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MCA AT WORK
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
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MCA works
to maintain the rural atmosphere of Mandeville Canyon and it's
ridges. We add value to our canyon life and homeowners
properties through the stewardship
of programs and activities which preserve the intrinsic natural
atmosphere of our canyon. |
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ITS TIME TO PAY YOUR DUES |
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MCA PROJECTS
AND GOALS FOR 2008
COMMUNITY
BASED INITIATIVES:
Homeowner Meet-and-Greets - Hosted by Block Captains to
Discuss Block Issues and Initiatives
Board Meetings on the Streets - Invites to local homeowners
to attend our meetings.
Street Patrol for MCA - Catering trucks, No-parking zones,
red flag day alerts, accidents, bikers, deer, etc.
Expanded Verizon Service in the Canyon
Block Captain Program - Double It's Size
Open Rockingham Trail
Expanded & Upgraded 2008 Holiday Lights Program
IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS:
Extended DG People's Paths in Strategic Blocks
throughout the Community
Peoples' Park - Oakmont & Mandeville
Peoples' Park - Chalon & Arbutus
Chalon Road - Community Beautification Project
2500-2600 MCR - Community Improvement Initiative
Install 1000 Feet of New Split Rail Fencing
SAFETY INITIATIVES
Corner of Mandeville and Westridge - Improved Pedestrian
Passage
Lower Westridge Corridor - Safety Improvement Project -
Digital Speed Signs?
2100 Block of MCR - Dept of Transportation Safety Study
& Improvement Project
SMART Program - Speed Trailer Deployment Program
Extended DG Peoples Paths in Strategic Blocks Throughout
the Community
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INTERESTED TO
KNOW WHAT WE DID IN 2007?
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In 2007
MCA created the Block Captain Program - a
concept from many years past. Our Block
Captains will serve as volunteer lieutenants on the
streets. They will assist in problems, pass
along useful information and help communicate
homeowner issues to MCA.
"Friends of Mandeville Canyon" was
formed to acknowledge the generosity of Canyon
homeowners who pay $250.00 or more to support our
Canyon Initiatives and projects. Each of our
"friends" is personally thanked at the Annual
President's Reception.
2007 PROJECTS
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Sunset-Mandeville Project Completed & Landscaped
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Three New Stop Signs Installed
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2500-2600 Blks of Mandeville Canyon - Safe
passage - MCA crews cut back overgrowth on
the street. More work is needed.
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Chalon Road General Clean-up - MCA street
crews cut back overgrown brush that impairs
visibility and creates safety hazards.
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20000 Block of Mandeville Canyon People's Path
Improvement -
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Mini Park at Oakmont and MCR - Award-winning
landscape architects C & K Landscape Design have
volunteered to be involved.
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Holiday Lights Program - Bigger and better.
The Canyon was "sparkling". 27 generous
homeowners volunteered their electricity to keep
the lights going. MCA's commitment: "Where
there are split rail fences, there will be
lights."
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Lower
Westridge Road and Westridge Bridge Clean- up
Projects.
2007
COMMUNICATION ENHANCEMENTS
2007
ISSUES
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Frequent Interaction with CD-11 - Your Board
works on a continual basis on community issues
with Councilman Rosendahl's office and City
agencies to communicate the views of the
community regarding enforcement of building
codes, speeding issues, and other City planning
and zoning ordinances to address safety issues
and other issues of concern within our
community. Topics were discussed including
the proposed 15,000 square foot home to be
located on a hillside off Mango Way, the repair
of the DWP Westridge Pumping Station which has
leaked excess water onto Westridge Road for
years, taking down the locked gates on the
private passage from Mandeville Canyon to
Rockingham Avenue, open stream bed ordinances,
and parking codes in relation to food trucks.
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Greater Brentwood Community Participation -
MCA was voted a permanent seat on the Brentwood
Community Council.
