Mayor's Budget Survey is LIVE and ready for taking.

Dear All:

The Mayor's Office, in collaboration with the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates, is proud to present to you this year's Mayor's Community Budget Survey!!

The link to the Mayor's 2012 Community Budget Survey is:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2012LABudgetSurvey

A hardcopy of the survey can be found on the Mayor's budget website at:

http://mayor.lacity.org/Issues/BalancedBudget/index.htm

Below is the link to the background information.

Budget Survey Background Information

The Mayor's Office and the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates hope to get a good understanding of the budget priorities for both your board members and other stakeholders. Please be sure to remind your board members and stakeholders to indicate that they are affiliated with your NC when they take the survey, and have your board members identify themselves as such. This will be very helpful for us as we work to identify the budget priorities and needs of your community.

Feel free to encourage your board members to start taking the survey now, so that by the time you have your board meeting, everyone will have taken it and you can focus your energies on encouraging your stakeholders.

Thank you in advance for taking the survey.

City Council Approves Temporary Transfer

of NC Elections from City Clerk

to Dept. of Neighborhood Empowerment

Written by: EmpowerLA
1/12/2012 1:05 PM

The City Council took action in support of Councilman Krekorian's recommendation that NC elections not be postponed until 2014, but be available in Fiscal Year 2012-13. The next step will be deciding how to pay for it.

The Department was asked to report back to Council on a plan to administer elections along with a budget request. General Manager Kim responded that a report could be ready for City Council consideration as soon as 4-6 weeks. A timely decision on funding is critical so that planning can begin to offer elections within the desired time.

For more information see CF 11-1912.

Prop K proposals sought

The L.A. for Kids – Proposition K Program is proud to announce that it has released the 8^th Cycle Request for Proposal (RFP). This RFP is for fiscal years 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16. Approximately $26.6 million will be made available to assist agencies with capital programs aimed at combating the inadequacies and decay of the City’s youth infrastructure, which has resulted in serious unmet needs for parks, recreation facilities, childcare centers and other community facilities.

RFPs may be picked up beginning Thursday, January 12, 2012, at the Bureau of Engineering, Recreational and Cultural Facilities office. We are located at 200 N. Spring Street, Suite 1725A, Los Angeles, California 90012. RFPs can be picked up between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. They may also be downloaded via our website http://propk.lacity.org. RFPs can be e-mailed (as a PDF file) upon request as well. All proposals will be due on Thursday, April 26, 2012 by 3 p.m.

All proposals must be hand-delivered and be received at the above address on or before the stated deadline. Proposals arriving after this deadline will not be accepted nor will they be considered for funding. A receipt acknowledging date and time of submission of all hand-delivered proposals will be provided by City staff. Mailed, faxed, or electronically transmitted proposals will not be accepted.
The City will conduct four Technical Assistance Seminars (TAS) for potential proposers prior to the proposals due date. Questions regarding the request for proposal process and requirements, environmental assessment procedures, and City contracting procedures will be discussed at these Technical Assistance Seminars. The schedule of the TAS is printed below. It is mandatory that potential proposers attend one of the four TAS. Potential proposers who do not attend a TAS are not eligible to submit a proposal.
Technical Assistance Seminars will be held on the following dates:

Date

Time

Region

Location

February 2, 2012 Thursday

1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Valley

Studio City Library 2511 Moorpark Street Studio City, CA 91604 (818) 755-7878

February 16, 2012

Thursday

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Central

Little Tokyo Library 203 S. Los Angeles St Los Angeles, CA 90012 (213) 612-0526

March 14, 2012

Wednesday

12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Southern

Wilmington B & G Club 444 West Q. Street Wilmington, CA 90744 (310) 833-0807

April 4, 2012

Wednesday

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Central

Children’s Institute, Inc. 2121 W. Temple St. Los Angeles, CA 90026 (213) 807-1818

For further information please call us at (213) 473-5893 or e-mail us at eng.propkrfp@lacity.org.

Neighborhood Watch Meeting