Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council

BOARD meeting

April 9, 2012

The meeting was called to order at 6:40 p.m. by the President, Jill Banks Barad.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Board member Alicia Bartley.

The acting secretary, Jeff Ebenstein, called the Roll, a quorum was present, Jay Beeber and

Shana Pollack were absent..

Reports from staff of elected officials and LAPD SLO:

Pearl Ricci from Cong. Howard Berman’s office

Matt Margolis from Cong. Sherman’s office

Wes Hernandez from Councilman Koretz’s office

LAPD Senior Lead Officer Ron Carter

Bill Larson from the City Attorney’s office

Public Comment

Captain Ratner, US Navy (ret) from the Cadet Program asked for contribution.

Alma Villegas with Metro regarding Outreach Transit Study and meeting dates

Faramerz Nabari regarding Metro transit issues, the Sepulveda Pass, Measure R money.

President’s Report

a. City Council honored SONC on March 30.

b. Meeting with new Webmaster to update and maintain the SONC website.

c. Councilman Tom LaBonge invited to be Guest Speaker at our May 14 Board meeting

Treasurer’s Report- Howard Katchen, Treasuer

a .May 16 is the last day for Demand Warrants, June 16 is the last day for the use of P card

b. Motion from the Finance Committee to APPROVE The Web Corner as the new

SONC Webmaster passed.

c. Motion to APPROVE $1000 contribution to the Bryce Canyon Division and Betsy

Ross Division of the US Navy Sea Cadet Corps to purchase regulation uniforms for

the cadets passed with the condition that it can go from Community Services line item

and reallocated to Neighborhood Purposes Grant line item.. The details will have to be

worked out.

Committee Reports:

Education Committee- Max Calne, Chair

Motion from Education Committee: to OPPOSE any significant reduction or

elimination of funding for Adult Education by LAUSD. Passed. Letter from SONC

will be sent to LAUSD Supt Deasy and LAUSD Boardmember Galatzan.

Land Use Committee- Ron Ziff, Chair

a. Next LUC meeting, April 19 will have Committee vote on Il Villagio Toscano project

b. Hillside Ordinance violation at Valleyheart residential project

c. Ralph’s at Hazeltine to begin construction in May

Rules and Elections Committee- report given by Jill Barad in the absence of Art Fields, Chair

DONE scheduled our SONC elections for the week of August 13-19, 2012. There was

discussion concerning this time when people are out of town; it was determined that a

better date would be in September when people are back from vacation.

Jill will speak to DONE and request a September date. Jill is convening a joint

Outreach and Rules and Elections meeting with GrayceLiu, DONE to work on the

details of the election.

Announcements from the Board-

Next VANC meeting is Thursday, April 12. NC elections will be the main topic.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeff Ebenstein for Shanna Pollack , Secretary

With additional information by Jill Barad, President