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Sunday Sojourns- President Kathleen Durbin
and other Board Members made frequent home
visits on Sunday afternoons knocking on doors,
meeting the neighbors, and listening to your
suggestions and questions.
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Community Support of Coalition for Veteran's
Lands.
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OFFICERS
BOARD MEMBERS
Larry Brandis
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Flo Chapgier |
Gail Hollander |
Dori Peterman Mostov |
MINI PARK AT OAKMONT
IS GETTING A FACE LIFT SOON
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Want to play chess away from home? One of the tables at Oakmont has a chess board built into the table. MCA has dedicated a park bench to long- time activist Nita Rosenfeld who dedicated more than 40 years to the preservation of our canyon. The first phase to install the outdoor furniture is completed!
Keep you eyes open for new landscaping next Spring. Watch your
canyon dues at work.
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ENCROACHMENTS: TOGETHER WE CAN PRESERVE AND ENHANCE OUR CANYON AND RIDGE
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The city
periodically undertakes an enforcement effort to notify
homeowners whose vegetation, trees, hedges etc. obstruct
safe passage for pedestrians or impair motorists’ and
cyclists’ visibility as they travel along Mandeville Canyon,
Chalon and Westridge Roads.
Also subject to notification are homeowners
who have large rocks along the road which obstruct safe passage
and could be hazardous to fire trucks when emergency
parking is required.
We encourage you to remedy this in a timely fashion to avoid
a ‘notice to comply’ from the City.
For assistance contact us at:
news@MandevilleCanyonAssociation.com.
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MANDEVILLE CANYON COMMUNITY
HANDBOOK
The revised handbook is
completed and has been given to all dues paying members, new
homeowners, and hardship cases. In the Handbook you will find
a new list of services and vendors, advertisers, stories and updated
"important" phone numbers. There is also a new called: "Being
a Good Neighbor".
If you have paid your dues and have not received a Handbook please
let us know at:
news@MandevilleCanyonAssociation.com
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People's Path
Construction in 1990 |
The
People's Path Today |
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MANDEVILLE CANYON - SOMETHING WORTH
PRESERVING |
A substantial amount of the dues you pay to the MCA each year
goes to maintain the preservation of the Canyon. For the past several
years our volunteer board and other community activists have worked
to beautify and make safer passage for our residents and guests.
These projects include the People’s Path with its split rail
fencing, Entrance Holiday Lights, the Bulletin Board.
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MANGO WAY PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENT
MCA
has
provided assistance and guidance to the homeowners above, adjacent
and below this massive proposed development site. We are involved to
insure that safety is the first priority. Safety exit in the event
of a natural disaster, erosion, water run off, and grading and
geological issues need to be explored and addressed. The protection
of our natural environment is also of concern and the maintenance of
wildlife corridors of high importance. Also, building
in conformity of our neighborhood must be considered. Our sister
associations have joined this effort as it could eventually impact
the character of our Canyon and ridges.
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LOWER WESTRIDGE
SAFETY PROJECT
Lower
Westridge Road neighbors are meeting to address excessive
speeds, drivers unaware of curves, overgrown brushes, and
other factors that have an impact on their safety.
They are working together to make safer passage not only for
our motorists, but all neighbors, pedestrians, and
bicyclists who enjoy our Canyon. The LADOT will be
conducting a study to address their concerns. There
are many things being examined such as stop signs,
re-stripping of the road, sidewalks to DG paths, guardrails,
bike paths, Digital speed signs, and bright "home-made"
style "SLOW DOWN" signs.
On a continuing basis it is important for homeowners whose
properties abut Westridge to keep their brushes cut back to
allow better visibility on the road. Don't wait for
your Block Captain to knock on your door if you have
overgrown brush. Don't wait for an accident to be a
good neighbor. Check the frontage of your properties
on Westridge. CLEAN IT UP.
If you would like to help or
need help contact us at: news@MandevilleCanyonAssociation.com.
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