June 2022-NEWS and Zoom Meetings of Interest |
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Community involvement is at the heart of what we are trying to do. With that said, check out the news and dates for meetings that may be of interest to you below. |
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MAJOR ISSUES GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD VOTE! Election day is June 7th! Temporary Road Diverters Installed on Willoughby ~ Confusing signs, confusing message and who to contact. Stop the Bleed - Take the 2 hour emergency survival course Water Restriction are now in place in our area!
Zoom meeting dates, times and links: - Melrose Action & Melrose BID Crime Meeting
- Mid-City West Board Meetings dates and times
- C-PAB. Community Police Advisory Board meeting
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VOTE! Election day is Tuesday June 7th! |
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Low voter turnout of only 13% so far. See details from Political Data Inc. Melrose Village Neighborhood Alliance is 100% supporting the campaign of Sam Yebri for City Council District 5. He is the ONLY candidate that will help improve the numerous problems in our neighborhood - starting with reducing crime. It is vitally important that he gets over 50% of the vote on June 7th in order to prevent a runoff in November. Let's get this done NOW! Mail in your ballot or find a local voting center in our neighborhood that's closest to your home by clicking HERE or simply MAIL IN YOUR BALLOT TODAY! As for our varied choices on other candidates running for City Attorney, Board of Supervisors and Mayor, please email us at melrosevillageorg@gmail.com and leave a phone number to contact you. We will try to get all your questions answered ASAP. |
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Temporary Road Diverters on Willoughby getting mixed reactions! |
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Maybe 2 out of 3 aren't so bad. But if you wanted to see our LADOT in action and the confusion created with poorly thought-out road signs, here's your chance when it comes to the "traffic diverter" on Willoughby Ave. and Ogden Drive. Zoom Meeting on June 11th: 9:30 a.m to 11 a.m. See link below Info from the City of West Hollywood: Due to the ongoing refinements of the traffic diverter located at Willoughby and Ogden, staff has postponed the workshops until late-August to ensure the public is able to experience the installation to its full extent. That said, staff is still hosting an informational session on Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 9:30 a.m. for the public to learn more about the pilot. Please see below: Info Session with Staff (Virtual): Join staff at a brief informational session to learn more about the pilot project such as why it was initiated, the project goals and to ask additional questions you may have. June 11th: 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Join Zoom Meeting via Online
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85284585396
Join Zoom Meeting via Phone
Meeting ID: 852 8458 5396
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Virtual Workshops to provide Community Feedback: Staff is hosting a workshop for the community to provide feedback about the three temporary installations in an effort to inform the final recommendations and decisions for a safer Willoughby in the future. Meeting links coming soon. August 25th: 5:30 p.m. August 27th: 9:30 a.m. [Zoom Links Coming Soon] |
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What exactly is this sign telling us to do? Go straight? Turn around? Turn right? There are over 100 comments on NextDoor and, other than members of the Neighborhood Council and their friends, most people are against this one at Ogden. Most interesting to me is the denial of involvement by the Founder of a PAC and Chair of the MCW Transportation committee (heavily involved in supporting bike lanes everywhere) of having anything to do with this. MCWNC were "hosts" and involved in rallying support back in July of 2019. They participated in the planning meetings for this and the same type of installation coming to Rosewood Ave soon. (Have you seen the one way installation at Rosewood and Fairfax yet?) |
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Someone got $200,000 for submitting the plan, according to the RFP (Request for Proposal) drawn up in 2018. The problem with this "traffic diverter" is where is it diverting traffic to? WARING AVE, that's where! What was thought of as a way to get traffic back to Melrose is only making a different neighborhood street crowded now. Drivers heading east during the evening rush by using Willoughby are using Waring instead. But there are plenty of drivers just going around the barricade too, confused by the whole mess. You can TEXT your input to show you are against this element of the project by following the instructions below: Your input is vital to this street design project and may influence the types of permanent installations that are installed in the future. To submit input text the following to (844) 300-1624: "I do not like the Diverter at Ogden/Willoughby" - Text "B" Additional Feedback? To provide additional written feedback to staff, click here to submit your comments. Or contact City of West Hollywood Senior Transportation Planner Bob Cheung at BCheung@weho.org or by phone at (323) 848-6346. Here's the original postcard most of us received in the mail: |
