OPNC News

The Olympic Park Neighborhood Council ELECTION COMMITTEE will meet this Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:30pm at I LOVE BOBA located at 1144 Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90006 (Western Ave., south of Country Club Drive). The Committee will cover topics including election OUTREACH, CANDIDATE FILING and ELECTION PROCEDURES. All are invited to attend.

Download the AGENDA here: Election Committee AGENDA 021810

Stakeholders interested in participating in the election as a candidate may download a filing packet here: Complete Candidate Filing Packet

The City of Los Angeles and LA Unified are sponsoring a Day of Service event to be held on March 20, benefitting LA High and Wilshire Crest Elementary. Contact Fabiola.Vilchez@lacity.org (213/ 978-0812) for more info. We invite you to post the attached flyers at appropriate locations in your neighborhood and to be a part of this event.

Day Of Service flyer (english)

Dia de Servicio (en espanol)

The monthly Olympic Park Neighborhood Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, February 1, 2010 – 7:00 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here:  OPNC Agenda020110dnl

Contact admin@theopnc.org for further information.

Councilman Wesson’s office via our friends at Mid-City NC shared the following information with us…

Not just for low income. Not unhealthy.  You can order a box for you and  your family or if you are not struggling, you can also donate a box.  It  was on the news - watch the clip on their home page.

Treasure Box is a company that helps families/individuals stretch their  money during these tough economic times by offering a prepackaged box of  groceries.  You pay $30 for approximately $100 worth of food!

Each box contains 21-25 pounds of high quality, frozen foods including  chicken, pork, beef or seafood, in addition to vegetables, fruit, a side  dish and a dessert. From my understanding, the menu items change monthly.

While some of you may not be struggling or interested in this option,  there are tons of families that are, so please pass the information on,  as you never know someone else’s circumstances.

ORDER VIA WEBLINK HERE:

http://www.thetreasurebox.org/food-menu.php

A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors’ will be held on Thursday, December 10, 2009 – 7:00 PM at the Library of Queen Anne Elementary School, 1212 Queen Anne Place, Los Angeles CA 90019. ACTIONS INCLUDE BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENTS AND BOARD AND QUORUM SIZE REDUCTIONS. Street parking is available. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC AGENDA 121009dnl

We invite all stakeholders to learn more about the Neighborhood Council system and participate in the upcoming elections to be held in our area May 13, 2010. Join EMPOWER LA for an open dialogue on how you can make an impact with your local Neighborhood Council. EMPOWER LA will be holding an Open Dialogue presentation on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at a location tbd. Engage your Government and Community - Collaborate with  your City Council Member and City Agencies on Issues of Concern - Become a Voter and/or a Candidate in the 2010 Neighborhood Council Election. For further info, click  2010 ELECTION FLYER . OPNC will be hosting a presentation at their January 2010 meeting and we invite you to attend and/or contact us for more information at info@theopnc.org. You may call EMPOWER LA at (213) 485 1360 or access their website www.empowerla.org

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors’ meeting will be held on Monday, November 2, 2009 – 7:00 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC Agenda for 110209

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2009 – 7:15 PM at the Los Angeles High School, Community Room, 4650 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC AGENDA 091409dnl

The RE-SCHEDULED monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, August 10, 2009 – 7:15 PM at the Los Angeles High School, Community Room, 4650 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC 081009 AGENDA

Agenda is posted for public review at the Queen Anne Recreation Center, 1240 West Boulevard, Los Angeles High School, 4650 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles Elementary School, 1211 South Hobart Boulevard, Queen Anne Elementary School, 1212 Queen Anne Place and Los Angeles Worker’s Center, 1251 South St. Andrews Place In compliance with Government code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to all or a majority of the Board members in advance of a meeting may be viewed at our website by clicking on the following link: www.theopnc.org, at a location given in the item number of the agenda or at the scheduled meeting. In addition if you would like a copy of any record related to any item on the Agenda, please contact the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Secretary Milton Gaines (323) 608-2429  or email mgaines@theopnc.org.

Los Angeles Police Department has noted a sharp increase in residential burglaries and hopes to end the trend by informing residents of the increased risk. LAPD has received many burglary calls in your area. Reported suspects are male and/or female black, 5′09-6′02, and 170 to 220 lbs, and 20-32 years. In a 1990’s, 4 door grey sedan or grey SUV. Please do not hesitate to contact Police at 1-877-ASK-LAPD (275-5273) for non-emergency, and 911 for an emergency response.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CAN PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE ABOVE CRIMES, OLYMPIC AREA BURGLARY DETECTIVES AT (213) 382-9440 OLYMPIC AREA WATCH COMMANDER AT (213) 382-9102

FOR PREVENTION TIPS LOG ON TO LAPDONLINE.ORG

Thanks to Greater Wilshire NC for sharing this info.

