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These draft minutes will be on the agenda of our 12-19-01 meeting for approval
Northridge Community Council Meeting Minutes Northridge Hospital November 21, 2001. Note the numbers match the agenda numbers
The meeting was called to order by the acting president, Dorothy Boberg. She welcomed those present and thanked those who have made major contributions to the functioning of the Council: Walter Prince, Charles Brink, Pat LoPresti, Andy Anderson, Jane Lowenthal and Anita Santospirito.
It was moved, seconded and passed that the minutes for October 17 and November 1 be approved pending any corrections or additions.
The president asked for all to sign or check the attendance forms.
The president announced that the application for certification has been sent to DONE and a copy was presented to David Larkin of DONE.
A. Election of officers. It was reported that DONE may require another election after certification. Therefore the Board elected this evening will become the board pending certification and a new election if required by the certification processes. Since the By-laws provide for the election of 15 members and only 14 have been nominated, the president stated that, if there were no objections, she would entertain a motion to elect the slate nominated at the October meeting. A motion was made, seconded and passed to elect the following Board: Frank McGinnis, Sandra Eve Kardos, Walter Prince, Estelle Lit, Lori Magnuson, Marilyn Stout, Charles Brink, Ron Rozanski, Jim Parker, Don Faber, Willie Langley, Andy Anderson, Jim Mertzel, Jane Lowenthal.
B. Academy School Issue. The president announced that the letter requesting a 60 day continuance, after all documents pertaining to the Academy School are released to the public, has been given to the School Board and a copy to the representative of Julie Kornstein. Some documents are available on our website and at the local libraries.
Discussion of the issues included several points of view. It was suggested that Rena Perez of LA Unified be asked to speak regarding boundaries and Michael P Myer be asked to speak about traffic at a future meeting. We should see diagrams of the school and traffic patterns.
Since the Treasurer was absent, the report will be presented at the next meeting.
7. Public Comments.
The extension of the Council boundaries to the 405 freeway was questioned.
It was suggested that there be a follow-up regarding the clean-up at Rocketdyne.
It was announced that $300,000 for duplication and mailing will be made available by DONE.
8. Announcements:
The next meeting will be December 19, at Northridge Hospital.
Done has requested that leadership representatives from our Council meet with other community leaders on December 7, 10:30 am at the Van Nuys City Hall, forth floor. Comments followed.
It was announced that clean-up has been done by the City at Limekiln Canyon.
There will be 1000 U.N. dinners in the U.S. on November 30, fundraisers for land mine removal in five countries.
A deadline of December 3 was announced for comments on the Academy School to be sent to LAUSD. Call Jim Parker for details: 818-882-3277.
It was announced that the newly elected Board will meet to elect officers immediately after adjournment.
Meeting adjourned.
The president called a meeting of the newly elected board to order.
A motion was made seconded and passed that Walter Prince become acting president. It was agreed that he go to the DONE meeting on December 7 and bring back information to the December meeting. Due the length of the meeting the election of officers was continued untill the 12-19-01 meeting.
Meeting adjourned.
Next meeting on Wednesday, January 16, 2002 at, 7:00 PM at Northridge Hospital.