Local Potholes to be Fixed and Filled

Elsie Cedar is thrilled. For years, Elsie has been complaining to many city agencies that potholes in front of her home on Raynetta Drive in Sherman Oaks made the street dangerous, and unwalkable.

Now the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council has just announced that at Monday night's meeting they will release the dates when local potholes will get fixed and filled.

"It's been a long time in coming. I'll believe it when I see it," said Elsie at her home on Sunday. " It would be wonderful if they actually fix the street.My daughter and friends say they don't like visiting me because the potholes are dangerous."

Neighborhood Council President Jill Banks Barad put out the agenda for Monday night's meeting, it includes "POTHOLE LOTTERY UPDATE! Locations and fill dates to be announced."

The Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council's Monday night meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. at Sherman Oaks Elementary School, auditorium entrance on Dickens Street. Parking available at teachers lot on Greenleaf.

Actually, the Monday night meeting will also bring up a number of neighborhood issues for discussion. They include:

•Home Invasion Robberies
•Car Break-ins
•Medical Marijuana Clinics
•Security cameras
•Homeless situation
•Traffic and Pedestrian Safety.

People will have the opportunity to ask questions.

Other issues of concern include:

Chabad litigation
Construction at Ventura and Hazeltine (Barones’ project)
Ralphs and Vons closing and rebuilding
New Citywide Sign Ordinance
New Residential Planned Development Ordinance
Metro Van Nuys Blvd. Transit Study

Guest Speaker; LAPD Captain Paul Snell, head of the Van Nuys Division.

Two weeks ago, Mayor Villaraigosa announced that the major pothole filling in the San Fernando Valley had been completed, most of that involved locations on busy streets and funding from the Federal government. However, that work did not include the numerous potholes on smaller streets, alleys and sidewalks in Sherman Oaks.

These local potholes have been the focus of the "pothole lottery" announced by the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council.