Safety Alert 

Dear Neighbors,

We are experiencing an increase in property crimes in our community these past few  weeks.  The Police Department is aware of the problem  and they  are working on apprehending these crooks. Meanwhile, please do not leave your homes, garages or cars unlocked and do not leave your valuables outside on your premises or inside your cars because you are giving theives an open invitation to help themselves to your belongings. If you discover a burglary in process, do not apprehend them, however, get the best description of them and their vehicles, if any, as  possible as you are dialing 911. Do not ever put yourself in harms way because you then become part of the problem  rather than a solution.

If you do not have a Neighborhood Watch on your block, I strongly  suggest that you start one at your earliest convenience.  If you will email me at safety@stnc.org.  I will  gladly help you set one up and get it going.  The Police Department has become involved in Disaster Preparedness and would like to have a Block Captain on every block within a year who is also CERT trained.  We have a free  CERT Class starting on Tuesday, Aug. 23 at 7 pm at the Elks Lodge, 10110 Commerce Ave in Tujunga. It's a 7 week, 2 hours a week class taught by the LA Fire Department. For more information regarding CERT  visit: www.CERT-la.com  You can also  call Tomi Lyn Bowling at 818-353-9143 who is taking reservations.

The First Aid/CPR Certification class scheduled for Aug. 27 has been cancelled. Anyone who signed up and paid will have their checks returned. We will let you know when a new schedule for this class is arranged. Please call me direct if you have any questions at 818-563-1962.

Please stay safe.

Nina Royal

Safety Chair, Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council

And CPAB Representative, Foothill Div. LAPD

The STNC has received four letters of interest from the following stakeholders wanting to volunteer to fill the Region 4 vacancy:  Nigel Burns, John Rogers, Barbara Stam and Ed Novy.  At the September 14 STNC meeting the board will ask questions of those interested and vote.  We are still looking for a volunteer to fill the Region 3 vacancy.  Youth Representative Cara DeCaro resigned as she will be going to college.  This opens a Group Representative seat on the STNC.  If you have an interest in serving on the neighborhood council, please submit a letter of interest. 

Region 4 Position: If you are a stakeholder who lives, works, owns property in the area below Foothill Blvd. between Lowell and the 210 Freeway.

Region 3 Position: If you are a stakeholder who lives, works, owns property in the area on the east side of Commerce Ave. to Lowell Ave, above Foothill.

Stakeholder Group Representative:  (from STNC Bylaws v 2.95)  Eight Stakeholder Group Representatives shall be elected at large.  These Representatives shall be elected from the pool of community stakeholders representing business and educational, faith-based, and community, service, youth and special-interest organizations located in the community or meeting regularly in the community. 

Please contact the STNC President at president@stnc.org or STNC Secretary at secretary@stnc.org OR call the STNC office for more information.

LOS ANGELES - To allow additional time for outreach and public input on water and power rates, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)  has rescheduled the 2011 Water and Power Rates Input Summary Session from this Thursday, July 28 to Thursday, August 25 at 6:00 p.m. As previously planned, the meeting will take place at the LADWP's downtown headquarters, 111 N. Hope Street, Los Angeles. The meeting will also be webcast
The additional time will allow LADWP time to gather more input from customers on potential strategic investments, take additional public comment and analyze the feedback received from our customers.  The Input Summary Session will be held both in person and online.
If you are planning on attending the Input Summary Session on August 25, please RSVP and indicate whether you plan on attending in person, or if you would prefer to participate online. 

To learn more about the 2011 Rates Process and take a 10-minute online survey, please visit www.ladwp.com/LAForward.