Press Release

For Immediate Release:
Contact: Cindy Cleghorn Secretary, Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council
Phone: 818-429-6699
email: secretary@stnc.org
Website: www.stnc.org

Sunland-Tujunga Community Improvement Workshop

History of the Specific Plan – First in a Series

Sunland-Tujunga, CA -  On Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 12 noon-2 p.m., the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council will host the first in a series of workshops to inform, educate and discuss improving the Foothill Boulevard Corridor in Sunland-Tujunga. For over 10 years the community has had  a Specific Plan that is intended to improve and protect the visual appearance and types of businesses permitted throughout the 4-1/2 mile corridor that is located at the base of the Angeles National Forest between two mountain ranges.

Businesses, property owners, homeowners and renters are all welcome and encouraged to participate in what will be a very informative and engaging session.

R. Nicolas Brown, the City Planner assigned to the Specific Plan creation at the time, who now works for the City as Associate Zoning Administrator will be our main speaker. 

The first workshop will be hosted by Jon vonGunten, resident and stakeholder who worked on the Specific Plan in the early 1990’s during the time when Joel Wachs was the City Councilman representing the area.

Future workshops are scheduled for Monday, March 12, and beyond, to explore the problems of the current Specific Plan.

The Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council, certified by the City of Los Angeles in 2003 has spear-headed these workshops in coordination with the Sunland-Tujunga Alliance, Inc. and the Sunland Tujunga Chamber of Commerce, long time resident stakeholders and new resident stakeholders to the Sunland-Tujunga Community

A copy of the Foothill Blvd. Corridor Specific Plan and Design Guidelines is available on the STNC website at www.stnc.org or you can pick up a copy at the Workshop or the STNC office Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. – 12  noon.  For more information on the STNC please call 818-951-7411.  Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month at North Valley Neighborhood City Hall, 7747 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga 91042.

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FBCSP Workshop Meeting - Monday 1/23 - 6:30 pm

FBCSP Workshop Meeting - Wed 1/18 - 6:30 pm

FBCSP Workshop Meeting - Tues 1/10 - 6:30 pm

FBCSP Workshop Meeting - Tues 12/6 - 6:30-7 pm

Join us for the next meeting to plan the workshops.

FBCSP Workshops Update

At the Nov 29th FBCSP Workshops Committee Meeting,  the group was able to reduce the number of workshops being planned by combining some of the themes. Here is the proposed revised formats for the workshops:

                      FBCSP WORKSHOP TITLES
                      Revised 11-29-11

   Workshop 1 - History of the FBCSP (Where it came from and why? Challenges during creation/adoption?) – Panel format

   Workshop 2 - What happens when the FBCSP doesn't work well? (case studies/speakers - Planning, Building & Safety) – Panel format

   Workshop 3 – What happens when the FBCSP works well? (case studies/speakers)

   Workshop 4 - Can a Specific Plan be successfully and safely amended? (Guest speakers from communities that have done so. Lessons learned.) Are there any valid/effective alternatives to amendment? (Discussion) Methodology for Amendment (Creation of an effective, safe Roadmap).
 Workshop 5 - Potential, specific amendments of FBCSP (Which items and         why? Refer back to examples from Meeting 2.)  Prioritization of potential amendments of FBCSP (Which order to tackle them... in case we have limits?) Agreement of Process for Amendment of FBCSP (Plugging dates/names/milestones into Meeting 5 Plan.)

Workshops Committee Meeting Monday, Nov. 14 at 6:30

The next meeting of the FBCSP Workshops Planning Committee will be held on Monday, November 14 at 6:30 p.m.

We are currently working on plans for Workshop #2 -- What happens when the FBCSP doesn't work well?  Workshop will include actual case studies, speakers from City Planning and LA Dept. of Building and Safety.  This workshop will be held in March 2012