Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council · Held · Special
Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council special meeting, September 9, 2026
From official records: The agenda for the Sept. 9, 2026 special joint meeting of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council's board and its Communications and Outreach Committee listed up to $200 each for free family Halloween events at six parks, $1,200 in all (our sum), and two $2,000 Neighborhood Purpose Grants to Studio 50 Studio for Northeast LA food distribution and a Day of the Dead event. No minutes of the Sept. 9 meeting were in the council's meeting files as of Oct. 1, 2026. The motions were listed again on Sept. 14, when the board passed four $200 Halloween allocations and both $2,000 grants, per draft minutes.
As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 9, 2026 meeting of the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.
| Where | Online (Zoom) |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted September 9, 2026) |
| City Council districts | Council District 1, Council District 14 |
The agenda called a special joint meeting of the board and the Communications and Outreach Committee, to be conducted virtually on Zoom. The council’s meeting files for Sept. 9 held only the agenda as of Oct. 1, 2026, and the City’s agenda index lists agendas only, so what happened on Sept. 9 is not known.
The same motions, in revised form, were on the agenda of the board’s Sept. 14 special joint meeting with the Planning and Land Use Committee. Draft minutes of that meeting record the votes below.
2.a-f. Halloween events at six parks
- What it asks: Pays for free family Halloween events at Sycamore Grove Park, Ramona Hall, Rose Hill Park, Budd Weiner Park, Montecito Heights Park and Mount Washington Park (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $200 per event, $1,200 for all six, our sum (agenda).
- What happened next: On Sept. 14 the board passed four allocations of up to $200 each, $800 in all (our sum): Sycamore Grove Park and Ramona Hall (10-0, five absent), Rose Hill Park and Budd Weiner Park (9-0, six absent), Montecito Heights Recreation Center (9-0) and Carlin G. Smith Park in Mount Washington (9-0). Natalie Seaman moved each (draft minutes).
2.g. $2,000 for Northeast LA food distribution
- What it asks: A Neighborhood Purpose Grant to “Studio 50 Studio,” as the agenda prints the name, for Northeast Los Angeles food distribution (agenda). The board’s Aug. 24 agenda listed a $2,000 request from NELA Food Distribution with a recommended award of $1,700.
- Amount: $2,000 (agenda).
- What happened next: On Sept. 14 the board passed a $2,000 grant to Avenue 50 Studio, Inc., as fiscal sponsor for the NELA Food Distribution, 9-0 with six absent (draft minutes).
2.h. $2,000 for a Day of the Dead event
- What it asks: A Neighborhood Purpose Grant to “Studio 50 Studio” for its Day of the Dead event (agenda). The Aug. 24 agenda listed a $2,500 request from Studio 50 with a recommended award of $2,000.
- Amount: $2,000 (agenda).
- What happened next: On Sept. 14 the board passed the $2,000 grant, 9-0 with six absent (draft minutes).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 2.a-f | Up to $200 each for free family Halloween events at Sycamore Grove Park, Ramona Hall, Rose Hill Park, Budd Weiner Park, Montecito Heights Park and Mount Washington Park | Not posted yet |
| 2.g | $2,000 Neighborhood Purpose Grant to Studio 50 Studio for Northeast LA food distribution | Not posted yet |
| 2.h | $2,000 Neighborhood Purpose Grant to Studio 50 Studio for a Day of the Dead event | Not posted yet |
| 1 | Call to order and roll call | Not posted yet |
| 3-5 | New business, public comment and adjournment | Not posted yet |