RNC Newsletter February.2016

Neighborhood Council Newsletter
FEBRUARY, 2016
ResedaCouncil.org
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RESEDA NC ELECTION IS COMING
Attendees chose the styles of features for Sherman
Way on these Voting Boards
Reseda NC President Fran Piazza and Senior Lead Officer Oscar Bocanegra preparing to go on 3rd Annual
Community Bike Ride
Ride. We started out behind the Magnolia Science Academy on Sherman Way in Reseda. The
weather held out and provided a perfect day to
ride. Not to hot, not to cold, not wet... Just
Reseda has entered an upward moving phase. Reseda is well on its way to having a "GREAT
With the Great Streets Initiative focusing on STREET" of its very own. On Saturday, LANI (Los right. The spirits were high as everyone enSherman Way, between Lindley and Wilbur , Angeles Neighborhood Initiative) and the Rejoyed a leisurely ride throughout Council Disover the next few years Sherman Way, and seda Rising Steering Committee held another t
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surrounding environs, will see some major community workshop to get the community's
At the end of the ride, everyone was asked to
changes.
views on what they would like to see Sherman provide their opinion at the "Reseda Rising"
Your Reseda Neighborhood Council will be Way look like in the future. As you know,
booth. Their opinions are going to help shape
one of the major ways to focus stakeholder Mayor Eric Garcetti named Sherman Way as
the "Great Street" project along the Sherman
interest to make this happen in the best way one of the "GREAT STREETS" in Los Angeles.
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possible. The Reseda NC will publicize and The information workshop took place behind
Lunch was provided to all who voted.
listen to the voice of the community to influ- the Magnolia Science Academy during the 3rd
The LA Kings came out and provided a FUN
ence what development gets planned for our annual Bob Blumenfield community bike ride.
zone for everyone to play some street hockey.
community.
The community enthusiasm ran strong during Overall... If you were not there... You missed
The Reseda Neighborhood Council needs the event. The residents of Reseda told us
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members that can listen to the voice of the
what they wanted to see Sherman Way look
But there is always next year!!!
community and work to make it happen.
like, while they enjoyed the LA Kings fun zone
Are YOU one of those that can step up and
work for the community??? Do you wish to and were treated to lunch by LANI. Special
thanks to Anna Apostolos for making sure this
have YOUR Voice heard???
event was a success.
Become a candidate for this election to win a
Stay tuned for future workshops.
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RESEDA NC ELECTION NEEDS COMMUNITY MEETING
Fran Piazza
CANDIDATES
www.resedacouncil.org and click on the icon
for candidate registration. Candidate registra- COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE
tion closes on February 17.
Fran Piazza
If you were not there... You missed it!!! The
third annual Bob Blumenfield Community Bike
Business Announcements
Calendar
Emergency, Disaster& Community Safety
Senior Corner
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COMMUNITY NEWS
RESEDA NEEDS VOTERS
To vote in the Reseda NC Elections on April 17th
you will have to register. Unlike the Regular Elections, Neighborhood Council Elections has less
restrictions. Because the Neighborhood Council is
here to listen to all who live, work, attend school,
go to a religious establishment or otherwise have
a vested interest in the community, voting is open
to residents (rent or own), property owners,
business owners and their employees , students,
teachers, members of religious establishments,
and members of other organizations which operate within the boundaries of the Reseda
Neighborhood Council.
IF YOU are in these categories, go to
www.resedacouncil.org and click on the Register
To Vote icon. Then be sure to cast your vote for
the new members of the Reseda Neighborhood
Council.
Note that if you don’t have computer access you
can register on Election Day, April 17 when you
come in to cast your ballot.
Not only can you register on line, but you can also
vote on line from March 27 until April 17, Registration on line closes on April 10.
NEW
POSITION
YOUTH CANDIDATES
NEEDS FRIDAY SENIOR MOVIES
The Reseda Neighborhood Council has created
a new position on its Board for the youth of
our Community. This position is open to the
youth of our community who are between the
ages of 16 and 18. It will have a term of one
year. The first occupier of this position will be
chosen in the election being held on April 17.
The Youth Candidate with the second most
votes will take over the seat when the first year
term is completed, as long as the candidate
remains eligible age-wise.
SHOP RESEDA
CARDS
On Fridays ONEgeneration Senior Center shows
FREE movies for seniors at the center located at
18255 Victory Blvd. at 1:30 PM. This follows the
senior lunch.
$2.00 suggested donation at each event.
Here are the movies to be shown in
February:
DISCOUNT
Do You have a SHPRESEDA CARD? If you do it
entitles you to a discount or special price at
nearly 200 locations throughout Reseda. You can
pick up your FREE SHOPRESED Card at the Reseda Neighborhood Council Community Space at
any Reseda NC Meeting or event being held at
the location. You can also pick it up at many locaTAKE BACK THE SIDEWALKS
tions that offer discounts to those that have one.
Calling all volunteers! On Saturday February To find these locations go to the Reseda NC
27, Reseda will once again take back its side- website www.resedacouncil.org and look up
Discount Directory or Business Directory
walks.
