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Mar Vista Community Council meeting, September 17, 2026

September 17, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

On the agenda: The Mar Vista Community Council's Board of Directors met on Sept. 17, 2026. The agenda listed motions on a $4,296 grant for Mar Vista Arbor Group tree planting on National Boulevard, support for an off-site alcohol permit for Sunny Market & Liquor at 12815-12817 W. Venice Blvd. and asking LADOT to extend red curbs near side streets on Sawtelle and Centinela, among 29 agenda items with $8,294.75 in grants and purchases in items 13.5 to 13.10 (our sum). The agenda of the board's Sept. 29 special meeting listed the Arbor Group grant and a $1,000 Venice High School grant again as old business. 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 September 17, 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.

The Executive & Finance Committee’s agenda for a joint meeting with the Board of Directors at 6:30 p.m. the same evening listed items 13.1 to 13.7 and 13.9 to 13.11 of the board agenda as its items 8.1 to 8.10.

13.5. Re-approve the $2,298.75 Clover Avenue Elementary grant

• What it asks: Reconsider and re-approve the Neighborhood Purposes Grant for equipment for a Modern Band program at Clover Avenue Elementary School in 2026-27, and authorize the treasurer or signer to execute the Board Action Certification (agenda).
• Amount: $2,298.75 (agenda).
• History: The agenda calls the application “previously approved” and does not give the date or the vote. The board’s July 30 agenda listed the application for the same amount as item 13.3.

13.6. $4,296 for tree planting on National Boulevard

• What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant to the Mar Vista Arbor Group to plant trees on National Blvd. (agenda).
• Amount: $4,296 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda tags the item TI&S, the Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee (agenda).
• What’s next: The agenda of the board’s Sept. 29 special meeting listed the same application under old business (item 5.2).

13.7. $1,000 for a Venice High School movie screening

• What it asks: A Neighborhood Purposes Grant application for Venice High School’s annual movie event, a screening of “Grease” at Venice High School on Oct. 3, 2026 (agenda).
• Amount: $1,000 (agenda).
• What’s next: The agenda of the board’s Sept. 29 special meeting listed the same application under old business (item 5.1).

13.8. Support an alcohol permit for Sunny Market & Liquor

• What it asks: Support case ZA-2026-1347-CUB, a conditional use permit for off-site sale of a full line of alcohol at the existing 1,440-square-foot market at 12815-12817 W. Venice Blvd. (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda tags the item DIRECTOR (agenda).
• History: The agenda for the Sept. 10 joint meeting of the Planning and Land Use Management Committee with the Board of Directors listed an endorsement of the permit application at this address as item 9.1 (Sept. 10 agenda).

13.9. Up to $300 for door hangers on the “Good Standing” project

• What it asks: Buy 200 door hangers to promote an Oct. 2, 2026 Planning and Land Use Management Committee presentation on the “Good Standing” project at 12906 W. Venice Blvd., case ZA-2026-3205-ZV-CUB (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $300 (agenda).

13.10. Up to $400 for Halloween Festival giveaways

• What it asks: Buy packaged candy and branded party favors for neighborhood children at the Mar Vista Recreation Center Halloween Festival on Oct. 31 (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $400. Items 13.5 to 13.10 total up to $8,294.75, our sum (agenda).

13.12. Longer red curbs on Sawtelle and Centinela

• What it asks: Ask LADOT to extend red curbs near side-street entrances on Sawtelle and Centinela between National and Venice by at least 15 feet past the legal parking limit, which the motion says would improve safety for people walking, biking and driving out of side streets (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda tags the item TI&S, the Transportation, Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee (agenda).

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