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Northridge West Neighborhood Council meets Oct. 14

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Contributed by: Glen Wilson on 9/22/2008

What:	The Northridge West Neighborhood Council's (NWNC) next regular meeting will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, in the auditorium at Beckford Avenue Elementary School, 19130 Tulsa St., Northridge. The school is north of Chatsworth Street and west of Wilbur Avenue. Enter via Vanalden Avenue. NWNC meetings are held every second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. The agenda for the meeting will be updated about 72 hours or more before the meeting. Updated 10/13/2008 for agenda are items # (some of the main items) #5 Guest Speakers a) John Bwarie, Councilman Smith's offilce - Moveable Signs b)Planning Associates- Former Levitz location (Tampa & Nordhoff) #7 Committee Reports a)Government/Mayor's Budget Day attended by Truesdell and Perl b)Flyer and Municipal Ordinance for residents regarding maintaining parkways c)Communications and Outreach #8 Public Comments on non-agenda items #9 Discussion and possible action items. a)Purchase backpacks w/NWNC Logo for use in conjunction with CERT trainning b)Consideration of a Shredding Day event. Price for shedder $120/hr c)Set up planning for another CERT program after the first of the year d)DATE AND LOCATION OF NOVEMBER MEETING e)CHANGE OF LOCATION FOR FUTURE MEETINGS (resolve by Jan 2009 meeting) f)Renewal of NVCN for advertising g)Renewal of Daniel Designs for website h)Increase amount committed to LAFD ice machine to $1,938.49 from previious amount of $1,700. i)Provide letter of support to California Rail Authority (Hi-speed railway)? #10 Board Member Comments a)Neil Perl- reports on; SWIRP workshop - Zero Waste, Water Resources meeting, requirement on Ethics training, LADOT request to utilize public transportation for downtown venues like Staple, Music Center, etc., Concept of a Collections Sheriff for City of LA b)Discussion of Financial Disclosure Requirements For the full, updated agenda, visit NWNC's Web site, www.northridgewest.org The following items may be on the NWNC agenda for Oct. 14 meeting. 1) Parking problem at Nobel School? 2) May fill NWNC Education vacant seat? 3) Halloween outreach event Nov. 1 with location? (see above) 4) Update on sober livinghHomes? 5) Other items Northridge West Neighborhood Council (NWNC) still needs to fill one vacant education seat. Interested candidates should call the NWNC President at 818-366-5226 by Friday before the NWNC meeting to be on the Oct. 14 agenda. Update Oct. 13, 2008 education is still vacant and not on Oct.14 agenda because no one was interested at this time. The boundaries for NWNC are south of the 118 Freeway, west of Reseda Boulevard, north of Nordhoff Street and Nordhoff Way and east of Corbin Avenue. Northridge West Neighborhood Council will have a booth at the Northridge Fashion Center - Farmers' Market and Family Festival from 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 1. It will be the last Farmers' Market andFamily Festival of the summer. The Northridge Fashion Center is located at Tampa Avenue and Nordhoff Street. The event is held in the parking lot near Macy's and Borders Books. Council members will have handouts about the council and what it is. There may also be NWNC pens at the booth. Those who want to receive electronic notification of council meetings or/and make requests about NWNC should e-mail wayne@decisionpublications.com. You can also voice concerns regarding the Northridge West community. If you need more information about NWNC or/and to get on the agenda, you can call the NWNC President at 818-366-5226. The purpose of the NWNC is to provide a forum for stakeholders to address issues related to quality of life and to serve as an advocate for concerns in our community. If anyone has any ideas how to get more people to the NWNC meeting or general ideas about neighborhood councils, then send me e-mail at nwncnews@dslextreme.com or/and with any comments about this story or event. For more information, visit http://www.insidesocal.com/inyourneighborhood/ = In Your Neighborhood or blogs.dailynews.com/inyourneighborhood, which is about neighborhood councils.
Where:	Beckford Avenue Elementary School, 19130 Tulsa St., Northridge
When:	7-9 p.m.
Event Dates:	This event takes place on 10/14/2008.