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In November, 2005, the SCNC voted unanimously to strongly oppose the possible selection of Woodbridge Park by the Department of Public Works as the location of the tunneling shafts as part of the NorthEast Interceptor Sewer (phase 2), 2) It was the position of the Board of the SCNC that the only feasible location under consideration is the Caltrans Maintenance Station located on Moorpark Avenue near the 170 freeway, and 3) The SCNS Board requested that prior to the environmental impact report (EIR), Councilmember Wendy Greuel join along strongly opposing the possible choice of Woodbridge Park as the site for this project, and insist that the Caltrans Maintenance Station at Moorpark Avenue and the 170 Freeway is the only feasible location.
In September of 2005, the SCNC, because of the severe overdevelopment of the Laurelwood Drive area and the threat to the safety of the children of the Carpenter School because of increased traffic, opposed the proposed development at 11805 Laurelwood Drive, Studio City, 91604 in general, and specifically opposed the developer's request to vacate the 30 foot street easement; the developer's request to lower the ratio of guest parking spaces from Ω to ? spaces per unit; and the developer's request for a density bonus because of the lack of infrastructure.
In August, 2005, the SCNC hosted a Town Hall Meeting with guest speaker, Ronald Deaton, General Manager of the Department of Water & Power, to get to the bottom of why energy costs to local residents were skyrocketing while DWP Employees were the recipients of large pay increases.
In July, the SCNC recommended that City Council include the category "sexual orientation" in record-keeping of bias complaints against the Los Angeles Fire Department. According to the Los Angeles Neighborhood Council Gay & Lesbian Caucus, there are currently no openly gay or lesbian firefighters among the 3,382 uniformed LAFD personnel. This lack of proportional representation might reasonably be attributed to fear of harassment, bias in promotion practices and other forms of retaliation based on real or perceived sexual orientation.
In June, the SCNC allocated $10,000 for construction of the Sycamore Pocket Park as well as $8,000 annually at $2,000 per quarter to the Studio City Beautification Association for tree maintenance.
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