North Hills East Neighborhood Council · Held

North Hills East Neighborhood Council meeting, July 13, 2026

July 13, 2026, 6:30 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

On the agenda: The revised agenda for the North Hills East Neighborhood Council board's July 13, 2026, regular meeting asked the board to approve a letter recommending renewal of the charter for Valor Academy Elementary School and an amended 2026-27 budget moving up to $1,000 from neighborhood purpose grants to outreach. It also listed six spending motions totaling up to $2,010 (our sum) and filling the vacant Region 4, youth and at-large board seats. The agenda had 23 numbered items. Minutes were not posted on the council's agendas and minutes page as of Oct. 2, 2026.

Agenda only. As of October 2, 2026, minutes for the July 13, 2026 meeting of the North Hills East Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

13. Letter on the Valor Academy Elementary School charter

• What it asks: Discussion and possible action to approve the council submitting “a letter of recommendation to renew the charter for Valor Academy Elementary School.” The agenda says a sample letter of support was submitted for review and lists a 14-minute presentation and discussion led by the school’s operations manager (agenda).

17. Amended 2026-27 budget

• What it asks: Discussion and possible approval of an amended budget for fiscal year 2026-27 that moves up to $1,000 from the neighborhood purpose grant category to the outreach category for outreach materials (agenda).
• Money: The agenda lists the new category totals as $0 for neighborhood purpose grants and $1,650 for outreach, split into $1,000 for outreach materials and $650 for outreach events. It says the amended budget “does not include rollover funds” (agenda).
• Why: The agenda says the board had approved money for outreach materials in the last fiscal year, “but the order was not ready to place in time for end of year deadlines” (agenda).

Other motions

• Spending listed for possible approval: up to $300 for bottled water for National Night Out on Aug. 4, 2026, at 8610 Van Nuys Blvd. in Panorama City, where the agenda says the council could have an outreach table; up to $300 for snacks for a Sept. 19, 2026, cleanup; up to $250 for up to 1,000 branded magnets; up to $600 for up to 500 branded notepads; up to $500 as a contribution to the 2026 Congress of Neighborhoods; and up to $60 for storage unit padlocks. Our sum of the six amounts is $2,010. The agenda says the magnets and notepads were approved last fiscal year but not purchased (agenda).
• Events: co-sponsoring a community cleanup with Council District 7 on Sept. 19, 2026, and asking to be an exhibitor at the Congress of Neighborhoods on Sept. 26 at City Hall (agenda).
• Board seats: the agenda listed possible action to fill the Region 4 seat, the youth seat, which is open to stakeholders ages 14 to 17, and one at-large seat, and to appoint an alternate signer. The agenda’s roster shows those three seats as vacant (agenda).
• Presentation: Black Thumb Farms, described on the agenda as a nonprofit that “will be converting a 2.3-acre vacant lot in Mission Hills into their new urban farm and community gathering space,” was listed for a presentation of up to 20 minutes (agenda).

Next meeting: August 10, 2026 · All meetings