Board of Neighborhood

DRAFT TARZANA NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL BOARD MEETING MINUTES Tuesday March 22, 2016 Tarzana Child Care Center 5700 Beckford Ave, Tarzana, CA 91356

1. Call to Order at 7:05 p.m. by Len Shaffer, TNC President. Quorum established with 11 board members. Roll Call: Reuben Dori, Max Flehinger, David Garfinkle, Eran Heissler, Jef Mausner, Iris Polonsky, Terry Sacier, Len Shaffer, Bob Shmaeff, Richard Silverman, and Esther Wieder. Absent: Robin, Harvey, Joyce, Syed, Ken, Ornit and Allan. Len gave the welcoming remarks. There was no pledge of alliegance.

2. Approval of minutes: (Garfinkle/Wieder) moved that the minutes of the January 25, 2016 meeting be approved as corrected. (Heissler/Wieder) moved that the minutes of February 23, 2016 be approved as corrected.

3. Remarks by representatives of public officials: Ariel Bernard, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield’s (3rd Council District) office invited the board on April 7th to a City Planning event at the Westfield Community Center. On April 25th officials from the Department of Building and Safety will hold an informational meeting in Woodland Hills. From City Hall, two legislature efforts were made on behalf of water conservation – one for conserving rainwater in a pilot program. The other addresses groundwater in the San Fernando Valley by utilizing techniques already successful in Israel.

4. Public Comments:  George Thomas, Council President and Honorary Mayor of Van Nuys announced a Public Safety Fair in June at the Sepulveda Basin.  Brittany ______, representing Steve ______Senate District 27.

5. Committee and other Reports Outreach – Esther spoke about Earth Day’s events. Land Use – David said the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative has been withdrawn from the November ballot in favor of the February city ballot. He also spoke about an appeal on the cell tower on Tampa/Topham. There’s a possible proposal coming for a new Starbucks on Reseda/Victory. Transportation – Max gave his transportation report including items on speeding, traffic lights, issues over closure of the Shirley tunnel, requests for a stop sign, etc. Len spoke about a proposed North Valley east-west rail line and other possible improvements to transportation. Public Safety – No report but discussion about homeless encampments. Animal Welfare – Two events – Earth Day on April 17th will have animals from the West Valley shelter and on April 25th, adoptable animals will be brought to a Kirk O’ the Valley School in the Valley. Animal Services commissioners are looking at a pilot program to keep one of the shelters open past 5 p.m. TNC’s Animal Issues committee supports this. Rockin’ Rescue’s variance request was supported by over 300 petitioners. Budget Representative – Len said that the White Paper is out with the Budget advocates recommendations for the City. In June, Budget Day will take place with board members invited to hear from city reps about the budget. 6. (Flehinger/Heissler) moved approval of the preliminary financial statements as of February 29, 2016. The motion carried unanimously.

7. (Flehinger/Wieder) moved the approval of February 2016 expenditures for submission to DONE (MER).

Funding Items: # 8, 10, 11, 13 & 14 were voted as a consent calendar, together and passed unanimously.

8. Resolved: The TNC Board adopts the Budget Committee’s recommendation to approve the request from the WH-Tarzana Community Benefit Foundation for a NPG for $1,500 to provide $250 to each of 6 Tarzana schools participating in the Earth Day Poster Contest. These funds have already been budgeted.

9. (Flehinger/Polonsky) moved, “Resolved: The TNC Board adopts the Budget Committee’s recommendation to approve the request from Tarzana Elementary School for a NPG for $4,116.50 to support their Accelerated Reader Software Program for the 2016-17 school year. The money to come from Unallocated. (Esther Wieder recused herself from this vote). The motion carried unanimously with one recusal.

10. Discussion and motion: Resolved: The TNC Board adopts the Budget Committee’s recommendation to approve the request from the Southern California Preparedness Foundation for a NPG for $850 to support their 9th Annual Valley Disaster Preparedness Fair on October 1, 2016 in Granada Hills. The money to come from Unallocated.

11. Discussion and motion: Resolved: The TNC Board adopts the Budget Committee’s recommendation to approve the request from the West Valley LAPD Community Relations section to buy team T-shirts in the amount of $872 for the 2016 Baker 2 Vegas Relay. These T-shirts will contain the Tarzana NC logo. This will be classified as Outreach, Advertising with the money coming from Unallocated.

12. (Flehinger/Heissler) moved, “Resolved: The TNC Board adopts the Budget Committee’s recommendation to approve the request from the Tarzana Recreation Center to buy T-shirts in the amount of $2,443.78 for the participants in their 2016 Summer Camp program. These T- shirts will contain the Tarzana NC logo. This will be classified as Outreach, Advertising with the money coming from Unallocated.” The motion carried unanimously.

13. Discussion and motion: Resolved: The TNC Board adopts the Budget Committee’s recommendation to approve the request to increase the budget for Outreach, Events, Earth Day, Supplies - onsite from $200 to $260. This increase to cover the cost to purchase approximately 700 bottles of water. The money to come from Unallocated.

14. Discussion and motion: Resolved: The TNC Board adopts the Budget Committee’s recommendation to approve the request from the TNC Outreach Committee to buy 30 T-shirts for an amount not to exceed $260.00 for the volunteers (Board Members and others) at the Earth Day Event in April. This item is in addition to the money previously budgeted. To be classified as Outreach, Events, Earth Day, T-shirts with money coming from Unallocated.

15. (Flehinger/Shaffer) moved, “Resolved: The TNC Board approves the revised budget to include the above approved expenditures and/or revised expenditures.” The motion carried unanimously. 16. (Shaffer/Heissler) moved, “Resolved: The TNC Board approves the expenditure of the previously budgeted line item amount of $292.50 plus tax from Outreach, Earth Day for a jumper from Aladin Jumpers.” The motion carried unanimously.

17. Discussion and possible action: Should the TNC take a position on CM Fuentes’ DWP Governance motion (CF 16-0093) and submit a CIS. Len explained DWP governance. Len mentioned that the City unions are opposed to this motion. Len stated that the main reason this is on the agenda is because it needs to be voted on by June to get it on the November ballot. Len agreed that something needs to be done about DWP but didn’t think this was the right way to vote. David also stated that there were a lot of pluses and minuses to this complicated motion. He suggested that someone from the DWP or an advocate should come to the next meeting to give more info. Len said that he spoke with the CAO and CLA (chief legislative analyst) for the City to give a joint report. A report will be out shortly. (Garfinkle/Shmaeff) moved to table this motion until more info is available. The motion carried unanimously.

18. President’s Remarks: . VANC Mixer March 11th – Len spoke about how successful the event was. . Election is April 17th – The new board installation will be held at the next meeting if there are no challenges. . BONC Commission minutes policy – No opinion was taken by BONC. . Sukh Singh –Sukh is no longer a board member due to moving out of the area.

19. Board Member Comment:  Jeff Mausner attended the CA Israel Water Summit in March which offered different water solutions through technology. “Let There Be Water” is the book that details this information.  David announced that the Tarzana Property Owners will hold their annual Town Hall in early May and the focus will be on the replacement for Senator Fran Pavley.

20. Adjournment at 8:42 p.m.

Minutes by Pat Kramer, Apple One.