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West Hills Neighborhood Council meeting, September 3, 2026

September 3, 2026, 7 p.m. · Updated October 2, 2026

From official records: The West Hills Neighborhood Council's board agenda for Sept. 3, 2026 listed for possible action a Community Impact Statement in support of CF 26-1050 on the City's internal tree spacing guidelines, Council file 26-0906-S4 on CERT certification for neighborhood council board members, and three Zoning and Planning Committee letters: on the Chaminade pedestrian bridge design, the West Hills Family Apartments at 7556 N. Woodlake Ave. and the property at 6552 N. Valley Circle Blvd. The Community Impact Statement West Hills filed against CF 26-0906-S4 on Sept. 15, 2026 lists Sept. 3 as its board meeting date and dates its vote of 8 yes, 0 no and 2 ineligible to Aug. 25. The Oct. 1 board agenda lists the Sept. 3 minutes for approval without attaching them, and no minutes were on the City's agenda index as of Oct. 1, 2026, so the board's Sept. 3 votes are not known.

As of October 2, 2026, outcomes for the September 3, 2026 meeting of the West Hills Neighborhood Council come from official records posted so far, such as council files, recorded votes and filed statements. Some results may be missing until the full minutes are posted and read.

26-0052. Tree spacing guidelines

• What it asks: Discussion and possible action on a Community Impact Statement in support of CF 26-1050, which the agenda titles “City’s Internal Spacing Guidelines/Policy and Infrastructure Improvements/ Modernize.” The item is listed under the chair of the Streets and Transportation Committee and of the Beautification Committee (agenda).
• Who brought it: The council file is a motion by Councilmember John Lee, seconded by Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, titled “Citys Internal Tree Spacing Guidelines / Policy and Infrastructure Improvements / Modernize” (CF 26-1050).
• What the Council did: The City Council adopted the file as amended on Sept. 15, 2026, 14-0, with Councilmember Padilla absent (CF 26-1050).
• What happened: No West Hills Community Impact Statement appears on CF 26-1050 as of Oct. 1, 2026.

26-0055. Chaminade pedestrian bridge design

• What it asks: Discussion and possible action to approve the Zoning and Planning Committee’s letter to the Cultural Affairs Commission regarding the Chaminade Pedestrian Bridge design. The agenda says the committee approved the letter unanimously on Aug. 11, 2026, and gives no vote count (agenda).

26-0056. West Hills Family Apartments

• What it asks: Discussion and possible action to approve the committee’s letter to Elysian Housing LLC regarding the West Hills Family Apartments at 7556 N. Woodlake Ave. The agenda says the committee approved the letter unanimously on Aug. 11, 2026, and does not include the letter (agenda).

26-0057. Nuisance property at 6552 N. Valley Circle Blvd.

• What it asks: Discussion and possible action to approve the committee’s draft letter, “with addition of requested revisions as noted, to selected City officials and staff regarding the nuisance property located at 6552 N. Valley Circle Boulevard.” The agenda says the committee approved the draft unanimously on Aug. 11, 2026 (agenda).

26-0058. CERT certification for neighborhood council boards

• What it asks: Discussion and possible action on CF 26-0906-S4, listed under the chair of the Bylaws Committee. The agenda prints the file’s title and states no position (agenda).
• Who brought it: The council file is a motion by Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, seconded by Councilmember Monica Rodriguez (CF 26-0906-S4).
• What the Council did: The City Council adopted the committee report on the file on Aug. 19, 2026, as amended by Amending Motion 15A (Jurado, Rodriguez), with 13 yes votes and Councilmembers Lee and Soto-Martinez absent (Council action). The amending motion replaced “require the majority of all” Neighborhood Council board members with “increase accessibility for” them to obtain and maintain CERT certification.
• What happened: West Hills filed two Community Impact Statements with the same text against the file on Sept. 15, 2026 (statement, second copy). The cover sheet gives 09/03/2026 as the agenda date, and the attached form lists a board meeting date of Sept. 3, 2026. The vote the filing records, 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstaining and 2 ineligible, is dated Aug. 25, 2026, the date of the joint board and Bylaws Committee meeting; the form calls it the committee vote. The filing gives no separate Sept. 3 vote.

Other motions

Motion 26-0051 was discussion and possible action on filling a vacant board seat with a term ending in 2029, listed under the chair of the Ad Hoc Vacancy Committee (agenda). The Oct. 1 board agenda lists “Induction Of New Board Member Into The WHNC Board Of Directors” and does not name the member.

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