Morning Brief/Update on CD 7 Felipe "Mini Padilla" Fuentes STNC Eviction Scheme for Tuesday

As CD 7 City Clowncilman Felipe "Mini Padilla" Fuentes seeks to finalize his scheme to grant "Vacant Public Space" (via Evicting the Sunland Tujunga Neighborhood Council from its longtime office), STNC Treasurer Nina Royal has an update regarding today's pending City Council Vote on Clowncilman Fuente's Scheme.  

CD 7 City Clowncilman Felipe "Mini Padilla" Fuentes.

STNC Treasurer Nina Royal (front and center)

** Blogger's Note: CD 7 City Clowncilman Felipe "Mini Padilla" Fuente's scheme/retaliation against the Sunland Tujunga Neighborhood Council (STNC), goes before the full City Council this morning. STNC Treasurer Nina Royal offers this update on today's pending vote via her Facebook Page----Scott Johnson.  

Important L.A. City Council motions for this Tuesday

Councilmember Felipe Fuentes and the City Council is going to try to finalize the eviction of the STNC and the LAPD Sub-Station from the "vacant" North Valley City Hall (NVCH) on Tuesday.

It is not vacant, the STNC holds 12 meetings a month, the General meeting monthly, special meetings in between and the LAPD sub-station. Also, their office and Storage Room for Emergency Preparedness Equipment, meeting supplies. community banners, pop-ups and supplies. They also own 200 chairs and ten 8 foot tables in the meeting hall that are used for other city meetings.

The City Council was told NVCH was vacant when Councilmember Fuentes presented the motion to have the 501C3 organizations, .LA Family Housing (who is supposed to be temporary) and the LA Conservation Corp. move in for $1.00 a year. Those organizations are able to raise funds and get grants and they will be serving the entire city of LA. not just our local neighborhoods The Neighborhood Council cannot raise funds because they are legally part of the L.A. City Family and per the Charter, must adhere to all the city's rules and regulations. have adequate parking, be ADA compliant, and are tax payer funded through the city's budget.

Councilmember Fuentes offered to allow the STNC to hold their General Meeting there once a month but they must be over by 8 pm like other NC's. I attend all the ones in District 7 and none of them are over before 9 pm and many times they end after 10 pm. The STNC has 2 land use committee meetings a month and he said they should only be held once a month because there isn't that much going on in S-T. They are usually held from 7-9 pm and he wants them over at 8:30.

If the eviction goes through,they will be forced to spend taxpayer money to obtain offices with private owners as well as meeting places negatively impacting their budget by thousands of dollars. The Neighborhood Council is a city entity and should have first consideration over any organization that is not part of the city.

BTW, The council office supposedly found a new home for our Foothill Div. sub-station in the middle of a mobil home park in their recreation room, which means they would have to move their desk, computer, printer, guest chairs into private property that is not readily accessible to the public and could be innocent lives in danger from an off balance person which would be a liability to the city. The park tenants are not happy about this. The LAPD presently have their own lockable office at NVCH where they can still park their car on Foothill Blvd. where it is visible and continues to discourage crime when they need to use their office.

So where is the cost saving in any of this? The GSD did not take into account the funds that would have to be paid out by the STNC, which is part of the city. Please attend and speak up if you want to save the STNC office, meeting room and LAPD Sub Station. If you can't attend,
please email all the council members and reference the following item and council file numbers.

ITEM NO. (49)
15-0484
CD 7
COMMUNICATION FROM THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE relative to a request from the Department of General Services (GSD) for approval of a license agreement with the Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC) for space within Council District Seven field office in Sylmar.

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the licensing of the described space within Council District Seven field office located at 7747 Foothill Boulevard in Sylmar to the LACC as outlined in the October 29, 2015 GSD report, attached to the Council file.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The GSD reports that there is no additional impact on the General Fund for the cost of operations and maintenance as these expenses are already funded through GSD's operational budget. The City would receive a cost offset for the portion of utility costs that would be paid by the licensees in accordance with the proposed terms. The total community benefit including support services, staff salaries and operational budget of LACC is estimated to be $436,162 to $727,362 annually.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Entertainment and Facilities Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

ITEM NO. (50)
15-0484-S1
CD 7
COMMUNICATION FROM THE MUNICIPAL FACILITIES COMMITTEE relative to a request from the Department of General Services (GSD) for approval of a license agreement with the Los Angeles Family Housing (LAFH) for space within Council District Seven field office in Sylmar. (Note: this is their mistake and should read field office in Sunland-Tujunga)

Recommendation for Council action:

APPROVE the licensing of the described space within Council District Seven field office located at 7747 Foothill Boulevard in Sylmar to the LAFH as outlined in the October 29, 2015 GSD report, attached to the Council file.

Fiscal Impact Statement: The GSD reports that there is no additional impact on the General Fund for the cost of operations and maintenance as these expenses are currently funded through GSD's operational budget. The City would receive a cost offset for the portion of utility costs that would be paid by the licensees in accordance with the proposed terms. The total community benefit including support services, staff salaries and operational budget of LAFH is estimated to be $358,300 annually.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

(Entertainment and Facilities Committee waived consideration of the above matter)

(If this were an eviction notice, they would have to refile because the address is wrong, Ha!)

Personal note: Ladies and Gentlemen, Neighborhood Councils were brought into being to stop the San Fernando Valley from succeeding from the City of L.A. I wonder if we should regret not going through with it!!!

Please realize that this issue can affect all Neighborhood Councils in the future!