Del Rey Neighborhood Council · Held
Del Rey Neighborhood Council meeting, August 13, 2026
From the minutes: The Del Rey Neighborhood Council's board voted 13-0 on Aug. 13, 2026, to create a Del Rey Day committee with a $10,000 budget for the Oct. 25 event, to support CF 26-0925 on local composting and to approve revised bylaws amendments and ask the City to accept them, per its minutes. It also approved an amended 2026-27 budget, the July expenditure report and the 2027 election worksheet, each 13-0. The Community Impact Statement filed Sept. 13 reports the composting vote as 10-0.
Outcomes for the August 13, 2026 meeting of the Del Rey Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | Online by Zoom |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted August 10, 2026) |
| Minutes | Official minutes |
| City Council districts | Council District 11 |
The outcomes below come from the minutes linked on the council’s board meeting archives page. The minutes list 13 of 15 members voting on each motion and name each one; Doug Barish and Hernan Martinez were absent.
6.c. $10,000 for Del Rey Day 2026
- What it asks: Create an ad hoc committee and fund Del Rey Day on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Bill Rosendahl Park (agenda).
- Amount: $10,000 (agenda).
- Who brought it: Connor Treacy, the board’s outreach officer (agenda).
- What happened: Approved 13-0. Kevin Hoffman seconded (minutes).
6.d. Support local composting, CF 26-0925
- What it asks: Support for CF 26-0925, titled “Modern Organics Processing and Composting Master Plan / Increase Local Composting Capacity / Recycla Service Providers.” The motion says the file aims to expand local composting (agenda). Council members Bob Blumenfield and Adrin Nazarian moved the file; Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Eunisses Hernandez and Katy Yaroslavsky seconded (CF 26-0925).
- Who brought it: The Green Committee and Alexander Bell (agenda).
- What happened: Approved 13-0, with the 13 members named (minutes). The council filed a Community Impact Statement on Sept. 13 with the position “For.” It gives the board action date as Aug. 13 and the vote as 10-0 (CIS). The two records conflict on the count. The City Council adopted the item on Aug. 25, before the statement was filed (CF 26-0925).
6.f. Revised bylaws amendments
- What it asks: Approves revised bylaws amendments and asks the City to accept them based on when the feedback arrived. The agenda says the board sent amendments to the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment on April 22, 2026, and was told July 1 that some were not allowable, without a chance to fix and resubmit them (agenda).
- Who brought it: President Ravi Sankaran (agenda).
- What happened: Approved 13-0. Quenton Richards seconded (minutes).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 6.c | Create a Del Rey Day 2026 committee and a $10,000 budget for the Oct. 25 event at Bill Rosendahl Park | Approved 13-0 |
| 6.d | Support CF 26-0925 to expand local composting | Approved 13-0 (minutes roll call); the filed statement reports 10-0 |
| 6.f | Approve revised bylaws amendments and ask the City to accept them on the original timeline | Approved 13-0 |
| 1 | Call to order and introductions | |
| 2 | Board updates and announcements, including the denied appeal on the 5000 Beethoven St. private street application | |
| 3 | Government reports and presentations | |
| 4 | General public comment | |
| 5.a | Consent: approve minutes of the July 9, 2026 board meeting | Approved 13-0 |
| 6.a | Approve the amended 2026-27 budget, adding translation services | Approved 13-0 |
| 6.b | Approve the July 2026 monthly expenditure report | Approved 13-0 |
| 6.e | Submit the 2027 neighborhood council election worksheet | Approved 13-0 |
| 7 | Area director reports | |
| 8 | Executive Committee member reports | |
| 9 | Committee reports | |
| 10 | Next board meeting, Sept. 10, 2026 | |
| 11 | Adjournment |