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Stakeholders Meetings December 14, 2009 January 11, 2010 February 15, 2010
Wilshire LAPD Station 4849 Venice Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90019 ~~~~~~~~~~ MID CITY NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL P.O. Box 78642 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90016 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Contact us OFFICERS President Allan DiCastro ~ ~ ~ Vice President Joy Williams ~ ~ ~ Secretary Valaida Gory ~ ~ ~ Treasurer Bettye Bryant ~ ~ ~ Parliamentarian Marguerite Davis mogdavis@yahoo.com ~ ~ ~ BOARD MEMBERS Ellen Farwell ~ ~ ~ John Ray ~ ~ ~ Jo Schaefer ~ ~ ~ Howard Terrell ~ ~ ~ Celia Bell ~ ~ ~ Bettye Bryant ~ ~ ~ Manuel Townes ~ ~ ~ Ernest Dominguez ernest_dominguez@sbcglobal.com ~ ~ ~ Bruce Durbin ~ ~ ~ David Marks ~ ~ ~ Barbara Thompson ~ ~ ~ Lorraine Genovese ~ ~ ~ Sam Frasier ~ ~ ~ Alvin Bell ~ ~ ~ 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 ~ ~ ~ Committees W_Cedc Allan DiCastro ~ ~ Budget Joy Williams ~ ~ Outreach Manuel Townes Chairman Ernest Dominguez Co-Chairman ~ ~ Planning & Land Use Management (PLUM) Bruce Durbin ~ ~ Design Lorraine Genovese ~ ~
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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.
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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