Date: Monday, Oct. 20, 2008
Time: 6:45 PM - 8:30PM
Place:Galpin Ford - 2nd Floor meeting
Room,15555 Roscoe Blvd. [at the 405]
Parking: Free parking in the Galpin Lot on the West side of Orion
Please do not park in the customer service areas.
Featured Speaker
Agenda
6:45PM- 7:40PM
Introductions
Reports by Valley VOTE Committees
( 5 minutes maximum for each including Q&A )
Housing Vic Viereck
MTA Universal Project Polly Ward
Land Use Pauline Tallent
Neighborhood Councils George Truesdell
LAWA Report Denny Schneider
DWP Update Jack Humphreville
Transportation Ballot Issues Bart Reed
7:40 PM- 8:00PM Jacque McMillan
Jacque McMillan is a Principle Government and Regional Affairs Representative for the Metropolitan Water District, an agency that provides supplemental water to 18 million residents in Southern California through 26 subagencies, including the city of Los Angeles. Jacque’s role is to educate legislators as well as business and community leaders about the importance of water to the economic health and quality of life for the communities they serve. Jacque will talk about the unprecedented challenges that water suppliers are currently facing and what communities can do to be a part of the solution.
8:00PM - 8:30PM Tom LaBonge
Upon earning his undergraduate degree from Cal State Los Angeles, Tom joined the staff of Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson, 13th District, in 1976 - his first city job. In 1978, he moved Council staffs to work for John Ferraro, Council President, for 15 years.
He was then appointed chief of field operations for Mayor Riordan. Tom oversaw a staff of deputies assigned to neighborhoods throughout every region of the 465-mile city and acted as the Mayor’s special representative at community events. In 2001 Tom won handily a special election to represent the people of the 4th Council District. Tom was elected to his first four-year term in 2003 and second four-year term in 2007.
His priorities include neighborhood preservation and enhancement, improved transportation systems, mobility, public safety, expansion and improvement of parks and open space and beautification.
We are very pleased that Tom has found the time to bring us up to date on some of the current issues facing the City of Los Angeles.
Adjourn
Questions from the audience, as time permits, will follow each speaker's remarks.
The public and press are invited to the meeting.
The next Valley VOTE meeting will be on Monday, November 17, 2008.
Our featured speaker will be Wendy Greuel
Valley VOTE Mission Statement
Valley VOTE, a diverse coalition of San Fernando Valley residents, business people, educators, community activists, and organizations, is committed to exploring and fostering the implementation of programs that empower the people of the San Fernando Valley and the City of Los Angeles, to improve local governance, education and public participation on policy matters.
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