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July 7,
2007
www.MandevilleCanyonAssociation.com
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TODAY’s TOPICS:
New Format: Bolder, Easier, and More Informative.
Sunset/Mandeville Project
Dues Are Due
Crime Stats
MCA At Work
Fire Danger: Historically Low Water Thresholds + Heat Wave =
Dangerous Fire Season
NEW
FORMAT:
Our Newsletter has been revamped with more color and links back to
our website and other websites with community news.
We’re trying to do more outreach and keep you more
informed about the community and our efforts to improve
our canyon and ridges. Send your comments and
suggestions to
news@MandevilleCanyonAssociation.com
SUNSET/MANDEVILLE PROJECT:
Nina Cohen,
MCA’s VP of Governance, has been working closely with
the City of LA to monitor the progress of the
construction site and to insure the attractive
replacement of our community landscaping and electrical
equipment. While it was recently reported that the
construction would be finished per the initial due date
of August 22nd, that date has unfortunately
been pushed back to September 1st.
Visit this
link to see photos of the site:
http://www.mandevillecanyonassociation.com/news.html
 CRIME
STATS:
Visit our
website at:
http://www.mandevillecanyonassociation.com/safety.html
On the
Safety signpost you can easily access current Crime
Stats for
West
L.A. from the LAPD website.
DUES ARE DUE:
We are
currently at a 45% collection ratio for our annual
budget. If you have forgotten to pay your dues, we need
your support. Dues are $100.00 and should be remitted
to:
Mandeville
Canyon Association
P.O. Box
49802
Los
Angeles, CA 90048
Your
association is actively reinvesting your dues and
donations into safety, maintenance and improvement
projects in our community.
MCA AT WORK:
MCA is
working with homeowners to clear away overgrown brush on
Chalon Road. We are requesting that neighbors whose
properties abut Chalon Road be good citizens in checking
for overgrown brush and clearing it. Dry and overgrown
brush is causing severe visibility problems and fire
hazards to our neighbors on Chalon Road.
MCA is also
in process of contacting homeowners on lower Westridge
Road to assist in creating better visibility for
motorists and safer passage for pedestrians and
bicyclists by clearing their brush and vegetation back
from the street.
We have 8
new Block Captains beginning community training in
July. These couples
are the seed
of a
grass roots effort to make our community more neighborly
and better informed. We’ll be introducing them soon.
Look for them to be handing out the new and updated
Handbooks. Thank you Block Captains!!
Look for
the green and white
"MCA At Work"
signs on your block to see
your association working to make it better neighborhood.
Dangerous Fire
Season:
Have you cleared back your brush and trimmed your
trees? Please do your part to protect your property,
your canyon and its' ridges.
2007 currently stands as the driest rain season to date since
records were first compiled in 1877. Since the year
began on July 1, 2006, only 3.21 inches of rain have
fallen on los Angeles, which is nearly a foot below
normal and only 22% of the normal rainfall for this
period.
Note that because of this very dry season, we will see much more
wild life looking for food and water. Please drive
slowly, and be respectful of our canyon's wildlife.
FIRE PATROL/WATCH:
This was a safety watch program in the Canyon years ago.
Anyone interested in reviving this program on days of
extremely low humidity and high temperatures should
contact Helen Albright through MCA at
news@mandevilleCanyonAssociation.com.
Go to these
websites for more useful information:
Fire Prevention Tips
http://fire.lacounty.gov/FirePrevention/FirePrevFirePreventionTips.asp
Vegetation Management
http://fire.lacounty.gov/Forestry/VegetationManagementMiscTopics.asp
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Homeowners
Guide To Fire And Watershed Safety
"Look beyond the differences and find a way to walk the
path together."
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