Thanks to the Greater Wilshire NC for the following info…

Over the next 90 days, the Department of Transportation is posting new operating hours at parking meters.  These new operating hours were approved by the City Council in July 2008.  Since that time, the Department has been recalibrating and modernizing  parking meters, which now display the new operating hours on the “insert” inside the meters.  The next step in the process is to change the signs on the posts to agree with the hours displayed inside the meters.

The new operating hours are generally from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday-Saturday, except in areas where peak period parking restrictions are in effect, as well as in some entertainment and/or shopping areas.  If new postings are scheduled within a particular NC area, you will receive advance notice of the work.  Please feel free to forward the advance notice to your colleagues, businesses, and others in your community to help us better inform communities as regards DOT activities.

Parking Enforcement will begin enforcing the new operating hours a few days after the new signs are installed.

From KNX News…

LOS ANGELES (CBS) ― Los Angeles County Thursday released a new EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM.

Residents and businesses can now go online to register cell phones and e-mail addresses with the county so officials can send critical information instantly in the event of an emergency.

Land line phones are already being plugged in to the system.

LA County has implemented a system to notify people about emergencies in their neighborhood, or that effect the county generally. It will call your home telephone to provide information. It is already loaded with listed and unlisted numbers for normal telephone company phone lines (”land lines”).

But - if you want to be notified on your cell phone, or VOIP (voice over IP) telephone (for example, if you use Vonage, or your cable company’s telephone service), and, in particular, if you use these INSTEAD of a “land line,” then you need to register these alternative numbers. The web site to do this is:

http://www.alert.lacounty.gov/

Interestingly, the LA Times article about this says “The *city* of Los Angeles already has an emergency notification system for residents living in fire-prone, red-flag areas, but city officials will be able to access the county-wide system too.”

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, July 13, 2009 – 7:15 PM at the Los Angeles High School, Community Room, 4650 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here:OPNC BOD AGENDA 071309dnl

Agenda is posted for public review at the Queen Anne Recreation Center, 1240 West Boulevard, Los Angeles High School, 4650 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles Elementary School, 1211 South Hobart Boulevard, Queen Anne Elementary School, 1212 Queen Anne Place and Los Angeles Worker’s Center, 1251 South St. Andrews Place In compliance with Government code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to all or a majority of the Board members in advance of a meeting may be viewed at our website by clicking on the following link: www.theopnc.org, at a location given in the item number of the agenda or at the scheduled meeting. In addition if you would like a copy of any record related to any item on the Agenda, please contact the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Secretary Milton Gaines (323) 608-2429  or email mgaines@theopnc.org.

The monthly OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, June 1, 2009 (first Monday of the month) – 7:15 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here:OPNC BOD Agenda 060109dnl

Agenda is posted for public review at the Queen Anne Recreation Center, 1240 West Boulevard, Los Angeles High School, 4650 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles Elementary School, 1211 South Hobart Boulevard, Queen Anne Elementary School, 1212 Queen Anne Place and Los Angeles Worker’s Center, 1251 South St. Andrews Place In compliance with Government code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to all or a majority of the Board members in advance of a meeting may be viewed at our website by clicking on the following link: www.theopnc.org, at a location given in the item number of the agenda or at the scheduled meeting. In addition if you would like a copy of any record related to any item on the Agenda, please contact the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Secretary Milton Gaines (323) 608-2429  or email mgaines@theopnc.org.

The OLYMPIC PARK NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL Board of Directors meeting will be held on Monday, May 4, 2009 (first Monday of the month) – 7:15 PM at the LAPD West Bureau Community Room – 4849 West Venice Los Angeles CA 90019. Click on the Agenda to the left to view or dowload here: OPNC AGENDA 050409

Agenda is posted for public review at the Queen Anne Recreation Center, 1240 West Boulevard, Los Angeles High School, 4650 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles Elementary School, 1211 South Hobart Boulevard, Queen Anne Elementary School, 1212 Queen Anne Place and Los Angeles Worker’s Center, 1251 South St. Andrews Place In compliance with Government code section 54957.5, non-exempt writings that are distributed to all or a majority of the Board members in advance of a meeting may be viewed at our website by clicking on the following link: www.theopnc.org, at a location given in the item number of the agenda or at the scheduled meeting. In addition if you would like a copy of any record related to any item on the Agenda, please contact the Olympic Park Neighborhood Council Secretary Milton Gaines (323) 608-2429 or email mgaines@theopnc.org.