Budget Hearings are coming up in March and Councilmember Paul Koretz is hosting a Budget and Ballot Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, February 24 from 7:00pm – 8:30pm.  

The event will be held at the John Thomas Dye School located at 11414 Chalon Road.  There will be an opportunity for community members to ask questions, share views, hear from the Councilmember and gain key information about ballot measures and budgetary decisions capable of having a major impact on our City.  

 For more information, please contact the Councilman’s office or visit at http://cd5.lacity.org

Residents of Beverly Glen, Inc. is pleased to announce that our very own Mulholland Grill is our newest corporate sponsor under the SILVER sponsorship program.

Located at the Beverly Glen Center (“Top of the Glen”), Mulholland Grill has been serving lunch and dinner since 1997 to our community.  With an impressive wine list, they offer a taste of Tuscany here in the Glen.

Support your local business and stop by Mulholland Grill!

For more information, visit www.mulhollandgrill.com or you can download their take-out/delivery menu by clicking here: Mulholland Grill Menu.

Somewhat belated but nevertheless heartfelt report with Thank-Yous on the wonderful GLEN Holiday Party!

We are such a terrific community! People had a marvelous time at the Glen Holiday Party – chatting, laughing, catching up on Glen News, eating and drinking deliciously! It was such a fun event! Young Jadon and Gia Gershon entertained everybody musically and organized exciting games for the youth to play in the yard, while the tiny tots enjoyed the art projects Jim Earnhardt had provided.
And the adults were treated to super scrumptious food! Pat and Ned Wright as well as Diana La Fleur and Lee Weidman, Elaine and Bob Grunauer, and Hildreth Simmons had slaved over hot stoves to make delicious entrees. Many generous Glenites contributed other delicacies, cookies and cakes. To top it off, the neighbors were treated to some very special wines by Steven Foonberg of Beverly Glen Realty, charmingly served by Sharalee Flesche and Michelle Vannoy. Non alcoholic beverages were provided by our much appreciated neighborhood Glen Market!
Elke Heitmeyer, who had organized the event, led young and old in a rousing rendition of Jingle Bells.
Special thanks go to the indomitable clean up crew, led by Tensie and Dan Palmer, and Karen Simonson.
It really was a grand party!

Ever wondered who to call in West LAPD?  Here is the contact sheet from our Senior Lead Officer Chris Ragsdale who presented them at the last BABCNC meeting:

West LAPD Five Points of Contact

FOR EMERGENCIES, CALL 911, THIS IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE BUT ONLY FOR NON-EMERGENCY QUESTIONS.

The City is undertaking a change of its Development Review Process in an effort to reduce processing times, increase transparency and make the process easier.  In this effort, they have organized forums to allow residents to provide their input.  All four forums are the same so pick any of the four but pick one, the change will be dramatic and likely easier for developers unless we provide our input on what is important to us.

Information about the forums and the notice can be found by downloading City Review Process Forums notice.

For those concerned, the following are applications submitted to the City that will be discussed at tonight’s Bel Air Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council (BABCNC) Planning and Land Use Committee Meeting:

• Where: Community Magnet School, 11301 Bellagio Road, Los Angeles, CA 90077
• When: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 6:00- 7:00 p.m.

Projects:

• 10291- 12097 Mariel Lane – construction of (2) new SFD on contiguous lots fronting on an approved private street off Chrystanthemum,
• 1756/1774 Beverly Glen – Lot line adjustment – Parcel A – vacant; parcel B SFR -total sq ft – 17,310,
• 2191 & 2193 N. Beverly Glen Place – for a wall extension

If you have any questions or concerns about any of the above, please attend tonight’s meeting so that the Committee can take those into consideration.  Please note that the BABCNC is a City sanctioned advisory only council, all decisions are made by the appropriate City agency.

If you have any questions, please email babcnc@beverlyglen.org.

Bob Levine
1930 – 2010

Robert (Bob) Levine, a long-time resident of Beverly Glen, died on December 6, 2010, at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan University Medical Center. Bob and his wife, Carol, moved to Chrysanthemum Lane thirty-four years ago, where they raised their three sons, David, Peter and Joseph, all of whom attended Playgroup. Bob was active for many years in the original Glen Democratic Club and was pivotal in restarting the Club, which is still active. He had a long and distinguished career as an economist and policy analyst, holding major posts in the federal government and working for the RAND Corporation. An article with more details about Bob will appear in the next Glenite.

