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Coalition Meeting

Hi there,

At our next meeting, Saturday, June 7th, we will have the pleasure of introducing DWP GM David Nahai, new DONE GM BongHwan Kim and the head of Planning's Urban Design Studio, Emily Gabel Luddy.  Mr. Nahai will be there to introduce himself to NCs and let us know of some of his plans.  This will be the chance for NCs to ask general questions, or specific ones if you please, about the DWP and Mr. Nahai's plans for the future.  We might even get him to discuss his thoughts on the relationship between NCs  and the DWP.

Bonghwan Kim will be joining us again, this time to talk about the affect of the budget on DONE and it relationship with NCs.  Just what is it the NCs will want from this new slimmed down DONE is a question we might explore with BongHwan.  This discussion may well generate new ideas that we can take back to our NCs.

What's an Urban Design Studio?  It's all about how we might grow our communities in a way that makes them more functional by integrating different aspects of development.  How can commercial, residential and transportation related functions come together to make a better city?  That's some of the things we can talk about when we engage Emily Gabel Luddy in conversation about this revolutionary idea about how Los Angeles of tomorrow will grow out of the Los Angeles of today.  These will be real ideas we can take back to our NC Land Use and Planning Committees where they can be applied in our own communities.

Remember the non-profit organization that was established to help the LANCC raise and spend money?  Well, it's still there; it's just not doing anything.  Should it remain active?  Can it be of help to NCs in general or should we allow it to go inactive?  There was some thought that it could serve as a recipient of outside money to benefit all NCs throughout the city.  Is that still a good idea?  If so, how do we go about using the non-profit to our benefit?  Come with ideas on what we should do with the UNCOLA.  Our own Jeff Jacobberger will be there to lead fill us in on its current status and where it might go from here.

See you all Saturday June 7th at the DWP Cafeteria.  We will start at our regular time of 10:00 AM.  Don't forget the DWP OSC will meet the same morning, June 7th, at 9:00 in the DWP Auditorium.  Plan to be at the OSC meeting first and then come to the LANCC.
Watch for our regular agenda at the beginning of next week.

Len Shaffer
LANCCoalition Chair

The agenda is below:

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Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Coalition

Coalition Agenda

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

10:00 a.m.

LADWP Building
111 N. Hope Street
Los Angeles

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Public and Press are Invited !!

On Hope between 1st Street and Temple Street

FREE PARKING
at DWP property lot off the Hope Street entrance - just say
say you are there for Neighborhood Council Coalition

(The closest Metro station is the Civic Center stop
on Hill St between Temple and 1st streets)

GOOGLE Map link

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LANCC MEETING: Saturday, June 7, 2008 10:00 AM DWP's Portland Room ~~~~~~ AGENDA ~~~~~~ 1. Call to order and introductions (3) 2. Approval of the minutes (2) 3. Public Comment on non-agenda items (15) (2 minutes per speaker) 4. . Pro Tem District Representative Reports (15) Brief status from each District Representative (2 to 3 minutes for each rep.) Cindy Cleghorn - North Valley Charlotte Laws - South Valley Charley Mims - Central Heinrich Keifer - East DeDe Audet - West Margo Harris - South Soledad Garcia - Harbor           5. Jeff Jacobberger (15) Jeff will be discussing the future of the non-profit (UNCOLA) formed to help fund the LANCC and other neighborhood council activities. He will be asking if we should keep this effort alive and if so, who would step forward to help administer it. 6. DWP GM, David Nahai (35) Mr. Nahai will be there to introduce himself to neighborhood councils; to perhaps give a brief overview of his vision of the future of the DWP; and to give us his thoughts on the relationship between the DWP and neighborhood councils. 7. DONE GM, BongHwan Kim (35) BongHwan will discuss the implications of the budget cuts on DONE. He will also be looking for input from neighborhood council members on what we want from DONE as it redefines its mission. (Five minute break) 8. Emily Gabel Luddy, head of City Planning's Urban Design Studio (35) Emily will briefly discuss how neighborhoods might be planned in such a way to integrate how we live, work get around and use transportation. Emily will be looking for our input and asking us to take these concepts back to our neighborhood councils where new ideas can be generated. 9. New Business (5) 10. Future agenda items (5) Adjourn - 1 PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. Next LANCC Meeting: July 5, 2008 (10 a.m.) LANCC's Primary Mission "Establish a formal structure for NC's to speak with a collective voice on City issues."

See you all Saturday,

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Leonard J. Shaffer
LANCCongress Chair
info@lanccongress.org
www.lanccongress.org

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NEXT LANC Congress Meeting: July 5, 2008

Questions:

Leonard J. Shaffer LANCCongress Chair email: info@lanccongress.org website: www.lanccongress.org

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