Ven-Mar Neighborhood Association

Ven-Mar Meeting on July 2, 2002 (- originally posted on 7/ 24)

Oct 22, 2002

The guest speaker at the July 2nd meeting was Battalion Chief Roy Prince of the Los Angeles Fire Department who spoke about the replacement of the fire station #62 on Centinela Avenue. It is currently 2-3 years away but conceptual planning is now proceeding. The new site of the fire station will move ?¼ mile away from the current station, somewhere on Venice Blvd. The new fire station will be designed to meet community needs for fifty years and will house paramedic teams for the community. The area covered is from Lincoln Blvd. east to the 405 Freeway, north to Santa Monica, south to Playa Vista. The latter will have its own fire station.

An election committee was appointed, consisting of Paul Thompson, Chair, Christie Boardman, Iva Maclennan and Rick Selan. The committee?’s objective is to develop procedures for electing a Board of Directors for the Association and develop an election process based upon the By-laws. They will report back in September on their activities.

Rick Selan gave a presentation on issues related to special needs students in the LAUSD, particularly in this area?’s schools. Ms Lisa Stevenson, a mother of a special needs student, gave information regarding the difficulties of obtaining needed services to meet these students?’ needs and asked for support from the group.

Cindy Miscikowski, who is now the City Council representative for this area, will be the guest speaker at the Association?’s meeting on August 6th. This will be a ?“getting acquainted meeting?” with the area for her. Everyone is urged to attend.

The Mar Vista Community Council meets on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. They are currently preparing for accreditation. Members of the Association are urged to attend their meetings.

Prepared by E. Dravecky
July 23, 2002