The Reseda Neighborhood Council and the
LAPD’s Community Police Advisory Board
(CPAB) will be joining forces to once again do
some community clean-up
At 8:30 AM, you are asked to meet at the Reseda NC Community Space. Tools and refreshments will be provided, bring your own gloves
Feb.. 5 “When the Game Stands Tall”
2014 (PG) (115 min) Jim Caviezel, Michael
Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig
Feb. 12 “Foxcatcher” 2014 (R) (134
min) Channing Tatum, Steve Carrell, Mark
Ruffalo
Feb. 19 “The Best of Me” 2014 (PG-13)
(118 min) Michelle Monaghan, James Marsden, Liana Liberato
Feb. 26 “The Judge” 2014 (R) (141 min)
Robert Downey Jr., Leighton Meester,
Dax Shepard
BUSINESS SECTION
WELCOME NEW BUSINESSES
RESEDA BUSINESS DIRECTORY
Each month, we welcome new businesses to
our Reseda business community. They help to
provide more jobs and increase our local economic activity.
For all your shopping needs, goods or services,
go to the on-line Reseda Business Directory at
www.resedacouncil.org and check out the
more than 2600 listings in the Directory.
It goes a couple of steps further than the yelGolden Creations,
18045 Saticoy St. Suite B low pages, listing emails, websites, Facebook
La Michoacana All Natural Ice Cream
pages and more with active links for websites,
18523 Sherman Way Facebook Pages, emails and other social
Lynwood Barber Shop
7537 Reseda Blvd. media.
It also lists discounts for Spend $25
Southern California Health Institute,( SOCHI)
on the 25th and SHOPRESEDA Cards.
18040 Sherman Way
Name Change
Body & Brain
(Formerly Dawn Yoga)
SENIOR SYMPOSIUM
SCHEDULED
7049 White Oak Ave. The ONEgeneration will be holding its 8th
Annual Senior Symposium on May 14, 2016.
If you, your business or organization provides
goods or services to the Senior population,
you may be interested in a booth to present
this to the many Seniors that attend each year.
Last year Seniors from 30 San Fernando Valley
Communities attended and those that had
booths reported great traffic from attendees
and caregivers. If you are interested, please
contact Jenna Hauss at 818-708-6618
or [email protected]
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COMMUNITY NEWS
at 19414 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, near the
Tampa exit. Admission is free, a voluntary offering will be taken. For more information
Fun-A-Day Reseda is an annual event that en- please call 818-345-2057 or visit our website
vourages artists of many genres to work on a http://www.stjamespres.org
project each day in January and display the
results at an exhibit called Fun-A-Day Reseda RECYCLING NEWS
in February..
Los Angeles diverted more than three-quarters
At press time the venue was not decided, but of its waste from landfills in 2012, according to
the proposed dates are February 19 & 20 and a study published that year by the Bureau of
February 26 & 27.
Sanitation and the University of California, Los
Watch for these dates on the Reseda NC Angeles. That rate has almost certainly climbed
Website Calendar and/or the Reseda Weekly since. For one thing, L.A. started phasing in its
Newsletter.
much-heralded plastic bag ban at the beginning
FUN-A DAY RESEDA IS IN
PROGRESS
of this year, with even disposable paper bags
subject to a 10-cent charge. For another, the city
has set an aggressive waste reduction goal of 90
NEW PLACE TO SHOP
The Thrift Corner opened January 11th in the percent by 2025, with Zero Waste as an ultimate
ONEgeneration Senior Enrichment Center, goal.
18255 Victory Blvd. All proceeds support the That may surprise people who’ve been following
senior center programming. Clothing, house- environmental news in Southern California for a
hold items and more…we hope to see you while. Los Angeles has a long-standing reputation
soon.
for exporting its solid waste to a network of land-
posted or recycled are turned into biofuels for
transportation and power generation. Mainly
involving anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and
similar methods, these waste-to-energy techs
are a lot cleaner than old-school, 1990’s-era
incinerators and offer a more carbon-neutral
source of energy.
.
fills scattered across California—and it’s deserved: In 2011, Los Angeles sent its trash to 26
SUNDAY CONCERT
landfills, ranging from the Bay Area to San Diego.
St. James Sunday Concerts is pleased to pre- But Angelenos have been getting on the stick.
sent
"Spirit
of
the
C e l t s , " From 2005 through 2011, the amount of trash
an afternoon of Irish and Scottish music with thrown out per day by the average L.A. resident
the Ploughboys on Sunday, February 21 at 4:00 dropped from 5.9 pounds to 4.2 pounds.
PM. The program will feature Vito Gutilla on
fiddle; Mark Romano on accordion & guitar Los Angeles’ waste reduction strategy dovetails
a n d P e t e r R o m a n o o n g u i t a r . with its climate change strategy: The city is aggressively pursuing a number of waste-to-energy
St James Presbyterian Church is located projects in which materials that can’t be com-
RELAY FOR LIFE EVENT
Saturday was a busy day for Reseda Neighborhood Council members Fran Piazza and David
Garner, when they joined RNC board member
Rebecca Armenta at her "Relay for Life" Cancer
awareness fund raiser. Alot of fun for a GREAT
cause. Contact Rebecca at one of the RNC
board meetings is you would like to support
her team and a Great cause.