A memorial service will be held for Bob Levine on
Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 1 PM at
The RAND Corporation
1776 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA

RSVP to Carol Levine if attending: 310-474-6056
Or by email to Joyce Davidson at davidsonjn@gmail.com

Father Joseph Levine, Bob’s son, will celebrate a memorial mass for his father on
Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 10 AM at
St. Timothy’s Catholic Church
10425 W. Pico Blvd (at Beverly Glen)
Los Angeles, CA

Donations in lieu of flowers should be made to the
L.A. Food Bank www.lafoodbank.org
Or the Southern California ACLU www.aclu-sc.org

The Los Angeles City Council will be voting on a motion to remove the only free public parking in Westwood Village, this Tuesday, December 14th at 10:00 a.m, citing budgetary reasons.  Public comments will be heard on the issue that would outsource the Broxton Parking Garage located at 1036 Broxton Avenue in Westwood Village to a private contractor for up to possibly 50 years. This is important to us as the Village is literally at our doorstep and many of us go there regularly.

Eight other city parking garages three in Hollywood, and one each in Downtown L.A., Studio City, Sherman Oaks, Van Nuys, and on Robertson Boulevard will also be considered as part of this motion.

If the City Council votes to support this motion, the two-hour free parking in Westwood Village will be eliminated and may possibly double or triple parking fees in these nine city garages. 

The city would be prohibited from building any other public parking garages within 1/8 mile of any of these nine garages, which may lead to no other public parking facilities being built in the Westwood area for the duration of the contract. 

The business and homeowners communities worked tirelessly in the past to ensure a parking facility owned and operated by the City.  The need for the City to continue this operation is vital to the community since free short-term parking is essential for Westwood Village is to compete with local shopping districts and malls that offer plentiful free parking, and with neighboring and outlying cities that also offer free short-term parking (Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Third Street Promenade, Culver City, Century City, Westside Pavilion, Pasadena, and many other cities and shopping districts).  Many of us remember the Westwood community working nearly 40 years with the City to secure the land and amass the funds from our own Westwood Village parking meters to build the Broxton Garage and establish two-hour free parking in the Village.  This was achieved thanks to the visionary leadership of our Councilmembers (Ed Edelman, Zev Yaroslavsky, Mike Feuer, and Jack Weiss), and with the support of our Westwood neighbors.

 I encourage everyone to voice their concern by doing the following:    

 1.  SIGN THE PETITION

•   Sign online petition or return the petition below by fax to 310-317-7400. 
•   Online: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/save-broxton-free-parking   
•   Or email signed petition to SaveWestwoodVillage@hotmail.com

2.  FORWARD THIS EMAIL AND PETITION

•  Please share this message with your friends, relatives, neighbors, colleagues, customers, classmates, and anyone else who cares about Westwood.
• Please help us reach and exceed our goal of 1,000 petition signatures by this Monday, December 13.
• Post a message on Facebook, Tweet it, Text it, get the word out.  Let’s go viral!

3.  ATTEND THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Business Journal, and UCLA Daily Bruin all have published editorials opposing this short-sighted proposal. 

The following organizations are opposed including:

• Westwood Community Council
• Westwood Neighborhood Council
• Westwood Village Business Association
• Westwood Village Improvement Association
• Holmby-Westwood Property Owners Association
• Westwood Hills Property Owners Association
• Westwood Homeowners Association
• Comstock Hills Homeowners Association
• North Westwood Village Residents’ Association
• Save Westwood Village.

The public hearing is this Tuesday, December 14 at 10:00 a.m. in City Hall (200 North Spring Street)  in the City Council Chambers, Third Floor.  If you would like to arrange parking, please call Councilmember Koretz’s office at (213) 473-7005 or if you would like to carpool with others, please contact Steven Sann by email at stevesann2001@yahoo.com or at (213) 448-8147.

Numbers count so please consider attending the City Council meeting to show support of the Westwood community’s efforts to revitalize Westwood Village and oppose the motion. 

Thank you in advance for your immediate attention and critical support.  I hope you will join members of the Westwood community at the City Council meeting this Tuesday, December 14th at 10:00 a.m.

Sincerely, 

Please read the following as it relates to customers of Jerry’s Deli in Westwood.  This is was forwarded from our friends at UCLA:

http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/media/mediapubhpdetail.cfm?prid=865