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The
ballroom at Riviera was a beautiful backdrop to an
energetic group of inquisitive group of homeowners who
congregated to hear about MCA’s 2008 accomplishments and
challenges. Plans were laid out for 2009. MCA had its
best turn-out ever. Everyone who attended received a
great looking recyclable MCA grocery bag. The format of
this year’s meeting was changed a bit to allow more
interaction between the neighbors.
Kathleen Durbin, President of MCA, kicked off the
meeting with a video vignette called “Our Canyon Life”
which highlighted our history as a botanical garden.
The Board and volunteers were thanked and the business
meeting was purposely kept short to allow amply time for
neighbors to catch up. All engaged in lively discussions
about safety, conservation, schools, kids and ways to
improve Canyon life. Senior Lead Officer Philip Enbody
and Battalion Chief Patrick Butler addressed our group
and provided updates on crime and safety. As a special
treat Fire Station 19 trucks in the front of Riviera
County Club idled and drove a few local kids around the
parking lot with their lights flashing!
Last,
but not least, Councilman Rosendahl took the podium.
Bill shared his thoughts about City programs, detailed
the heroics of our LAPD in defending our Canyon against
the Oct 2008 Getty Fire, presented our outgoing Vice
President, Marianne Perls, with an Award of Appreciation
from the City Council, and patiently answered questions
from our audience.
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Community Celebrates
Completion of Sunset Boulevard and Mandeville
Canyon Road Street Improvements
 On October 29,
2007, City officials and community members
turned out for a dedication ceremony celebrating the completion of the Sunset
Boulevard and Mandeville Canyon Road Street
Improvement Project. The
$2.1-million-dollar street project, which
included newly constructed left-hand-turn
pockets, left-turn
lights and widening Sunset Boulevard at
Mandeville Canyon was officially celebrated
with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The
improvements will relieve traffic
congestion, improve public safety, and
beautify a major intersection on the
Westside.
Councilmember Bill Rosendahl officially
welcomed everyone who attended. "The
completion of this project shows the
City's commitment to improving our streets
and neighborhoods," Rosendahl said. "It
is time to get Los Angeles moving again.
And, with transportation improvement
projects such as this one, we
will." Rosendahl said he was
proud to see the seamless coordination between
the departments and the departments' partnership
with the community. The Councilmember also
honored more than 30 City employees with
Certificates of Recognition.
"I am thrilled to stand here with the community and our
hard working City employees to celebrate this
great day," Rosendahl said. "through the
coordinated efforts of many City departments and
several community groups, we were able to bring
a very important project to fruition.
Other speakers included Lower Mandeville Canyon
Homeowner's Association Vice President Marianne
Perls, who thanked the councilman for finishing
a project that began 23 years ago with
Councilman Marvin Braude. Mrs. Perls
praised the City for listening to her
community's voice, "instead of concrete
sidewalks we got decomposed granite walkways for
the safety of our horses. Instead of
plastic city bus benches with all the
advertisements, we were allowed to reinstall our
redwood benches. We were even allowed to
design the entrance to our wonderful canyon and
the City installed."
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Canyonback and Mt. St. Mary’s Trails are Saved!
 The
following information is an important cause that
your MCA strongly endorsed. We are delighted to be
able to report the following good news to all of
you. For the past year, and during the better part
of 2006, Canyon Back Alliance, joined by hundreds of
supporters, objected to the Mountaingate development
project’s adverse impact on recreational use of the
Canyonback and Mt. St. Mary’s trails.
Westridge-Canyon
Back Wilderness Park These trails can be
accessed in Upper Mandeville canyon at Holyoake Rd.
Councilman Bill Rosendahl with the tireless efforts
of Norman Kulla, brought the once-feuding parties
together in order to achieve two remarkable
resolutions:
(1) THE MT. ST. MARY’S TRAIL WILL SURVIVE
– and it will be better than before because it will
bypass the Stoney Hill neighborhood completely.
(2) THE CANYONBACK TRAIL
will be wholly outside the planned residential
enclave, hewing to the western-most alignment along
Canyonback Ridge, with scenic views of the unspoiled
hillsides.
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Applause also goes to former Mayor Richard
Riordan,Joe Edmiston and Paul Edelman of the
Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy,
http://smmc.ca.gov/board.asp/ Robert
Garcia, Center for Law in the Public
Interest, the developers Castle and Cooke
and the Stoney Hill Community at
Mountaingate. Thank you also to the hundreds
of concerned folks who sent letters to our
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Neighborhood Protection Plan
The Los Angeles City Council passed Councilman Jack
Weiss’s “Neighborhood Protection Package” to help
residents protect the quality of life in their
neighborhoods. The package includes strengthened
enforcement against developers who repeatedly
violate code requirements; notification when
demolition permits are issued; improved construction
site management, including a set of rules of the
road for builders to minimize nuisance to neighbors.
The Neighborhood Protection Package is an important
step toward better enforcement of City laws and
better relationships between developers and
neighbors.
View Protection Ordinance
Councilman Rosendahl has submitted a motion
directing city officials to research view protection
programs in other cities statewide and to prepare a
draft ordinance for review by the Planning
Commission, the Planning and Land Use Management
Committee and the City Council. The motion
specifically directs the Planning Department, City
Administrative Officer, and City Attorney’s Office
to develop policies, amendments to the City’s
Municipal Code, and funding mechanisms, to protect
views from impacted neighborhoods.
MCA NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
Download
any MCA newsletter by clicking on the
corresponding link below.
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