EMERGENCY, DISASTER & COMMUNITY SAFETY
Disaster and Community Safety Committee.
They meet on the second Tuesday of the
month at the American Legion Post #308 at
SLO Oscar Bocanegra is the new Senior Lead Offi- 5:00 PM. February 9 will be the next one.
cer for South Reseda. He is replacing SLO Isela
Parrra.
COMMUNITY POLICE ADVIIf you live in Reseda From Sherman Way to the
Southern edge of Reseda he will be your new SORY BOARD (CPAB)
Senior Lead Officer.
To contact him:
The West Valley Community Police Advisory
818-731-2572 or [email protected]
Board meets on the second Wednesday of the
month at the West Valley Police Station Community Room, 19020 Vanowen St. You are invited to
RESEDA NC EMERGENCY,
join them on February 10, 6:30 PM social time
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM meeting
NEW SENIOR LEAD OFFICER
FOR RESEDA
DISASTER &
SAFETY
COMMITTEE
COMMUNITY
RESEDA
NEIGHBORHOOD
WATCH MEETS MONTHLY
If you are interested in making your community a safer place, in case of emergency or dis- Neighborhood Watch is a network of community
aster, you may want to join the Enmergency members to watch for possible criminal actions
and report them to the Police Department and
notify neighbors of a possible problem. Meetings
are the 2nd Thursday (of the month at West Valley Police Station, 19020 Vanowen St. The January meeting will be on February 11. Meeting time
is 7:00 PM.
FORMIDABLE FOOTPRINT EXERCISE FOR FEBRUARY
Formidable Footprint is an on-line exercise in
evaluating your community’s preparedness for
the next disaster to strike.
Each month an exercise tests you and your community on how it has prepared to deal with a
certain disaster. Each month a different type is
explored.
In January it was Earthquake, in February it is
Pandemic. For more information go to:
h t t p : / / w w w . d r c group.com/project/footprint.html
CONTACTS, MEETING LOCATIONS, EVENTS
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BUSINESS ANNIVERSARIESI-
Reseda NC email
Reseda NC Mail Address
[email protected]
7449 Reseda Blvd. #118
Reseda, CA. 91335 Register your business with our Outreach Committee
and have your yearly anniversary included here.
818-832-7540 Contact [email protected] to be included.
Businesses celebrating in February are:
18118 Sherman Way
Reseda NC Phone
Reseda NC Community Space *
American Legion **
West Valley Police Station ***
Economic Development Committee *
Emergency Disaster Safety Committee **
7338 Canby Ave. 1999
2002
19020 Vanowen St. 2004
[email protected] 2006
2006
[email protected] 2012
[email protected] 2012
2012
[email protected] 2012
Finance Committee *
Health & Wellness Committee *
Mobility & Environment Committee *
[email protected]
Newsletter Committee *
[email protected]
Outreach/Public Relations Committee *
2013
2014
[email protected]
2014
[email protected] 2014
[email protected]
Planning & Land Use Mgmt Committee *
Youth & Senior Advocacy Committee *
Rainbow Liquor
18033 Saticoy St.
Toddler's Club & Preschool 18900 Saticoy St.
Hair Design Salon
7550E Tampa Ave.
Fabkutz Barber Shop
7325 Reseda Blvd.
Layne Clark, Realtor
7358 Yarmouth Ave.
Gio's Fresh Mediterranean
19642 Sherman Way
Happy House
18845D Sherman Way
Saya Non
7215 Reseda Blvd.
Victor Victoria's Beauty Salon
18460 Sherman Way
AA Reseda Auto Sales & Service
7507 Reseda Blvd.
Domestic Household Services
18625#207 Sherman Way
Jumping Genius
18327 Sherman Way
Morena Hernandez,Mary Kay Independent
Beauty
18341#203B Sherman
@resedacouncil.org
FEBRUARY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1..*7:00 PM
2.
3.
4. * 6:30 PM
5. 1:30 PM
6.
PLUM Committee
Free Senior
Movie
Reseda NC General
Meeting
7.
14.
8. *6:30 PM
9. **5:00 PM EmerMobility & Environ- gency and Disaster
ment
*7:00 PM Finance Committee
10.***7:00 PM 11.*** 7:00
12. 1:30 PM
CPAB
PM Reseda
Neighborhood
Watch
Free Senior
Movie
15 *6:00 PM
17.
18. *7:00 PM
19. 1:30 PM
Economic Development Committee
Free Senior
Movie
25.
26. 1:30 PM
16.
Reseda NC General
Meeting
21.
22.
23. *6:30 PM Health 24.
& Wellness
28.
29.
Free Senior
Movie
Do you have an events coming up in Reseda? Contact Garth Carlson at 818-419-2513 or
[email protected] about inclusion in our newsletter.
For events address and full details use the Reseda NC online calendar at
www.Resedacouncil.org
13.
20.
27.