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This NONCOMMERCIAL site is a harmless hobby of George Garrigues, who has lived in the Westside Village district of Palms for 12 years. These pages have no connection with any organization.
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Are we losing our affordable housing? Story on Real Estate page
' . . . in five or ten years people will not recognize Palms'
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Leadership Forum gets the Neighborhood Council off to a good start, leaders say Story below
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| Homeowners' annual meeting hears both sides of the Mar Vista boundary controversy Story on Westside Village page |
120th Anniversary feature:
New photos of our old railroad station Opens in a new page |
| Middle School principal warns parents on student walkouts Story below |
Assembly will consider plan
to adjust Palms's northeast border Story below |
Venice Blvd. banners would celebrate 120th anniversary
of our community Story below |
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PALMS PRESIDENT RESIGNS
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Citing the pressure of business, President Todd Robinson of the Palms Community Council resigned his position near the end of the Council-Assembly meeting on March 1.
Robinson, right, turned his post over to Vice-President Pauline Stout.
His unexpected departure was greeted with a unanimous vote of thanks from the Representative Assembly.
Robinson is the owner of InMotion Hosting, an Internet service firm.
He said he planned to run for the vice-president spot in the Palms elections scheduled in May.
Robinson, who was elected vice president last May, succeeded to the top post when Len Nguyen resigned just a few days after Nguyen was installed as the Palms Neighborhood Council's first elected president. (Archived story here.)
Nguyen quit his Palms post to become field deputy to newly elected City Council Member Bill Rosendahl.
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| Leadership Forum gets the Neighborhood Council off to a good start, leaders say |
Palms's first neighborhood forum went well on Feb. 4, but definitely some organizational lessons "have been learned," President Todd Robinson told the Palms Neighborhood Council at its meeting on March 1.
Robinson, Mario Bruhwiler, Pauline Stout, Billie Silvey, Joseph Zimring and other members of the Palms Outreach Committee organized the formative event at the Culver-Palms Church of Christ.
About 45 people were present, including Council Member Bill Rosendahl, who gave the keynote address.
Minister Mark Manassee of the host church welcomed the attendees, and Secretary George Garrigues touched upon the history of Palms, which is celebrating its 120th birthday this year.
He noted that Palms had been founded as a "dry" community in 1886, with deed restrictions forbidding the sale of "spirituous" beverages.
The forum was broken into several discussion groups, which, according to Bruhwiler and Robinson, touched on these topics:
• The Palms-Rancho Park Library wants better public transportation between Palms and the library, which is north of the 10 Rosa Parks Freeway.
• Parking is a problem, and the Palms Transportation and Roadworks Committee will be asked to investigate what exactly the Neighborhood Council can do about it. A survey may be done of parking meters in the business districts to see if they could be adjusted to reflect the particular needs of the businesses in those blocks.
• A "knowledge gap," in Robinson's words, exists between the members of the Neighborhood Assembly and the developers who appear before it. He said that the Assembly members and others should become educated as to just what they can do on a local level to solve such problems as affordable housing. (See a separate story on that topic on our Real Estate Page.)
• It has been suggested that a one-block cleanup be done as a start in improving the business areas of Palms, "to see what effect we can actually have," Robinson said. |
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Middle School principal warns parents
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Principal Bonnie J. Murrow on March 29 warned parents of Palms Middle School students that students who leave school without permission "are in violation of District policy and compulsory attendance laws."
Just in case they didn't understand THAT, she issued the same warning in Spanish:
" . . . cuando estos [estudiantes] abandonan las clases sin permiso, infringen las normas del Distrito y las leyes de asistencia obligatoria a las escuela." |
In a letter sent home to parents (padres) in the wake of student protests elsewhere over proposed immigration legislation in Congress, Murrow wrote:
". . . we support students' rights to voice their opinions. . . . Activities have been planned to provide students with an opportunity to express their concerns and opinions. Teachers have received instructional materials to also help students understand the current events regarding immigration." |
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| Assembly will consider plan to adjust Palms's northeast border |
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A proposal to move the northeastern boundary of the Palms Neighborhood Council to the I-10 Rosa Parks Freeway will be considered by the Council's Representative Assembly at its 7 p.m. meeting on Wednesday, April 5, in the IMAN Center, 3376 Motor Ave.
The boundary between Palms and the Westside Neighborhood Council at present runs along National Blvd. between Overland and the freeway overpass at Palms Blvd. That line follows the demarcation of two city planning districts which were established decades before the I-10 freeway was built.
It puts the National-Motor shopping center in two different neighborhood councils.
Palms officers have been in touch with Westside officials, who have expressed their approval of the idea.
The Assembly, which is the governing body of the Palms Neighborhood Council, will consider a motion that would include an overlap area to cover Palms Park, which would be shared with the Westside Council.
The text of the proposed motion is:
BACKGROUND
The official boundary between the Palms Neighborhood Council and the Westside Neighborhood Council lies , in part, along National Blvd. between Overland Ave. on the west and the intersection of Exposition Blvd. on the east.
It appears that a more natural boundary would be a line running primarily along the I-10 Rosa Parks Freeway all the way from Overland Ave. to the Robertson Blvd. offramp at Exposition Blvd.
Informal contacts have been made by the President and Secretary with representatives of the Westside Neighborhood Council about such a boundary adjustment,.
Board members of the Westside Neighborhood Council have stated they would have no objection to such a boundary line along the freeway.
The Palms neighborhood would be better served if it also included Palms Park as an overlap area with the Westside Neighborhood Council.
RESOLUTION (to be moved and adopted)
The President and Secretary are authorized to go ahead with a proposal to adjust the northern boundary along the I-10 Freeway, with an overlap area for Palms Park, and are further authorized to have the proper paperwork approved by the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment and the City Attorney's office before being brought back to the Representative Assembly for approval after the PNC election in May. |
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| Venice Blvd. banners will be proposed to celebrate Palms's birthday |
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The Palms Outreach and Communications Committee will present a proposal to place banners like these on Venice Blvd. in celebration of our community's 120th anniversary.
Although all of Venice Blvd. from downtown to the beach lies within the city of Los Angeles, the stretch closest to Culver City is often used by that community to publicize its events.
The Palms Representative Assembly will hear the plan at its 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday, April 5, in the IMAN Center, 3376 Motor Ave., between Woodbine and National.
The community of Palms was officially founded on Dec. 26, 1886, when its subdivision map was filed with the county.
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