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Stop the Bleed - A 2 hour emergency survival course. |
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Do you know what to do if your child, spouse or partner is bleeding? A bad cut could happen from something as simple as getting injured from broken glass to something as serious as a knife wound or worse. The 2 hour class will teach you techniques on what to do in order to quickly Stop the Bleed and maybe even save a life! The Magen Am non-profit group works with emergency responders to bring you this course. They only need 8+ people to schedule a class. Let us know if this is something you'd like to learn more about. Drop us an email with your name and contact info and we will pass this on to Magen Am to contact you with details. STOP THE BLEED® is a national campaign to encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before professional help arrives. It is a public/private partnership led by the Department of Defense and many other stakeholders. Here's a link to more information about how Stop the Bleed courses help with a layperson's willingness to respond during a traumatic medical emergency. |
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WATER RESTRICTIONS ARE NOW IN PLACE IN OUR AREA! Click on the image below for more details from the LADWP |
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MELROSE VILLAGE Wednesday Walks Would you like to meet some of your neighbors? Maybe you want to get off the couch and improve your cardiovascular health. Maybe you would just like to feel safe with a group walking our neighborhood. We'd like to make this happen! Typically we are joined by a member of the LAPD and Jill Kline from Councilmember Koretz's office who are there to meet the community, answer questions and talk about what concerns us. Regardless if you want to walk 1 block or 1 mile, it's up to you. We want to make this an enjoyable and no stress walk so we will start with a walk down Waring beginning at Spaulding and head in a different direction each week. The route is planned on Tuesday and you can email us for details. You can join in at any location on the route or meet at Spaulding and Waring at our start time of 6:30 p.m. Anyone is welcome to join the fun and feel free to bring your dogs, children, parents, opinions and concerns. If the group wants to walk further, we can extend this in any direction after we circle back to the starting point. (As with any type of exercise, consult your physician before to make sure this is the right thing for you to be doing.) Last year, we even made the CBS local news! The video link is below. |
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Mid City West Neighborhood Council & Melrose BID Meetings: |
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Melrose BID Crime Prevention MeetingThis meeting is combined with the Melrose Action Monthly Crime Meeting. It is on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. You need to email kim@urbanlegendpr.com to get on the list and receive the zoom link details. This is an opportunity to speak directly to the people who help shape Melrose Ave. Get on the list! |
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We have brought this up before, but feel it's worth mentioning again... What brought you to sign up for our newsletters? We want to believe it is because you wish to learn what's going on and to participate in advocating for a safer and cleaner neighborhood. Most of you who receive this email live in Zone 2 or are affected by what happens on Melrose. This newsletter contains links to the meetings to sign up for the Melrose BID Crime meeting, most of the Mid City West Neighborhood Council meetings and the LAPD C-PAB meeting. Here's the important part: Neither the Melrose Bid or the MCWNC meetings have neighbors, referred to as 'stakeholders', attend very often. Most of the sub-committees for MCWNC have NO 'stakeholders' attend. So what happens when elected representatives get no input from those they are voted to represent? They go off and turn their attention to their own pet projects instead of advocating for the people and the neighborhoods they serve! So PLEASE get involved! If you find a meeting topic in the list above that you are interested in and if you can attend just ONE meeting to make a comment or offer support to someone making comment, it will make a difference! Tell them you are part of The Melrose Village Neighborhood Alliance! |
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C-PAB (Community - Police Advisory Board) |
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Thursday June 17 at 7:00 p.m. This is a great place to listen to your police officers discussing issues with the community advisory board. You may even be given the chance to raise your hand and speak on an issue. | | |
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