Neighborhood Council News
February was a two-board-meeting month. In
addition, a growing number of committees met (see box to
right).
Among the decisions of the
Grass Roots Venice Neighborhood Council Board were:
• Elections:
Half the Board seats are coming up for
election in June. The Board appointed Tom O’Meara, Communications Officer,
who is not up for re-election, to chair the Elections
Committee.
• Envision
Lincoln Blvd.: The Board appropriated $500 to
help pay for printing the report of the Envision Venice group which is studying
the future of Lincoln
Blvd.
• No to Lincoln
Center: The Board went on record opposing the
massive Lincoln Center project proposed for the area between Lake Street and the
7-11 store on Lincoln.
•
Yes to St. Joseph’s Center: The
nonprofit, which assists low-income and homeless Venice residents, is building a
new headquarters on Hampton Ave. The Board voted to support the
project.
•
Town
Hall: The Board appropriated up to $4,350 for
the Town Hall meeting and a
mailing.
• Venice Surplus
Property Fund: The Board supported L.A. City
Councilmember Cindy Miscikowski’s proposals that funds from the Venice
Surplus Property Fund, which is accumulated by selling city-owned lots in
Venice, could be spent by city council resolution instead of ordinance. However,
the Board differed with Miscikowski on her effort to spend the money for
non-capital improvements in Venice. She went ahead and got city council approval
anyway.
• DWP rate
increase: The Board voted to join neighborhood
councils throughout the city in opposing an across-the-board DWP rate increase
of 12 percent on water
usage.
• West
Bluff/Burial Sites: The Board endorsed the
preservation and public acquisition of the Ballona Bluffs ecosystem and to
protect native American village and burial sites at both the West Bluff and the
Ballona Wetlands.
–Jim
Smith
Posted: Mon - March 1, 2004 at 05:45 PM