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Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council meeting, August 6, 2026

August 6, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From the minutes: The Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council's board on Aug. 6, 2026, approved Alex Honadel as a board member, 11-0, and postponed its 2026-27 administrative packet (7 to 3, with one abstention) and a grant of up to $5,000 to the J.F. Kennedy boys soccer team (11-0), according to draft minutes in the documents folder linked from the Sept. 3 agenda. The draft records a vote on a motion to postpone a grant of up to $5,000 to the North Valley YMCA for Thanksgiving baskets without entering a result. The board also approved four minute-taking invoices from 2025 meetings, $529.55 in all (our sum), each 11-0. The Sept. 3 agenda lists these minutes for approval; approved minutes were not posted as of Oct. 1, 2026.

Outcomes for the August 6, 2026 meeting of the Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.

The outcomes below come from draft minutes of the Aug. 6 meeting, posted in the council’s documents folder for its Sept. 3 meeting. The Sept. 3 agenda lists them for approval. The draft shows 11 members present and 4 absent (Brendel Geddes, Steven Hosseini, Bradley Smith and Linda Williamson) at roll call, a 7:02 p.m. call to order and a 9:10 p.m. adjournment.

VI.j. 2026-27 administrative packet

• What it asks: Approve the draft 2026-2027 NC Funding Program fiscal year administrative packet (agenda).
• What happened: The board postponed the item to the next board meeting on a motion by Michael Benedetto, seconded by Douglas Escobar. The vote was 7 ayes, 3 nays (John Horn, James Mercado-Nguyen and Abbey Ronquillo) and 1 abstention (Jeremy Oberstein), with 4 absent (draft minutes).
• What’s next: The packet was listed on the Aug. 28 Budget Committee agenda and again on the Sept. 3 board agenda.

VI.k. Alex Honadel as a board member

• What it asks: Approve Alex Honadel as a board member for the remaining 2025-2027 term (agenda).
• What happened: Passed 11-0 with 4 absent, moved by Abbey Ronquillo and seconded by Michael Benedetto. Karen Waters of the Board of Neighborhood Commissioners administered the oath of office after the vote (draft minutes).

VI.l. Up to $5,000 for North Valley YMCA Thanksgiving baskets

• What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant for the YMCA’s annual Thanksgiving basket distribution, which provides food items for families in need (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $5,000 (agenda).
• What happened: The draft minutes record a vote on a motion to postpone and enter no mover, second or result. The vote table shows 10 ayes, Alex Honadel ineligible and John Horn absent, with a note that he recused himself at 8:45 p.m. The table counts Steven Hosseini, marked absent at roll call, as an aye and has no row for Carol Hart. A note says the item would move to the next meeting after approval of the administrative packet (draft minutes).
• What’s next: The grant was listed at up to $5,000 on the Aug. 28 Budget Committee agenda and at up to $1,000 on the Sept. 3 board agenda.

VI.m. Up to $5,000 for the Kennedy boys soccer team

• What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant to support the J.F. Kennedy boys soccer team’s expansion (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $5,000. Items VI.l and VI.m total up to $10,000, our sum (agenda).
• What happened: Postponed 11-0, with Alex Honadel ineligible and 4 absent, on a motion by Abbey Ronquillo seconded by Carol Hart (draft minutes, which label this item n).
• What’s next: The grant was listed at up to $5,000 on the Aug. 28 Budget Committee agenda and at up to $1,000 on the Sept. 3 board agenda.

Other votes

These votes are all from the draft minutes:

• June 4 minutes (VI.a): passed with 8 ayes and 3 abstentions (Douglas Escobar, Sally Kolstad and Amanda Mercado-Nguyen).
• March, April, May and June 2026 monthly expenditure reports (VI.b to VI.e): each passed with 10 ayes and 1 abstention (Douglas Escobar).
• Four BridgeGap minute-taking invoices of $93.45, $155.75, $124.60 and $155.75 (VI.f to VI.i): each passed 11-0.
• 2027 election information worksheet (VI.n): passed 11-0, with Alex Honadel ineligible.
• First-quarter committee meeting schedule (VI.o): 11 ayes, with Alex Honadel abstaining. The draft enters no result, and marks John Horn both aye and absent.

Next meeting: August 28, 2026 · All meetings