The 2010 election for the NENC Board of Directors was held on March 2, 2010. Following is the unofficial tally for all Region A NCs as posted on the City Clerk's NC Election website on March 3, 2010:

Candidate	Votes Cast
At-Large Representatives (vote for 2)
CHAVON SMITH	8
NESTOR M. FANTINI	23
ALICE N. MCCAIN	30
WRITE-IN	6
Business Owner/Employee Representatives (vote for 2)
BARRY M. GREENBERG	35
WRITE-IN	12
Property Owner Representatives (vote for 3)
SUDHIR "STEVE" PATEL	41
LUCILLE R. MEEHAN	32
WRITE-IN	1
Residents and Either Property Owner, Renter, Business Owner/Employee (vote for 3)
DON L. DWIGGINS	32
YEHUDA J. DRAIMAN	39
PETER C. MCCARTY	32
WRITE-IN	0
Either Property Owner, Renter, or Business Owner/Employee Representatives (vote for 2)
KELLY M. LORD	41
WRITE-IN	2

The official City Clerk timeline for the post-election process is as follows (the events in this timeline are described in detail in the Election Procedures document):

• Deadline to complete Final Canvass: Thursday, March 11.
• Deadline to submit Recount and Challenges: Thursday, March 18. (Any stakeholder who voted in the election may request a recount or submit a challenge up to this date. If none are submitted, the results will be final at this time.)
• Deadline to finish Recount: Thursday, March 25.
• Deadline to issue Recount (Final Election Report): Monday, April 19
• Deadline to submit all Challenge Recommendations to the Challenge Review Panel: Monday, April 19
• Deadline for the Challenge Review Panel to issue verdict to the City Clerk: Wednesday, April 28
• Deadline for the City Clerk to issue Final Challenge Report: Friday, May 7

The new NENC board will be seated during the first regular meeting after the certified final results are announced. If there are no recount requests nor challenges, this will occur during the regular April meeting.

When the City Clerk's office has tabulated and certified the results, they will be published here. Watch this space!

 

Northridge East Neighborhood Council Youth Member Steven Ramirez enjoyed meeting renowned artist and San Fernando Valley resident, Robert Williams at his “Conceptual Realism in the Service of the Hypothetical” exhibit at CSUN. The exhibit opening held on Saturday, February 20 at the CSUN Art Gallery features some of Williams’ popular paintings and sculptures.

Williams’ new body of work, includes paintings, prints and, for the first time, sculptures. Known as an “artist’s artist,” Williams’ work travels from the underground comic world of the 1960s, through the founding of the popular art magazine, Juxtapoz, to his current body of work exploring the next step into abstract thought. This show travels from Tony Shafrazi Gallery where it originated.

The collection is on display until April 3 at CSUN Art Galleries, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA, 91330-8299. The galleries are open Mondays – Saturdays from noon to 4:00 p.m., Thursdays from noon to 8:00 p.m. It is closed Sundays and holidays. For more information call: (818) 677.2226.

Education has always been at the forefront of the Northridge East Neighborhood Council’s agenda, and the academic achievement award presented to Oliver Wendell Holmes International Middle School at their general meeting in November is proof of that commitment.

Nestor Fantini, NENC Education Chair (front row, left) stands next to Holmes’ Assistant Principal Ted Yamane (center) as Council President Steve Patel (front row, right) presents Yamane with a plaque honoring the school’s academic achievements over the last couple of years. Holmes has raised its state standardized testing scores by more than 30 points.

“I was tickled pink by the award,” said Yamane. “We worked hard. We have a great group of teachers and staff; our hard work paid off. We were recognized by the state of California and now by the Northridge East Neighborhood Council. We are going in the right direction. It’s a great thing.”

Surrounding Yamane are other NENC members (back row, L to R): Thom Baker, Steven Ramirez, Barry Goldberg, Conor Lansdale, Kelly Lord and Don Dwiggins. The presentation of this award is just another testament to NENC’s efforts to make Northridge a better place to live, work, play and learn.

For more information contact NENC at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

 

 

To make Northridge a better place to live, work, play and learn the Northridge East Neighborhood Council has supplied video cameras to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire Volunteer Surveillance Team. VST provides teams of trained citizen volunteers to assist the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in crime suppression surveillance operations.  This reduces criminal activity and improves the quality of life and safety of the residents, parks, schools and businesses in the area.

Its members have contributed 52,784 combined volunteer hours, which has saved the city $5,383,968.00. VST members have assisted in over 4,612 arrests on a total of 1,594 details, without a single injury!

VST works with nearby police units at assigned observation posts and, using the police radio, describe criminal activity in progress.  Truancy, graffiti, curfew, car thefts, burglaries, drug sales and other crimes can be suppressed by being at the location when the crime occurs.

Since its inception in 1992, VST has since grown to be recognized and singled out for commendation as a model of Community Based Policing by city, state and federal law enforcement. If your are interested in joining VST, please call 818-832-0992.