Calendar for October 2018 -- THANK YOU TO OUR FRIENDS AT FRIENDS OF SUNSET PARK
 
Friends of Sunset Park Board Meeting – Thursday, October 18 – 7 PM 
Mt. Olive Church parish hall, 14th & Ocean Park Blvd. 
Speaker: Miramar Hotel Expansion Project -- Dustin G. Peterson, The Athens Group
 
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October 1 – Architectural Review Board – 7 PM – City Hall -- Agendas: https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/  
 
October 1 – Documentary screening: “RBG” (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) – 7 PM – Main Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd.
 
October 2, 9, 16, 23 -- “Write Away” Workshop – Noon – Fairview Branch Library –
Support and encouragement for all writers
 
October 2 and 16 – Gentle Yoga – 6:30 PM – Fairview Branch Library – Bring a mat or towel. 
 
October 2 -- SMC Board of Trustees – 7 PM – Business Bldg, Pico Blvd. at 17th  Street
Agenda: http://www.smc.edu/ACG/Pages/Trustees-Meeting-Information.aspx
 
October 3 – Planning Commission – 7 PM – City Hall – 1828 Ocean Avenue (NW corner of Ocean & Pico) and 1921 Ocean Front Walk (south of Casa del Mar) -- Agenda: https://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Boards-Commissions/Planning-Commission/
 
 
 
October 4 – SMMUSD Board of Education – 5:30 PM – Malibu City Hall
Agendas:  http://www.smmusd.org/board/meetings.html
Board Notes: http://www.smmusd.org/BoardNotes.pdf 
 
October 4, 12, 19, 26 – SMC Planetarium shows – 8 PM – Drescher Hall, Room 223 (near elevators on the second floor) – For more information, call 310-434-3005 or go to www.smc.edu/planetarium or http://www.smc.edu/AcademicPrograms/Planetarium/Pages/public_shows.aspx -- All shows subject to change or cancellation without notice.
 
October 7 – COAST Open Street Event – 10 AM to 4 PM -- Main Street, Colorado Blvd. (west of 4th), Ocean Avenue (south of Wilshire) -- two miles of city streets closed to cars and open for people to stroll, bike, and roll. https://beta.smgov.net/strategic-goals/mobility/coast
 
October 8 – Disabilities Commission – 6:30 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th Street –Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Portals/AccessibleSM/content.aspx?id=16032
 
October 8 – Landmarks Commission – 7 PM – City Hall – Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Boards-Commissions/Landmarks-Commission/
 
October 9 – City Council – 6:30 PM – City Hall – Local Coastal Plan draft: discuss topics of disagreement with the Coastal Commission – affordable lodging, Airbnb, parking
Agendas: www.smgov.net/council/agendas   
Email all City Council members at Council@smgov.net
Meetings are broadcast live on CityTV on Cable Channel 16 and also streamed at www.YouTube.com/City/TV16SantaMonica    
 
 October 10(?) – Commission on the Status of Women – 7 PM – Ken Edwards Center 
Agendas: https://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=31919
 
October 11, 18, 25 – Current events discussion – 1 PM – Fairview Branch Library
 
October 11 – Rent Control Board – 7 PM – City Hall –
Agenda:  https://www.smgov.net/Current_Board_Meetings.aspx
 
October 11 – “Get to Know Your Ballot Measures” – 6:30 PM – Fairview Library – Presented by the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica
 
October 12 and 13 – AltCar Expo 2018 – 10 AM to 5 PM – www.AltCarExpoSoCal.com/
 
October 12 – Samohi Orchestras present: “Animation Adventure Concert” – 6:30 PM -- Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School Campus –
Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3617297
 
October 13 -- Classics Book Group – “”The Time of the Doves” by Merce Rodoreda” –
11 AM – Fairview Branch Library
 
October 13 – Samohi Choir Sweet Serenade – Dinner, Auction & Concert -- 6 PM – Centennial Quad, Santa Monica High School Campus  
 
October 14 – Candidate Forum – City Council and Rent Control Board -- Free potluck supper at 5:30 PM and program starts at 6 PM -- Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Bldg., 2200 Virginia Ave – presented by the Committee for Racial Justice and the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica -- For more information, call 310-633-1093.
 
October 15 – Arts Commission – 6:30 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th Street –
Agendas: http://www.smgov.net/portals/culture/agendas.aspx
 
October 15 – Architectural Review Board – 7 PM – City Hall – Agendas: https://www.smgov.net/departments/pcd/  
 
October 15 -- Task Force on the Environment – 7 PM – Virginia Avenue Park, Patio Bldg C --https://www.smgov.net/Departments/Clerk/Boards_and_Commissions/Task_Force_on_the_Environment.aspx
 
October 16 – City Audit Subcommittee – Time and location? https://www.smgov.net/departments/council/content.aspx?id=53159
 
October 17 -- Commission for the Senior Community – 1:30 PM –
Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th Street – Agenda:  https://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=53687097196
 
October 17 – Planning Commission – 7 PM – City Hall – Earthquake retrofit update;
1130 Pearl Street hedge/fence appeal -- Agenda:  https://www.smgov.net/Departments/PCD/Boards-Commissions/Planning-Commission/
 
October 18 – Housing Commission – 4:30 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th St. – Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/HED/Housing_and_Redevelopment/Housing/Housing_Commission_Agendas/Housing_Commission.aspx
 
October 18 – SMMUSD Board of Education – 5:30 PM -- District Office
Agendas:  http://www.smmusd.org/board/meetings.html
Board Notes: http://www.smmusd.org/BoardNotes.pdf 
 
October 18 – Recreation & Parks Commission -- 7:30 PM – City Hall
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=31987
 
October 19 – Movie: “The Way We Were” (1973) – 2 PM – Fairview Library – Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford
 
October 20 – Santa Monica Seed Library presents “A Green Thumb in Small Spaces” –
11 AM -- Fairview Library -- Sue Michiels, of Renee’s Garden, provides guidance and advice to aspiring gardeners with limited physical space.
 
