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Mar Vista Community Council meeting, August 20, 2026

August 20, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

On the agenda: The Mar Vista Community Council's Board of Directors met on Aug. 20, 2026. The agenda listed motions on asking Santa Monica for pedestrian and bike entrances, not car entrances, into the future Santa Monica Airport Park along National, Stewart, Hill and Clover, support for CF 26-0386 on demolishing high-fire-risk abandoned structures and $5,850 in grants and outreach purchases (our sum of items 13.9 to 13.13), among 27 agenda items. Minutes were not posted on the City's agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026, and no Mar Vista Community Impact Statement appears on the two council files, so outcomes are not known.

Agenda only. As of October 2, 2026, minutes for the August 20, 2026 meeting of the Mar Vista Community Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

13.6. Pedestrian and bike entrances into the future Santa Monica Airport Park

• What it asks: Request that the City of Santa Monica consider pedestrian and bike entrances along National, Stewart, Hill and Clover in place of car entrances, and add more car entrances on the Santa Monica side of the proposed park (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda tags the item TI&S, the Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee (agenda).

13.7. Support CF 26-0386, demolition of high-fire-risk abandoned structures

• What it asks: Support CF 26-0386, which the agenda describes as a program authorizing the Fire Department to proactively demolish high-fire-risk abandoned structures (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee (agenda).
• At City Hall: The Council adopted the item as amended on Aug. 4, 2026, by a 14-0 vote with one member absent, before this meeting. No Mar Vista Community Impact Statement appears on the file as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0386).

13.8. Support CF 26-0987, a Zoning Code maintenance ordinance

• What it asks: Support CF 26-0987, which the agenda describes as an administrative amendment to the Municipal Code concerning the zoning code and maintenance ordinances (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Planning and Land Use Management Committee (agenda).
• At City Hall: The Council adopted it on Aug. 26, 2026, by a 15-0 vote, six days after this meeting. No Mar Vista Community Impact Statement appears on the file as of Oct. 1, 2026 (CF 26-0987).

13.9. $1,000 grant to Reducing Animal Stress

• What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant to Reducing Animal Stress, a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit, to help pay for low-cost vaccines for Mar Vista pet owners (agenda).
• Amount: $1,000 (agenda).

13.10. Up to $250 for canopy disks

• What it asks: Buy 16 canopy disks to anchor the council’s canopy at outreach events (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $250 (agenda).

13.11. Up to $650 for license plate frames

• What it asks: Buy 300 branded license plate frames as outreach giveaways (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $650 (agenda).

13.12. Up to $450 for stickers

• What it asks: Buy 2,000 “I Love Mar Vista” stickers as outreach giveaways (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $450 (agenda).

13.13. Up to $3,500 for branded bags

• What it asks: Buy 500 branded clear bags as outreach giveaways (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $3,500. Items 13.9 to 13.13 total up to $5,850, our sum (agenda).

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