With an abundance of caution Steve has decided to postpone the August 25th SoMar meeting at the Mar Vista.
Hi
Sorry to have to inform you that the meeting has been postponed.
I will let you know when its rescheduled.
Sorry for any inconvenience
Steve
The Wednesday August 25th joint meeting of SoMar and the North Oval Neighborhood Assn. will take place at the Mar Vista Restaurant at 12249 Venice Blvd. on the north side of Venice from 6PM to approx. 8PM. We don’t know yet the food or drink availability and Covid protocols.
The main reason is to meet our new Mar Vista Community Council Zone 5 Director Drew Reusch. Zone 5 has the same footprint as the South Mar Vista NA boundaries. Drew has also taken the Chair of the PLUM Committee and the position of MVCC Treasurer. Other guest confirmed is Dr. Rob Watkins the Chair of the MVCC Homeless Committee. LAPD and other guests have not confirmed yet.
The topics to consider will be Crime, unhoused encampments, a new non-profit group called HousingMV and what their impact could be, and possible Upzoning of Single family lots. Agenda to be announced.
Please invite any neighbors that may not yet be on the South Mar Vista e-mail list. Please RSVP to SoMar President Steve Wallace at contactsjwallace@gmail.com
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NATIONAL NIGHT OUT for our LAPD Pacific Area Officers and the communities they serve was a fantastic, fun, engaging,”mutual” show of support evening that was enjoyed by all. We hope you were there to share in the spirit and energy that surrounded us from 6PM – 9PM at Penmar Park – a perfect setting for the evening.    SEE MORE PHOTOS BELOW .SO MANY PEOPLE TO THANK!  Below are all our prize donors. Be sure to visit them & give them your support! Chulita Mexican Restaurant 533 Rose Ave. chulita.com The Butcher’s Daughter Vegetarian Restaurant 1205 Abbot Kinney butchersdaughter.com The Waterfront Venice California Restaurant 205 Ocean Front Walk waterfrontvenice.com The Rose Venice California Restaurant 220 Rose Ave. therosevenice.la The Venice Whaler American Eatery 10 Washington Blvd venicewhaler.com The Pier House Seafood Restaurant 7 W Washington Blvd pierhousevenice.com Baja Cantina Mexican Restaurant 311 Washington Blvd bajacantina.com Cantalini’s Salerno Beach Italian Restaurant 193 Culver Blvd cantalinissalernobeach.com Mar Vista Grab and Go American Restaurant 12226 Venice Blvd mvgrabandgo.com Rutts Hawaiian Cafe Hawaiian Restaurant 11707 Washington Place ruttscafe.com Rasselbock Kitchen & Beer German Restaurant 3817 Grand View Blvd rasselbockla.com Mavro Kafe Coffee Shop 12224 Venice Blvd mavrokafe.com Bay Cities Italian Deli & Bakery Deli & Gourmet Groceries 1517 Lincoln Blvd. baycitiesitaliandeli.com   Thank You To Our Photographers Brian Ulf and Rob Kadota CLICK HERE FOR ALL PHOTOS .                           A FINAL THANK YOU TO: Our CPAB Event Chair George Francisco and his CPAB committee Ron Mito – Rob Kato – Rob Kadota – Pat Karasick – Ron Mito Our Announcer Rob Kadota . Our DJ Alex Rosales . Special Thanks To Sargent Brian Cook Special Thanks Also To: All those in the community who helped make the pieces come together so quickly for this year’s NNO. You know who you are!! .The best way to build a safer community is to knowour neighbors & our surroundings & our police! |
Our new Zone 5 Director Drew Reusch has been appointed chair of the important PLUM Committee and his first meeting is tonight as well. See info from Kathryn Wheeler Chair of MVCC below. The Links should be active:
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| A Letter From The Chair Dear Mar Vista Stakeholders, Hope you and your family are safe and enjoying the Mar Vista summer. This summer has been very busy for the MVCC. In June, we launched the new and improved MarVista.org, the City held its first-ever Vote-By-Mail elections for the entire Neighborhood Council System, and the fiscal year ended (which always adds work). July saw the seating of eleven new board members with four incumbents, the election of the MVCC Officers, and the new committee structure. August is also busy with the beginning of committee meetings–the first is tonight at 