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Mid City Neighborhood Council

Stakeholders Meetings

December 14, 2009

January 11, 2010

February 15, 2010

Wilshire LAPD Station

4849 Venice Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90019

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MID CITY NEIGHBORHOOD

COUNCIL

P.O. Box 78642

LOS ANGELES,

CALIFORNIA 90016

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Contact us

OFFICERS

President

Allan DiCastro

allanminc@yahoo.com

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Vice President

Joy Williams

mattiecane@gmail.com

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Secretary

Valaida Gory

vpgory@sbcglobal.net

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Treasurer

Bettye Bryant

milesb201@aol.com

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Parliamentarian

Marguerite Davis

mogdavis@yahoo.com

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BOARD MEMBERS

Ellen Farwell

farwellenr@yahoo.com

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John Ray

jacsla36cal@earthlink.net

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Jo Schaefer

joscha1225@gmail.com

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Howard Terrell

howardbigt@aol.com

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Celia Bell

celiabell@sbcglobal.net

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Bettye Bryant

milesb201@aol.com

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Manuel Townes

manuel_townes@msn.com

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Ernest Dominguez

ernest_dominguez@sbcglobal.com

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Bruce Durbin

midcitybruce@yahoo.com

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David Marks

david.marks@warnerbros.com

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Barbara Thompson

grady4507@att.net

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Lorraine Genovese

caryatid8@sbcglobal.net

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Sam Frasier

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Alvin Bell

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REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

Region 1

Bettye Bryant

Region 2

Ellen Farwell

Region 3

OPEN

Region 4

Ernest Dominguez

Region 5

Celia Bell

Region 6

Joy Williams

Region 7

Jeff Copeland

Region 8

Valaida Gory

Region 9

John Ray

Region 10

Barbara Thompson

Region 11

Marguerite Davis

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Committees

W_Cedc

Allan DiCastro

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Budget

Joy Williams

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Outreach

Manuel Townes Chairman

Ernest Dominguez Co-Chairman

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Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM)

Bruce Durbin

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Design

Lorraine Genovese

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" Helping us help our neighborhood"

PRESIDENT, Allan DiCastro

For over 5 years now, I have been directly involved in MINC. First as a non-board member (i.e.; stakeholder), then as Vice President and now as President of MINC. I see that every decision this community makes has a long term impact. The depth & breadth of which we may not be able to realize yet.

The only way such changes can be intelligently made is for everyone to educate themselves to the point of understanding as much of the issue as possible. Not an easy task when you consider all of our personalities, schedules and fears must ultimately be managed to get to those solutions. But it is well worth it when you see the significant drop in crime in the MINC area and the fabulous increases in property value. The MINC area's quality of life has improved markedly.

But we have so much more to do. So I invite all of you to help join in to save this wonderful community's future. Your first step is to choose to make a positive difference in the area, then to join us at the MINC Stakeholder meetings (every 2nd Monday of the month) and last to commit to being a part of the solution for your community. See you at MINC!!

VICE PRESIDENT, Joy Williams

Joy is the Vice President, region 6 rep and the chairperson of the WA Blvd committee (W_CEDC) for MINC. She is also a member of PLUM and sits on MINC's Budget Committee.

She has lived in the MINC area for over 30 years. In addition to her numerous MINC duties, Joy also is the block captain for Alsace block club which has been working in the community for over 40 years!

SECRETARY, Valaida P. Gory

Valaida P. Gory is the regional rep for region 8 and is the board secretary. She has been a part of the neighborhood council for the past three and a half years. She is also the block captain for the Cochran Ave./Cloverdale Block Club.

TREASURER, Bettye Bryant

MINC Treasurer is the official liaison for facilitating the receipt of approved MINC dollars from the Empower LA. Empower LA is essentially our banker and houses all MINC monies. Current MINC Treasurer works on your approved monetary request only one day a week for a few hours.

Note: Dollar request greater than $150 must seek approvals thru MINC Budget process first.

PARLIAMENTARIAN, Marguerite Davis

COMMITTEES

W_CEDC, Joy Williams

This long standing committee deals with issues occurring on Washington Blvd between Fairfax and Crenshaw only. It has been highly successful with over hundreds of successfully completed projects. Thru much hard work, which included research, they were able to reduce overall crime by 56% in a 2 year period and gang crime by 51% in a one year period! They have helped the MINC community to “take back” the blvd and continue to work with all to hold onto to it as well as to develop it.

Meetings are held, as needed, on Saturday mornings at 10 am. For more info, please contact the current W_CEDC chair of Joy Williams at mattiecane@ gmail.com

PLANNING & LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM),

Bruce Durbin

PLUM committee covers the critical issues of planning and/or land use in the MINC area. Such issues include items such as illegal Medical Marijuana Dispensaries, cell phone tower installations, any pending development, zoning issues, conditional use permits, variances, Building & Safety code violations, etc.

If you have any interest in influencing the growth and development of your MINC community, then this is the committee to participate in!

OUTREACH,

DESIGN, Lorraine Genovese

The purpose of the "Design" Committee is to access the many talented and

creative resources that are in the MINC area. And to use that pool of volunteer talent towards the betterment of our MINC businesses. Recommendations to businesses, who opt to participate, are made on landscaping, paint colors, window displays, plant types, etc.

Note: Residential homes or like dwellings do not qualify for the use of this committee.

BUDGET, Allan DiCastro

MINC’s Budget Committee has funded nearly $100,000 in community based projects in the past 2 years! Although the actual funding of MINC itself is through the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE). MINC’s Budget Committee serves as a “gatekeeper” of these funds received from DONE.

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