Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council · Held
Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council meeting, October 10, 2026
On the agenda: The Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council's Emergency Preparedness Committee and board met jointly on Oct. 10, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. at the Van Nuys FlyAway terminal. The agenda was mostly a live training exercise with FRS and GMRS two-way radios, plus approval of the committee's July and September minutes and reports on emergency communications and the City's local hazard mitigation plan. It listed no motions with money or letters to City Hall.
Agenda only. As of October 11, 2026, minutes for the October 10, 2026 meeting of the Lake Balboa Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.
| Where | Community Meeting Room, 2nd Floor, Van Nuys Flyaway Bus Terminal, 7610 Woodley Ave. |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted October 7, 2026) |
| City Council districts | Council District 6 |
The agenda put the meeting in the second-floor community room of the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus Terminal, 7610 Woodley Ave., at the northeast corner of Saticoy Street and Woodley Avenue. The committee’s voting members listed on the agenda were Dave Brown, Surat Hazra, Lydia Jerosimich, Brent Lowensohn, Linda Schwering and Dan Tomlinson, and a quorum is four. The agenda numbers the reports as a second item 5, after item 6.
In the radio exercise, attendees were to go over radio controls, channels and protocols, test their skills outside the meeting room and return loaned radios. Dan Tomlinson was listed for the emergency communications report and Dave Brown for the report on the Emergency Management Department’s local hazard mitigation work. The agenda also lists the neighborhood’s Sunday radio nets: a ham net at 9 a.m. on 145.570 simplex and an FRS-GMRS net at 10 a.m. on channel 20 or 16. The committee’s next meeting is Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, at 9:30 a.m. (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welcome, call to order and roll call of the Emergency Preparedness Committee | Not posted yet |
| 2 | Introductions | Not posted yet |
| 3 | Adopt the Oct. 10, 2026 agenda | Not posted yet |
| 4 | Approve the July 11, 2026 Emergency Preparedness Committee minutes | Not posted yet |
| 5 | Approve the Sept. 12, 2026 Emergency Preparedness Committee minutes | Not posted yet |
| 6 | Emergency communications: live exercise using FRS and GMRS radios, with loaner radios and an outdoor skills test | Not posted yet |
| 5 (reports) | Reports on emergency communications and the Emergency Management Department's local hazard mitigation work | Not posted yet |
| 7 | General public comment on items not on the agenda | Not posted yet |
| 8 | New business | Not posted yet |
| 9 | Adjournment | Not posted yet |