6:30pm, Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM), tomorrow evening is Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) at 6pm, and the Outreach Committee on Thursday at 6:30pm. To view our monthly schedule, please visit MarVista.org/Calendar As mentioned above, we have made some committee changes. These changes are an earnest effort to make the MVCC more in-line as to why the Neighborhood Council System (NC) was created: to provide a voice for the community regarding “matters to be considered by the City Council, City Council Committees, and City boards or commissions…PRIOR to the City Council making a decision on a matter of local concern.” (emphasis mine) Last fiscal year, the MVCC had 15 committees/subcommittees that required chair appointments for monthly meetings. The number of stakeholders appointed roughly equaled the number of elected board members and the number of subcommittees outnumbered the parent committees. In my two and a half years of attending MVCC meetings, I have witnessed lion-hearted stakeholders burnt out by too many subcommittee meetings, and/or the burdensome legalities of chairing a committee. Remember, if a stakeholder is appointed as a chair, they no longer are a stakeholder. Our governing body requires they take the same training (~4.5 hours) and be held accountable to the same governing documents as if they had been elected to the board. One of the best governing documents (i.e., The Brown Act which creates a transparent government), also requires that chairs guard “against discussing matters that are likely to be issues within the subject matter jurisdiction” of the MVCC whether at a “informal gathering”, through “serial meetings or intermediary”, or with “technological devices”. This does put a damper on discussing local matters with friends who might also chair a committee or is a board member. Since stakeholders are the reason we exist, we needed to scale back so stakeholders could once again fully participate in the process by doing research, reporting, discussing, and making recommendations on how the MVCC should vote. We must always be stakeholder-friendly! So, welcome stakeholders! We hope you enjoy the new schedule. We have scaled back from 15 to 7 meetings a month. The meetings will be held Tuesday thru Thursday evenings the first two weeks of the month. To accommodate the Tuesday thru Thursday schedule, and to allow stakeholders to attend both the Venice and Mar Vista Board of Directors’ meetings, the Board of Directors’ meeting has been moved to the third Wednesday of the month. We hope this new schedule will encourage you to fully participate in the process and make a difference in Mar Vista! Please visit the new and improved MarVista.org to Find Your Zone , check the Calendar for upcoming meetings, get to know more about your Neighborhood Council, and discover how you would like to participate in helping Mar Vista! Please feel free to contact us, we are here to serve. Have a great week! Sincerely, Kathryn Wheeler MVCC Chair Kathryn.Wheeler@MarVista.org MVCC OFFICERS (Executive & FInance Committee – 2nd Thursday, 7pm) Chair: Kathryn Wheeler Vice-Chair: Andrew Marton 2nd Vice-Chair: Jordan Paul Secretary: Charlene Samiley Treasurer: Drew Ruesch Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) – 1st Tuesday, 6:30pm Chair: Drew Ruesch Vice-Chair: Stacey Greenwald 2nd Vice-Chair: Tyler Laferriere Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) – 1st Wednesday, 6pm Chair: Jordan Paul Vice-Chair: Kathy Rodriguez 2nd Vice-Chair: Faith Myhra Outreach – 1st Thursday, 6:30pm Chair: Carolyn Honda Vice-Chair: Kathryn Wheeler 2nd Vice-Chair: Mary Beth Blakey Elections & Bylaws – 2nd Tuesday, 6pm Chair: Martin Rubin Vice-Chair: Holly Tilson 2nd Vice-Chair: Bitta Sharma PHS & Homeless – 2nd Wednesday, 6:30pm Chair: Robert Watkins Vice-Chair:Andrew Marton 2nd Vice-Chair:Charlene Samiley |
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In support of our Pacific Divison LAPD officers, your SoMar has acquired and provided Local Restaurant gift certificates for a free raffle being run by the Community Police Advisory Board and Pacific Boosters. Updated flyer:
South Mar Vista Neighborhood Association 