Greetings Good People of Los Angeles,
First and foremost, I would like to invite everyone to our Van Nuys Neighborhood Council Meeting next Wednesday night. We are moderating a debate on fracking, which is the process of drilling and injecting fluid into the ground at a high pressure in order to fracture shale rocks to release natural gas inside. We are also starting the process of renaming the Orange Line Station in Van Nuys after Marilyn Monroe, which will create the starting point of our “Business Improvement District” (BID).
Secondly, the VNNC is continuing our “Speaker Series” and will be welcoming Los Angeles City Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Miguel A. Santana. It is important to bring the people of Los Angeles closer to their government and the powers that be. It is our job as local elected officials to facilitate meetings, workshops and summits to make this possible. I look forward to hearing from CAO Santana at the Council Meeting on November 12th, and seeing how we can all work together to promote the common good throughout the City of Los Angeles. (http://cao.lacity.org/SantanaBio.htm)
And finally, the VNNC has started planning an Environmental Symposium in the West Valley to start the process of making Los Angeles the nation’s first “100% Green City,” as well as address the cleanup of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, commonly known as Rocketdyne, for the first quarter of 2015. We are also in the early stages of gathering speakers for a citywide Planning Summit in March 2015.
Again, it is an honor and privilege to serve as your Council President, and thank you for this great opportunity to be a part of our community.
-George Christopher Thomas, Council President
Van Nuys Neighborhood Council
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Van Nuys Neighborhood Council
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Van Nuys, CA 91407
Telephone (818) 533-VNNC (8662)
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