North Westwood Neighborhood Council · Held

North Westwood Neighborhood Council meeting, October 7, 2026

October 7, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 8, 2026

On the agenda: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council's board met Oct. 7, 2026, at 7 p.m. at UCLA Weyburn Terrace and on Zoom. Its 28-item agenda listed possible action on the name of the Metro station on Wilshire serving Westwood Village and UCLA, the Westwood Boulevard Safety and Mobility Project and a 14-story, 88-unit apartment building at 11045 Strathmore Dr. that the City Planning Commission is set to hear Oct. 21. Five spending items totaled $21,988.99, our sum, including up to $15,003.99 for Neighborhood Purposes Grants. No minutes were on the City's agenda index as of Oct. 8, 2026.

Agenda only. As of October 8, 2026, minutes for the October 7, 2026 meeting of the North Westwood Neighborhood Council had not been posted. This summary is based on the agenda and does not report what was decided.

The agenda set a hybrid meeting for Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, at 7 p.m. It was posted on Oct. 4 (City agenda index). The agenda said items on the consent calendar would be bundled into a single vote near the close of the meeting.

7. Name of the Westwood Metro station on Wilshire

• What it asked: A presentation, discussion and possible action on naming the Metro station on Wilshire Boulevard that serves Westwood Village and UCLA (agenda). The agenda text did not say who presents or what name is proposed.

8. Westwood Boulevard Safety and Mobility Project

• What it asked: A presentation, discussion and possible action on the Westwood Boulevard Safety and Mobility Project (agenda). The agenda text did not describe the project or name the presenter.

10. 14-story apartment building at 11045 Strathmore Dr.

• What it asked: Discussion and possible action on the residential development at 11045 Strathmore, City Planning case CPC-2025-2130-DB-DRB-SPPC-VHCA (agenda).
• The project: The City Planning case record describes demolishing two apartment buildings with 21 units and building a 14-story building with 88 units, 14 of them affordable, 107,028 square feet of floor area and 57 parking spaces. The applicant asks for a density bonus, final design review in the Westwood specific plan area and a compliance review under the North Westwood Village Specific Plan. The applicants are 11035 Strathmore LLC and 11045 Strathmore LLC.
• What’s next: The case was filed April 9, 2025 and accepted for review Sept. 10, 2026. A City Planning Commission hearing is set for Oct. 21, 2026, at 6 p.m. (case record).
• Who it affects: The case record places the site in the North Westwood Neighborhood Council area and Council District 5 (case record).

17. Budget adjustments

• What it asked: Approve these changes and a second version of the administrative packet (agenda):
  • move $375 from Neighborhood Purposes Grants to the polling location
  • move $200 from grants to election outreach
  • move $800 from grants to monthly meeting room rental
  • move $100 from business cards to grants
  • move $300 from miscellaneous to grants
  • put $365.60 in rollover funds into grants
• Money: Our calculation: the changes would take $1,375 out of the grants line and add $765.60, a net cut of $609.40 (agenda).
• Who brought it: The agenda said the Budget and Finance Committee approved the $800 room move, the $300 move, the rollover and the packet 5-0-0 on Sept. 30, 2026 (agenda).

20. $15,003.99 for Neighborhood Purposes Grants

• What it asked: Set aside money for Neighborhood Purposes Grants (agenda). The agenda did not name grant recipients.
• Money: Up to $15,003.99, the largest amount on the agenda (agenda).

21. $6,000 for monthly meeting rooms

• What it asked: Set aside money to rent rooms for monthly meetings (agenda).
• Money: Up to $6,000 (agenda).

Previous meeting: September 2, 2026 · All meetings