Mar Vista Community Council · Held
Mar Vista Community Council Executive and Finance Committee joint meeting, August 20, 2026
On the agenda: The Mar Vista Community Council's Executive & Finance Committee held a joint meeting with the Board of Directors on Aug. 20, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., before the 7 p.m. board meeting. The agenda listed 15 items, including a $1,000 Neighborhood Purposes Grant to Reducing Animal Stress for low-cost pet vaccines and four outreach purchases totaling up to $4,850 (our sum), the largest up to $3,500 for 500 branded clear bags. Minutes were not posted on the City's agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026, 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.
| Where | Windward School, 11350 Palms Blvd., Room 20, Los Angeles |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted August 17, 2026) |
| City Council districts | Council District 5, Council District 11 |
The agenda is headed “Executive & Finance Committee with the Board of Directors” and runs from 6:30 to 7 p.m. The board agenda for 7 p.m. the same evening listed items 8.1 and 8.2 as its items 13.1 and 13.2 and items 8.3 to 8.7 as its items 13.9 to 13.13.
8.3. $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).
- Who brought it: The agenda tags the item DIRECTOR (agenda).
8.4. Up to $250 for canopy disks
- What it asks: Buy 16 canopy disks to anchor the council’s outreach canopy (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $250 (agenda).
8.5. 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).
8.6. 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).
8.7. 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 8.3 to 8.7 total up to $5,850, our sum (agenda).
- History: The Outreach Committee’s agenda for Aug. 6 listed the purchases in items 8.4 to 8.7 as funding motions (Outreach agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | $1,000 Neighborhood Purposes Grant to Reducing Animal Stress for low-cost pet vaccines in Mar Vista | Not posted yet |
| 8.4 | Up to $250 for 16 canopy disks to anchor the canopy used at outreach events | Not posted yet |
| 8.5 | Up to $650 for 300 branded license plate frames | Not posted yet |
| 8.6 | Up to $450 for 2,000 "I Love Mar Vista" stickers | Not posted yet |
| 8.7 | Up to $3,500 for 500 branded clear bags | Not posted yet |
| 1 | Call to order | Not posted yet |
| 2 | Roll call and disclosure of ex parte communications and conflicts of interest | Not posted yet |
| 3 | Welcome, announcements and community memorials | Not posted yet |
| 4 | Public comment on items not on the agenda | Not posted yet |
| 5.1 | Approve minutes of the July 30, 2026 meeting | Not posted yet |
| 6.1 | Consent: August 2026 budget adjustments | Not posted yet |
| 7 | Items pulled from the consent calendar | Not posted yet |
| 8.1 | Approve the July 2026 monthly expenditure report | Not posted yet |
| 8.2 | Budget adjustments to the 2026-27 administrative packet | Not posted yet |
| 9 | Adjournment | Not posted yet |