@grvnc.org)
* Public Address System -- help setup the audio system at GRVNC Board
Meetings
* Time Keeper -- keep time for speakers during public comment

Outreach: (contact communications@grvnc.org)
* Data Entry -- assist with entry of stakeholder contact information
into the GRVNC database
* Public Notices -- assist district reps put up official GRVNC meeting
notices at notification locations
* Media Relations -- assist Communications Officer place outreach
notices with local newspapers, radio, etc

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