United Neighborhoods of the Historic Arlington Heights, West Adams, and Jefferson Park Communities Neighborhood Council meeting, August 6, 2026
From the minutes: The board of the United Neighborhoods of the Historic Arlington Heights, West Adams, and Jefferson Park Communities Neighborhood Council (UNNC) on Aug. 6, 2026, approved up to $1,500 in spending (our sum): up to $250 for outreach materials, up to $750 for a booth at Jazz Under the Stars in the Avenues, $250 for the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates and up to $250 for the Congress of Neighborhoods, per draft minutes in the council's Sept. 3 agenda packet. The minutes give no vote counts. They record no action on the statement supporting Historic-Cultural Monument status for the Mary Clay School at 3911 W. Adams Blvd., the statement on a City compost master plan or the comment letter on design standards for infill housing in historic districts.
Outcomes for the August 6, 2026 meeting of the United Neighborhoods of the Historic Arlington Heights, West Adams, and Jefferson Park Communities Neighborhood Council come from its posted minutes.
| Where | Gramercy Apartments Community Room, 1856 S. Wilton Place, and online by Zoom |
|---|---|
| Agenda | Official agenda (posted August 3, 2026) |
| Minutes | Official minutes |
| City Council districts | Council District 10 |
The outcomes below come from the draft minutes in the “Meeting Minutes” folder of the council’s Sept. 3 agenda packet. The minutes list 15 of 20 board members present. They say “motion passes” for the funding items without vote counts, and list items 8.A, 8.C and 9 with no action recorded. As of Oct. 1, 2026, no UNNC Community Impact Statement appeared on CF 26-0309 or CF 26-0925.
7.B. Up to $750 for a Jazz Under the Stars booth
- What it asks: Pay booth fees for UNNC at the Jazz Under the Stars in the Avenues festival on Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4 to 6 (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $750 (agenda).
- What happened: The motion to spend up to $750 on booth fees passed after discussion of whether the money was worth spending (draft minutes).
7.C. $250 for the Budget Advocates
- What it asks: Fund the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates (agenda).
- Amount: $250 (agenda).
- What happened: One motion to fund both the Budget Advocates and the Congress of Neighborhoods passed (draft minutes).
7.D. Up to $250 for the Congress of Neighborhoods
- What it asks: Fund the Neighborhood Council Congress of Neighborhoods (agenda).
- Amount: Up to $250. Items 7.A to 7.D total up to $1,500, our sum (agenda).
- What happened: Passed in the same motion as item 7.C (draft minutes).
8.A. Comment letter on design standards for historic districts
- What it asks: Approve a UNNC comment letter on City Planning’s draft Objective Design Standards for infill housing in Historic Preservation Overlay Zones. The agenda text does not include the letter (agenda).
- Who brought it: The Planning & Zoning Committee (agenda).
8.C. Historic-Cultural Monument status for the Mary Clay School
- What it asks: A resolution and Community Impact Statement supporting designation of 3911 W. Adams Blvd. as a Historic-Cultural Monument. The agenda says the Cultural Heritage Commission recommended the designation “from a motion from Councilmember Heather Hutt,” and that the Mary Clay School, which operated there from 1959 to 1998, was the first Black-owned, non-sectarian private school in Los Angeles (agenda).
- Council file: The agenda cites CF 26-0309. The Clerk’s record for CF 26-0309 is a motion by Council member Heather Hutt, seconded by Hugo Soto-Martinez, titled “Mary Clay School Square / West Adams Boulevard / 10th Avenue / Permanent Ceremonial Sign.” It names the intersection of West Adams Boulevard and 10th Avenue “Mary Clay School Square.” The Council adopted it on Sept. 8, 2026. The agenda cites no other file for the monument designation.
- Who brought it: The Planning & Zoning Committee (agenda).
9. Organics processing and composting master plan
- What it asks: Support, with amendments, the motion on CF 26-0925 for a City master plan linking RecycLA 2.0 and LA Sanitation’s organics program and keeping compost in the City. The agenda says LA Sanitation produces about 350,000 tons of compost and mulch a year, and ratepayers fund shipping finished compost to farms more than 100 miles away (agenda).
- Who brought it: The Environmental Committee. The agenda does not list the amendments (agenda).
Every item
| # | Item | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 7.B | Up to $750 for a three-day booth at Jazz Under the Stars in the Avenues, Sept. 4 to 6 | Approved; no tally in the minutes |
| 7.C | $250 to fund the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates | Approved in one motion with 7.D; no tally in the minutes |
| 7.D | Up to $250 to fund the Congress of Neighborhoods | Approved in one motion with 7.C; no tally in the minutes |
| 8.A | Comment letter on City Planning's draft design standards for infill housing in Historic Preservation Overlay Zones | |
| 8.C | Community Impact Statement supporting Historic-Cultural Monument status for the Mary Clay School, 3911 W. Adams Blvd. | |
| 9 | Community Impact Statement supporting a City organics processing and composting master plan, with amendments | |
| 1 | Call to order, roll call and agenda review | |
| 2 | Public comment and announcements | |
| 3 | Reports from CD 10 and EmpowerLA | |
| 4 | Review of the council's 2025-26 programs | |
| 5 | Election of officers | |
| 6 | Approve the 2027 election worksheet: polling place, hours and election chair for the June 12, 2027 election | Chose a four-hour voting window and applications in English, Spanish and Korean |
| 7.A | Up to $250 for outreach promotional materials | Approved; no tally in the minutes |
| 8.B | Update on Wilshire Tow | |
| 8.D | Follow-up on previous land use cases | |
| 10 | Expenditure reports, budget adjustments, reimbursements, officer reports and minutes | |
| 11 | Outreach tabling at community events | |
| 12 | Extend appointed board members' terms to June 30, 2027 | |
| 13 | Committee reports | |
| 14 | Old business | |
| 15 | Adjournment |