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GRVNC Announcement: Sunset Ave Project (RAD/MTA), Town Hall Meeting (Feb 25)

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

1. LUPC meeting on Sunset Ave Project (MTA/RAD) (Feb 15)
2. Education Committee Meeting (Feb 16)
3. Latest Town Hall Meeting Update (Feb 25)
4. Call for Volunteers
5. February Calendar of Events
6. LA Heath Care Community Meeting
7. Receive automatic updates to Community Calendar
8. Street Repair 50/50 program
9. City Emergency Preparedness Ambassador Program

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1. LUPC meeting on 100 Sunset Ave Project (MTA/RAD) (Feb 15)

When: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 @ 6:30 PM
Where: Westminster Elementary School Auditorium, 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

The Land Use and Planning Committee will be hearing what should
be the 'final' proposal by RAD Development for the MTA Bus Lot
at 100 Sunset Blvd. It is important that all interested stakeholders
come to this meeting to review the latest proposal and give public
testimony on the project. This project will be the only item
of business at the meeting.

The Final EIR can be found here:
http://cityplanning.lacity.org/EIR/MTAWestLASunset/FEIR/index.htm

Developer RAD/Jefferson's web page about the project:
http://www.radsunset.com/index2.html

You should send any comments you have about this project to the following:

Councilman Bill Rosendahl
200 N. Spring Street, Room 415
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Attn: Grieg Asher
FAX: (213) 473-6926

City Planning Commission
200 North Spring Street, Room 532
Los Angeles, 90012
Attn: Jane Ellison Usher, President
Case: CPC-2005-1002-SPE-ZC-CDP-MEL-ZAA-SPP-SPR
FAX: (213) 978-1029

You may also want to post your letter to the GRVNC community message
forum here:
http://grvnc.org/forum/8

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2. Education Committee Meeting (Feb 16)

When: Thursday, February 16, 2006, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Where: Venice Family Health Clinic, 622 Rose Avenue, Venice, CA
This committee will have meetings on a regular schedule every 3rd
Thursday of each month.

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3. Latest Town Hall Meeting Update (Feb 25)

Please help us get the word out about the upcoming Town Hall
meeting hosted by the GRVNC!

When: Saturday, February 25, 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Where: Venice High School Main Auditorium, 13000 Venice Blvd
(entrance to parking east of auditorium off of Venice Blvd)

The agenda is:

** Disaster Preparedness

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM – Fire Captain Jeff Elder will show you how to
prepare yourself, your family and your our neighborhood should
a major disaster strike.

** Land Use and Planning

11:00 AM to 1:00 PM – Los Angeles Planning Specialists Jon Perica, Pam
Emerson, Helen Bibas and Greg Asher will explain how L.A. makes
decisions on land use projects. Come with your questions about the
planning process in LA and find out how you can make a difference.

Please print out copies of the Town Hall flier and distribute them at
your office, church, school and shops around town.
http://grvnc.org/files/TownHall_Feb25_2006.pdf

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4. Call for Volunteers

The GRVNC committees and Board are looking for community volunteers to
help. Please email info@grvnc.org if you have time to help with one of
these projects.

- work on a printed newsletter to report on GRVNC activities/issues to
stakeholders (Outreach)
- work on brochure to explain purpose and function of a neighborhood
council and mission of the GRVNC (Outreach)
- assist District Reps to contact stakeholders and groups in their area
(Outreach)
- assist Executive Committee to preparation hand outs at Board Meetings
(Excom)
- help with Town Hall Meeting (Disaster Prep / LUPC)
- help prepare for September 2006 Board Elections (Elections)

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5. January/February Calendar of Events

We have a new events calendar! Please go to the link below to keep
up to date on the latest GRVNC meetings and community events:
http://grvnc.org/event/

Please print out and post our February Events Calendar flier around town:
http://www.grvnc.org/files/GRVNC_Feb2006_Flyer.pdf

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6. LA Health Care Community Meeting (Mar 4)

When: Saturday March 4, 2006, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Los Angeles Convention Center,
1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
Info: www.citizenshealthcare.gov

Overview—The Working Group will hold health care community
meetings throughout the United States beginning December 2005,
reflecting geographic differences, diverse populations,
and a balance among urban and rural groups on these topics:

* What health care benefits and services should be provided?
* How does the American public want health care delivered?
* How should health care coverage be financed?
* What trade-offs are the American public willing to make
in either benefits or financing to ensure access to affordable,
high quality health care coverage and services?

If you would like to participate in this free workshop, please
register here:
http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov/register/

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7. Receive automatic updates to Community Calendar

If you would like to automatically receive GRVNC calendar updates
directly in your iCal compatible calendar program you can do so by
clicking on this link: webcal://grvnc.org/event/ical

A new category will be added to your calendar, and items will
be updated automatically as they are posted to the GRVNC web site.

This works with both the iCal calendar program and Mozilla Calendar
program on Macintosh and Windows computers.

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8. Street Repair 50/50 program

This letter from City Councilman Greig Smith was submitted by DeDe
Audet, GRVNC President:

Los Angeles—Sidewalk repair is among the City services most frequently
requested by residents
and community groups and one of the services that I fight hard to bring
to Northwest Valley residents.

The City’s 50/50 Sidewalk Program, a new program that allows residents
and community groups
to get specific sidewalk repairs done more quickly is so popular that
there is a waiting list to use it.
That’s proof that City residents are willing to contribute some of the
costs to have specific
improvements and beautifications of public spaces more quickly.

That is why I want to remind residents and groups that they can still
use their own funds to hire
their own work crew for a day with the Personal City Services and
Repairs Program. The program,
which I introduced and the Council approved in April 2005, was inspired
by the Neighborhood
Councils’ expressed desire to use their $50,000 annual budgets to
contribute to the upkeep of
their communities.

To read entire article, click here:
http://www.lacity.org/COUNCIL/cd12/pressreleases/cd12pressreleases75135488_02102006.pdf

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9. City Emergency Preparedness Ambassador Program

From the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment:

"This colorful one-page flier will help you recruit people to attend the
city's second training session
for those who wish to become Emergency Preparedness Ambassadors and lead
efforts in their neighborhoods
to ensure that we are all prepared for the "big one." '

Flier:
http://www.lacity.org/done/newsflash_a/donenewsflash_a93835353_02032006.pdf

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