COUNCIL FILE #05-0575
“Non-Community Impact Statements”

THE CURRENT SITUATION:

All city agencies and departments, except neighborhood councils, are permitted to submit recommendations for action to the City Council. Such correspondence from agencies is assigned a “Council File Number” and referred to the appropriate Council committee. The Clerk has issued a report asking the council whether to extend this practice to neighborhood councils. His report, Council File 05-0575, is available online at http://cityclerk.lacity.org/cfi/. The Education & Neighborhoods Committee has directed the Clerk and other city agencies to draw up a proposal to allow the practice to include NCs, which must be approved by the full City Council.

WHAT YOUR COUNCIL CAN DO:

Submit a Community Impact Statement supporting this new tool of empowerment for NCs, making us better equipped to represent our stakeholders' interest to the Council.

TO SUBMIT A COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT:

Your Board must adopt an official position on the matter, after which only your Neighborhood Council's designated representative may submit a Community Impact Statement online at http://appla1.lacity.org/cis/ If you have not set up your online account, contact Jacqueline Mendez jmendez@mailbox.lacity.org at DONE for a username and password. When submitting your CIS, you will be asked to provide the following:

Contact Information
Neighborhood Council:
Name:
Phone Number:
Email:   
Impact Information
Date:
Update to a Previous Input:
Directed To: City Council and Committees
Reference Number:  05-0575
Agenda Date: 06/07/05
Item Number:
Brief Summary: (This is your 100-word statement, which will appear on the agenda with the
relevant item.  Suggested CIS for 05-0575 is below.)
Additional Information: (Any additional comments or notes for the Clerk's office, regarding
processing of your statement.  In addition, you may attach up to 2 files of supplemental
information – for example, a letter detailing how and why your council came to its decision.)

SUGGESTED COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THIS COUNCIL FILE:

The X Neighborhood Council respectfully urges the Los Angeles City Council to affirm the right
and responsibility of Neighborhood Councils to make proactive recommendations of matters to
be addressed by the Council.  Please direct the City Clerk to (a) assign a Council File number
to all official correspondence from Certified Neighborhood Councils containing original
recommendations for City Council action, and (b) refer the matter to the appropriate Council
Committee.

COUNCILS ALREADY IN SUPPORT:

•  Silver Lake
•  Glassell Park
•  Greater Griffith Park
•  Mar Vista
•  Historic Highland Park
•  Granada Hills North
•  Greater Echo Park Elysian
•  Pico Union
•  Sunland Tujunga
•  Chatsworth
•  Greater Valley Glen
•  Northridge West
•  Atwater Village
•  Mid City West

Pending:

•  Hollywood United
•  Central Hollywood
•  Eagle Rock
•  Greater Toluca Lake
•  Studio City
•  Tarzana
•  Van Nuys
•  Bel Air Beverly Crest  

FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO SCHEDULE A SPEAKER FOR YOUR NC, CONTACT:

Jason Lyon
Co-Chair, Silver Lake Neighborhood Council
lyon@silverlakenc.org
310-722-2393