October 22 – Social Services Commission – 7 PM – Ken Edwards Center, 2517 4th St.  
Agenda: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/CCS/content.aspx?id=31958
 
October 22 -- Airport Commission – 7 PM – City Hall – Agenda: 
http://www.smgov.net/departments/airport/commission/default.aspx?id=45320 
 
October 23 – City Council – 6:30 PM – City Hall – Taxi franchises
Agendas: www.smgov.net/council/agendas   
Email all City Council members at Council@smgov.net
Meetings are broadcast live on CityTV, Cable Channel 16, and also streamed at www.YouTube.com/City/TV16SantaMonica   
 
October 25 – Samohi Art Show opening – “Day of the Dead – El dia de los Muertos” – 5 PM Roberts Art Gallery – Santa Monica High School – Parking at the Civic Center Parking Structure on 4th St. and Civic Center Drive
 
October 29 – Animation screening: “Coco” – 6:30 PM – Pico Branch Library
 
October 30 – Samohi Band Fall Concert – 7 PM – Barnum Hall, Santa Monica High School – Parking at the Civic Center Parking Structure on 4th St.
 
October 31 – Movie: “Get Out” (2017) – 6:30 PM – Fairview Library – Horror film
 
November 4 – Candidate forum -- SM-Malibu School Board and the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees -- Free potluck supper at 5:30 PM and program starts at 6 PM -- Virginia Avenue Park, Thelma Terry Bldg.,  2200 Virginia Ave – presented by the Committee for Racial Justice and the League of Women Voters of Santa Monica -- For more information, call 310-633-1093.
 
November 4 -- SMC Board of Trustees – 7 PM – Business Bldg, Pico at 17th -- Agenda: http://www.smc.edu/ACG/Pages/Trustees-Meeting-Information.aspx
 

Santa Monica Mid City Neighbors
1st Monday Happy Hour
August 6th, 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
El Cholo
1025 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica
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We'll be at National Night Out 2018, AUG 7
Genser Square
Santa Monica City Hall
Without you there is no unity or community! For this year’s National Night Out, the Santa Monica Police Department is inviting everyone, from every corner of the City, to one dynamic location! Plan to visit Ken Genser Square on Tuesday, August 7th to celebrate police-community partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie and the diversity that makes Santa Monica such a great place to live. 

Bring your appetite. Local food truck favorites will be on hand providing tasty fares at a reduced rate. Bring energy to take part in the Unity Art Project where we will “build a canopy of interconnectedness so thick it will be hard to see the sky”! Bring your pride for the community you live in and create your very own “Santa Monica Rocks!” project. Above all else, bring your family and friends to celebrate diversity and togetherness with SMPD and those around you.

Let’s come together and UNITE the City!
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SMMCN Board of Directors
Diane Citron, President
Andrew Hoyer, Vice President and Government Affairs Officer
Ellen Hannan, Secretary
Stacy Dalgleish, Treasurer 
Catherine Eldridge, Pico Neighborhood Liaison
Nick Boles, Member-at-large
William Hamilton, Member-at-large
Mari Ostendorf, Member-at-large
Jennifer Regan, Member-at-large

Committees
Building and Safety: Catherine Eldridge (chair)
Events: Jennifer Regan
Friends of 11th Street: Susan Suntree (co-chair), Diane Miller (co-chair)
Youth Committee: Maryellen Osip, Grace Hunzick, Mari Ostendorf 
Speaker Coordinator: Liz Bell
Webmaster: John C. Smith
Santa Monica Mid City Neighbors
Monthly Board Meetings
3rd Tuesday of each month
Colorado Center, Community Room
(across from Helen's Cycles)
2500 Broadway
Open to the Public, Refreshments, Validated Parking in the Building

Support Mid City Neighbors, renew your Membership: MidCityNeighbors.org
City Manager Rick Cole has selected Cynthia Renaud as Santa Monica's new Chief of Police; Mid City gets Tesla Motors drive-in restaurant with charging stations; BeautifyEarth.org brings Civic Love to Santa Monica; check out SMa.r.t.-Term Limits: The Heart of Democracy and the City wants your opinion on Rent Surcharges.

This Tuesday's board meeting features "Dr. Jo" and Elemental Music, Carlos Morales explaining the new 17th Street Pedestrian/Bike/Traffic Plan between Wilshire and Pico and Todd Flora from the Rent Control Board, to discuss pass-throughs by landlords. The Agenda is below.

SAVE THE DATE for our Annual Meeting, April 28th at Broad Stage, and our program "Homeless in Paradise" with guest panel including Alisa Orduña, Senior Advisor on Homelessness.

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Santa Monica Mid City Neighbors
Monthly Board Meetings
3rd Tuesday of each month
Colorado Center, Community Room
(across from Helen's Cycles)
2500 Broadway
Open to the Public, Refreshments, Validated Parking in the Building

MidCityNeighbors.org
SantaMonicaMidCityNeighbors@gmail.com