Invitation From Council President Some years ago the City of Los Angeles embarked on a new and exciting experiment in bringing local government even closer to the people – Neighborhood Councils representing the many diverse and vast neighborhoods and communities of this great City of the Angels. So democracy was re-invented once again. Our local community – the Greater Valley Glen community represents over 45,000 people – not counting those Stakeholders who work or participate in organizations or attend school or churches in the Greater Valley Glen Community – a fair bit more than a neighborhood and much more like a small City Thus, the slogan: YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD – OUR COMMUNITY. The Greater Valley Glen Council constantly is interacting with City officials, departments, agencies and numerous other public officials and governmental bodies so as to achieve a safer, better and cleaner environment for our Stakeholders. From land use decisions (ie: variances and conditional use permits to policing and other first responder services to neighborhood watches) – WE HAVE OUR SAY – and our say is an effective voice on behalf of our Greater Valley Glen community. Now we need to hear YOU – to give voice to your concerns. Please participate…please be The GVGC is here. Now we need to hear from YOU! Terry Anderson Governing Documents
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 GVGC BOARD MEETING May 7, 2012 at 7:00 pm
The GVGC Board will hold its monthly meeting at 7:00 pm, Monday, June 4, 2012 in the Faculty Lounge at Valley College. Everyone is invited to attend and participate. Free public parking in Parking Lot B only. Everyone is invited to attend and participate. UPCOMING GVGC COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Please find below the final drafts for our GVGC Board Meeting Minutes of May 7, 2012 and Special Meeting of May 7, 2012; please review and submit any proposed changes or corrections to Secretary Montie Mazo at mmazo@gvgc.us no later than noon, Wednesday, May 22, 2012.
 The GVGC FIREFIGHTER'S PANCAKE BREAKFAST AND COMMUNITY SAFETY FAIR on Sunday, APRIL 22nd was a fabulous success netting over $2700 for the Valley Glen Fire Station 102 Firefighter’s Fund. THANK YOU VALLEY GLEN.
City Controller Wendy Greuel and GVGC President Terry Anderson present check for over $2700 to Captain Ken Martinez and Firefighters of Valley Glen LAFD Fire Station 102 for the Firefighters House Fund. Larry Jorgensen, GVGC Public Safety Chair is at far left and Bruce Thomas, GVGC Public Safety Co-Chair is at far right. Jorgensen, Thomas and Jean Sinatra(not pictured) chaired the 4th Annual Valley Glen Firefighters Pancake Breakfast and Community Safety Fair. VALLEY GLEN COMMUNITY PARK UPDATE …on July 13, 2011, the LVNOV Committee for Valley Glen Community Park approved the playground equipment along lines indicated in picture flyer below…in keeping with the rustic nature and feeling of the Park. More information is to come regarding the walking exercise track and additional trees and other improvements. Decorative fencing plans for the Park will also be rustic in nature. Recent discussions with the City Engineer’s Office and the Department of Recreation and Parks indicates that the engineering and other plans for the equipment are now complete and that the City Engineers Office is in process of bring a vendor on board to both purchase and install the playground equipment. Hopefully it will be installed by the end of Spring. Then the City Engineer will focus on the other items: the exercise track and the playground fencing and the decorative fencing. The GVGC is committed to obtaining additional Prop K for Kids funding to fund a smart system irrigation system and additional improvements (more and bigger trees, benches, etc.) for Valley Glen Community Park in the future and has hired a grant writer for step 1 in this effort. The grant application is due in by mid-April 2012.  VICTORY BOULEVARD AND WHITSETT MEDIANS The GVGC is trying to address the medians at Victory Boulevard and Whitsett Avenue. Our initial effort is to locate possible grants available to improve and re-landscape these medians. They are a terrible eyesore to the surrounding neighborhoods and to the Community as a whole. Hopefully the new effort the the GVGC will bear fruit and allow us to make these medians an attractive improvement to our community. Please note that only – and I do mean only the GVGC has sought to improve and maintain these medians with no help whatsoever. It would be of assistance if the neighborhoods surrounding these medians pitched in for the effort. So far, the GVGC has been paying an outside crew to clean up the medians on a monthly basis but that crew is no longer available. The GVGC is trying to locate another crew to assist in the effort. In the long run, hopefully the GVGC will find grant money to re-landscape these medians. The cost is estimated in the 100’s of thousand dollars to clean and re-landscape. More to come. |
 GVGC Officers for 2010-2012 GVGC President Terry Anderson, Council Member Paul Krekorian and GVGC Secretary Montie Maz0 Standing GVGC Vice President Judy Price and Treasurer Carlos Ferreyra Seated. New GVGC Board and Officers were elected on May 27, 2010 and installed on July 12, 2010. Latest News
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