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Studio City Neighborhood Council agenda, October 28, 2026

October 28, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 26, 2026

On the agenda: The Studio City Neighborhood Council's board meets on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026, at 7 p.m. at Radford Studio Center, 4024 Radford Ave., with a Zoom option. The agenda lists motions supporting council files on a study of data center impacts and a possible moratorium (CF 26-1284), a temporary ban on permits for large detached ADUs on multifamily lots (CF 16-1468-S6) and a direct shuttle from the North Hollywood Metro station to Hollywood Burbank Airport (CF 26-1428). It also lists support for the LA River Greenway project in Studio City (CF 26-1471) and a request that CD 4 look into buying two Ventura Boulevard lots for parkland. The agenda has 40 items.

Agenda only. As of October 26, 2026, the October 28, 2026 meeting of the Studio City Neighborhood Council has not happened yet and nothing on its agenda has been decided. Agendas can change.

The agenda lists Jerry Lewis as president, Jeff Hartwick as vice president, Kim Clements as treasurer, Jay Friedman as secretary and Dimitri Gatsiounis as corresponding secretary. Items 15 to 17, the Government Affairs, Transportation and Sustainability and Beautification motions, are on the consent calendar. Public comment on non-agenda items is 90 seconds per speaker. Visitors walking or driving onto the studio lot need a government ID and pass through security screening (agenda).

The GAC-A, GAC-B, TC-A and TC-B motions also ask that the City wait at least four weeks after each report or ordinance is released before scheduling committee or Council votes, so neighborhood councils can comment (agenda).

PSH-A. Nuisance abatement

• What it asks: Support for CF 24-0196-S1 and a Community Impact Statement on it. The agenda says the motion asks the Chief Legislative Analyst and the City Attorney to release pending reports with recommendations on abatement orders for owners who are willing but unable to do the work, higher fines for failing to comply with a Notice to Comply, and changes in State law (agenda).
• Who brought it: The Public Safety and Homelessness Committee. Tim McOsker moved the Council motion, and Adrin Nazarian seconded it (CF 24-0196-S1).
• Where the file stands: The Council adopted the motion on Oct. 20, 2026, 12-0, with Bob Blumenfield, Adrin Nazarian and Imelda Padilla absent, after the Public Works and Planning and Land Use Management committees approved it. Council action was final on Oct. 21, 2026 (CF 24-0196-S1).
• Neighborhood council positions: The Greater Wilshire Neighborhood Council filed a Community Impact Statement on Oct. 15, 2026 (CF 24-0196-S1).

GAC-A. Data center study and possible moratorium

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-1284, which asks the Department of Water and Power, with City Planning, Building and Safety and the Bureau of Engineering, to report on studying the effects of data center development and on a possible moratorium on new data centers that need more than 100 MW (agenda).
• Who brought it: Adrin Nazarian moved the Council motion on Sept. 8, 2026, and Traci Park seconded it (CF 26-1284).
• Where the file stands: The Energy and Environment Committee continued it on Oct. 1, 2026 to a date to be determined. It is also referred to the Planning and Land Use Management Committee (CF 26-1284).

GAC-B. Pause on large detached ADUs

• What it asks: Support for CF 16-1468-S6, which asks City Planning and the City Attorney to prepare an interim control ordinance, effective on publication, to stop building permits for detached ADUs over 1,200 square feet on multifamily developments. It would last 45 days, with extensions of 10 months and 15 days and then one more year, or until permanent rules take effect (agenda).
• Who brought it: John Lee moved the Council motion on Oct. 2, 2026, and Bob Blumenfield seconded it. It is pending in the Planning and Land Use Management Committee (CF 16-1468-S6).

TC-A. Abandoned RVs under AB 647

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-1399 and a Community Impact Statement on it. The motion asks the City Administrative Officer, with Transportation, LAPD and the City Attorney, to carry out AB 647 and report on how the City will identify, value and process abandoned recreational vehicles under the law’s new $4,000 threshold (agenda).
• Who brought it: Jay Friedman brought the council’s motion. Traci Park moved the Council motion on Oct. 2, 2026, and John Lee seconded it. It is pending in the Public Safety Committee (agenda; CF 26-1399).

TC-B. NoHo2BUR Connect airport shuttle

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-1428 and a Community Impact Statement on it. The motion asks the Department of Transportation to report on turning the NoHo DASH line into NoHo2BUR Connect, a direct link between the North Hollywood Metro station and Hollywood Burbank Airport using the line’s existing vehicles and service hours. The report would cover routes, travel times, links to the new airport terminal and other transit, weekend service and operating costs (agenda).
• Who brought it: Jay Friedman brought the council’s motion. Adrin Nazarian moved the Council motion on Oct. 7, 2026, and Imelda Padilla seconded it (agenda; CF 26-1428).
• What’s next: The Transportation Committee approved it on Oct. 21, 2026, and the City Clerk scheduled it for the Council on Oct. 27, 2026, the day before this board meeting (CF 26-1428).

S&B-A. LA River Greenway in Studio City

• What it asks: Support for CF 26-1471, which would renovate the Studio City LA River Greenway on the south bank from Whitsett Avenue to Laurel Canyon as a Recreation and Parks capital project, accept $250,000 in federal Community Project Funding for it and name it the “Melanie Winter Studio City LA River Greenway.” The board motion also asks for public review of the plans, opening locked access points to Ventura Boulevard, enforcement against camping, Quimby or other funds to fill gaps and removal of invasive plants (agenda).
• Who brought it: Nithya Raman moved the Council motion on Oct. 14, 2026, and Adrin Nazarian seconded it. It is pending in the Arts, Parks, and City Facilities Committee (CF 26-1471).

S&B-C. Ventura Boulevard lots for parkland

• What it asks: That CD 4 work with the council to look into the City or another party buying 11575 Ventura Blvd., now an Enterprise Rent-A-Car lot, and 11571 Ventura Blvd. and turning them into parkland. The agenda says the lots could link Ventura Boulevard with the River Greenway (agenda).

S&B-D. Street trees at Merrill Gardens

• What it asks: That CD 4 start talks with the developer of Merrill Gardens Studio City, 11611 Ventura Blvd., to replace the 21 Chinese pistache trees and Mexican fan palms in the approved landscape plan with other street trees, and that the council take part. The agenda says the Ventura-Cahuenga Boulevard Specific Plan requires the current trees, and the committee says they block sightlines and add fire risk (agenda).

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