Chatsworth Neighborhood Council · Held
Chatsworth Neighborhood Council meeting, August 5, 2026
On the agenda: The Chatsworth Neighborhood Council's board agenda for Aug. 5, 2026, included a $2,000 grant to the North Valley Family YMCA for Thanksgiving baskets, a $4,323 budget for Rocktober 2026, up to $1,000 for outreach promotional items, a $375 North Valley News ad to recruit members and a possible motion to approve Ben Wells as a board member. The Sept. 2 board agenda lists Ben Wells among the board members. As of Oct. 1, 2026, minutes were not on the City's agenda index or attached to the Sept. 2 agenda, which lists them for approval, so outcomes are not known.
Agenda only. As of October 2, 2026, minutes for the August 5, 2026 meeting of the Chatsworth Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.
| Where | Lawrence Middle School Library, 10100 Variel Ave., Chatsworth, CA 91311 |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted July 31, 2026) |
| City Council districts | Council District 12 |
5.T.iii.a. $2,000 grant to the North Valley Family YMCA
- What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant for Thanksgiving basket food for families in what the agenda calls the Chatsworth School District, distributed the week before Thanksgiving 2026. The agenda says the vote in committee was 4 for $2,000 and 3 for a lesser amount, and that all members support the grant (agenda).
- Amount: $2,000, down from the $5,000 the Outreach Committee agenda of July 11 listed (agenda).
5.T.iii.b. $4,323 for Rocktober 2026
- What it asks: Approve the Rocktober 2026 budget. The agenda says the committee voted 7-0 for it (agenda).
- Amount: $4,323 (agenda).
5.T.iii.f. Up to $1,000 for promotional items
- What it asks: Buy outreach giveaways for 2026-27 events from the same companies, in the same amount, as in 2025-26 (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $1,000 (agenda).
Later agendas
The Aug. 17 Outreach Committee agenda lists Richard Medrano as volunteer coordinator, “approved”, and says the giveaway budget “is confirmed”. The Sept. 2 board agenda lists Ben Wells among the board members and lists the Aug. 5 minutes for approval without attaching them.
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 5.T.iii.a | $2,000 grant to the North Valley Family YMCA for Thanksgiving baskets | Not posted yet |
| 5.T.iii.b | $4,323 budget for Rocktober 2026 | Not posted yet |
| 5.T.iii.f | Up to $1,000 for outreach promotional items for 2026-27 | Not posted yet |
| 1 | Call to order, pledge and roll call | Not posted yet |
| 2 | General public comment | Not posted yet |
| 3 | Presentation by Arturo Gonzalez of Urban Strategy Group on a City water treatment and purification plant | Not posted yet |
| 4 | Reports from LAFD, LAPD, CD 12, County and state offices, the library, the West Valley Boys & Girls Club and the North Valley Family YMCA | Not posted yet |
| 5.P.i | Hold the October board meeting in person and set the in-person and online schedule | Not posted yet |
| 5.V | Vice president's report: newsletter | Not posted yet |
| 5.S | Approve June 2026 minutes; training deficits and a new funding training requirement due Sept. 1, 2026 | Not posted yet |
| 5.T.i-ii | Approve May and June 2026 monthly expenditure reports | Not posted yet |
| 5.T.iii.c | Up to $100 per in-person board meeting for snacks | Not posted yet |
| 5.T.iii.d | $375 North Valley News ad in the September issue to recruit members, which the agenda says was approved at the June meeting | Not posted yet |
| 5.T.iii.e | Up to $150 a year for DocuSign | Not posted yet |
| 5.T.iii.g | Up to $110 for newsletter color copies | Not posted yet |
| 6 | Approve Richard Medrano as volunteer coordinator; Budget Day summary | Not posted yet |
| 7 | Committee reports; possible motion to approve Ben Wells as a board member | Not posted yet |
| 8-11 | EmpowerLA and Budget Advocates reports, announcements and adjournment | Not posted yet |