Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council News

Speed Hump Program. If you would like a speed hump on your block to help reduce vehicular speed, the 2022 Speed Hump Program application will be opening next Thursday, October 6 at 9:00 AM! Applications can only be submitted online, and I encourage you to submit applications ASAP because the application period will close when 375 applications (25 in each Council District) have been submitted. This initial application does not guarantee a speed hump. LADOT will still need to determine if your block meets the speed hump guidelines.

• Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022   
• Time: 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
• Location: Montague Charter Academy – 13000 Montague St, Pacoima, CA 91331

Check your voter registration or register now to prepare for the 2022 US midterm elections on November 8

For the past several months, California has been hit with record-breaking heat waves, fires, and a tropical storm in parts of Southern California. Evidence shows that the adverse weather we’ve experienced, particularly the extreme heat is not an anomaly, but a pattern we should now expect every year due to climate change. While we can’t predict the future, National Preparedness Month reminds us that we all must prepare ourselves and our families now and throughout the year to ensure that we are ready to respond to disasters when they occur.

Be prepared and stay informed.

Classes are starting IN PERSON on September 26th. Sign up for your favorite art class to reserve your spot in the class. 

Meet the STNC board!
Saturday Morning 10-12 at The Backdoor Bakery!

Historic Verdugo Hills Cemetery 
Next Open Day, for Visitation & Volunteering, tomorrow, September 17, 11am – 2pm 

The STNC Board has one board member vacancy. 
Stakeholder Group Representative

If you would like to join the STNC board, please contact Lydia Grant STNC President or Carol Hutchinson STNC Secretary for more details as to time commitment, board position and City required training.  Positions and descriptions from the STNC Bylaws.

Stakeholder Group Representative - one positions

To be placed on the next meeting agenda, please submit your documentatiion to:  [email protected]
Documentation required:  Completed and Signed Neighborhood Council Candidate Filing Application, Candidate Statement
Deadline to submit is two weeks prior to the monthly STNC board meeting.
 

In Council District 7, sandbags are available at the Los Angeles Fire Department Stations below. No appointment is necessary and there is a limit of 25 bags.

Los Angeles Fire Department - Station 74

7777 Foothill Blvd.

Tujunga, CA 91042

Excessive Heat Continues in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is expecting the current extreme heat wave to continue this week.  The City of Los Angeles has air-conditioned cooling centers at designated Recreation and Parks facilities open this Labor Day holiday through Wednesday from 10am-9pm. Please note that due to the holiday City Library cooling centers are closed Monday September 5th, but will reopen Tuesday. Find the current list of cooling centers, including their locations and updated dates and hours of operation by visiting the emergency.lacity.org/heat website.

BE PERSONALLY PREPARED:

DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT/
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) announces the availability of the Palmdale to Burbank Project Section Draft Environmental Impact Report / Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS). The Draft EIR/EIS has been prepared and is being made available pursuant to both the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

The Palmdale to Burbank Project Section Draft EIR/EIS and associated documents will be available to the public on September 02, 2022.

The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable federal environmental laws for this project are being or have been carried out by the State of California pursuant to 23 U.S. Code 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) dated July 23, 2019, and executed by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and the State of California. Under that MOU, the Authority is the project’s lead agency under NEPA. Prior to the July 23, 2019 MOU, the FRA was the federal lead agency. The Authority is also the lead agency under CEQA.

Over the weekend of August 27th, community volunteers watered 149 trees along Foothill Boulevard from the 210 off ramp by Ralphs to Mt. Gleason Ave. Organizing this event was Pat Kramer, STNC’s Safe Traffic & Transportation Committee chairperson, and Stephanie Mines, board member of the Sunland-Tujunga Chamber of Commerce. Pat also brought in members of the Crescenta Valley Group of the Sierra Club. All told, about 25 volunteers, from the age of 14 to the age of 83, watered every single tree on both sides of Foothill Boulevard in Sunland.

LOS ANGELES-- The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed the first cases of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Los Angeles County for the 2022 season (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena as cases identified in those cities are reported by their local health departments). A total of six cases have been identified, most of whom were hospitalized for their illness in late July and early August. The cases reside in the Antelope Valley, San Fernando Valley, and San Gabriel Valley and all are recovering.