Palms Neighborhood Council · Held · Special

Palms Neighborhood Council special meeting, August 20, 2026

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

From the minutes: The Palms Neighborhood Council's Community Engagement Committee, at a special joint meeting with the board on Aug. 20, 2026, voted 4-0 to spend up to $400 on "I am in Palms" window signs, according to the draft minutes. The minutes record planning but no votes on the other spending items on the agenda, four October Public Safety Month events with budgets of $400 to $800 each and up to $200 for flyers, which the board had approved on Aug. 18. The six spending items total up to $3,200 (our sum). The agenda had five numbered sections.

Outcomes for the August 20, 2026 meeting of the Palms Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.

Outcomes come from the Community Engagement Committee’s draft minutes, linked from the Sept. 2 special general assembly agenda. Four of the five committee members attended. The minutes record one vote, on the signs in item IV.d, and task assignments for the Public Safety Month events. They say the council’s funds were frozen and “it’s not clear we’ll be able to do this but we should move ahead” (draft minutes).

The board had approved the four events and the flyers two days earlier, on Aug. 18, with $600 for Coffee with a Cop (Aug. 18 agenda; Aug. 18 draft minutes).

IV.b.i. $700 for a meet and greet with CORE and Circle

• What it asks: Hold an ice cream social and meet and greet with Community Organized Relief Effort and Circle in Woodbine Park on Oct. 3 (agenda).
• Amount: $700: $300 for ice cream, $300 for tables, chairs and tents, and $100 for decorations (agenda).

IV.b.ii. $400 for Coffee with a Cop and LEAD

• What it asks: Hold Coffee with a Cop and LEAD at the Commissary at 7:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 (agenda).
• Amount: $400: $300 for beverages and $100 for decorations (agenda).

IV.b.iii. $700 for a CERT and Earthquake Alliance meet and greet

• What it asks: Hold the event at Fire Station 43 on Oct. 17, with LAFD invited; the agenda says the station was not confirmed and the event may move to the IMAN Center (agenda).
• Amount: $700: $300 for snacks and drinks, $300 for tables, chairs and tents, and $100 for decorations (agenda).

IV.b.iv. Car seat safety event and Halloween party

• What it asks: Hold the event at Culver Palms Church of Christ on Oct. 24 (agenda).
• Amount: The motion leaves the total blank; its breakdown is $200 for candy and snacks, $500 for tables, chairs and tents and $100 for decorations, or $800, our sum (agenda).

IV.b.v. Up to $200 for Public Safety Month flyers

• What it asks: Print flyers advertising Public Safety Month (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $200 (agenda).

IV.d. Up to $400 for “I am in Palms” signs

• What it asks: Buy up to 300 signs for businesses to display in their windows (agenda).
• Amount: Up to $400. The six spending items total up to $3,200, our sum (agenda).
• What happened: The committee approved the motion 4-0 (draft minutes). The motion was listed again on the committee’s Sept. 17 agenda.

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