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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] The Crescenta Valley Town Council is having a virtual General meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2020. [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][qode_elements_holder number_of_columns="two_columns"][qode_elements_holder_item vertical_alignment="middle" horizontal_alignment="center" advanced_animations="no" item_padding="6% 7%"][vc_single_image image="2879" img_size="433X560" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" qode_css_animation="" link="https://thecvcouncil.com/event/virtual-general-meeting-soundwall-presentation/"][/qode_elements_holder_item][qode_elements_holder_item vertical_alignment="middle" advanced_animations="no" item_padding="6% 7%"][vc_column_text] Sound wall Presentation from Los Angeles County Public Work. Ricardo Gordillo will update the CVTC about the sound wall project on 210 Freeway [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] Click here to join via Zoom or Call by dialing: 877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 956 9812 8070 Password: 750226 [/vc_column_text][/qode_elements_holder_item][/qode_elements_holder][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text] VICINITY MAP PROJECT LIMITS [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2983" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2984" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Presented to Crescenta Valley Town Council [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] Summary [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]The Noise Barrier Scope Summary Report was completed November 2019 Purpose: To provide effective freeway traffic noise reduction for sensitive receivers in the residential areas of La Crescenta and Montrose within unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Caltrans prepared the NBSSR. We now must determine which walls to build with our limited funding.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="3012" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] VICINITY MAP PROJECT LIMITS [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2983" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2984" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2985" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="40px"][qode_advanced_pricing_table title_tag="h3" pricing_items="%5B%7B%22item_title%22%3A%22CURRENT%20FUNDING%22%2C%22item_price%22%3A%223%2C044%2C000%22%7D%2C%7B%22item_title%22%3A%22POTENTIAL%20FUNDING%22%2C%22item_price%22%3A%226%2C000%2C000%22%7D%2C%7B%22item_title%22%3A%22TOTAL%22%2C%22item_price%22%3A%229%2C044%2C000%22%7D%5D" table_title="Funding" currency="$"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] Proposed Sound Wall [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="3005" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="SW-210 624 ft"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="SW-212 1,379 ft"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Total costs $7,555,000"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Benefitted Receivers: 46"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] Potential Additional Sound Wall [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="3000" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="SW-205 802 ft"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Total costs $2,558,000"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Benefitted Receivers: 12"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

08 June, 2020

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] A Hidden Resource [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="9.4 Miles Long"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Connects to Crescenta Valley Park"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Connects to Griffith Park and the Los Angeles River Trail"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="5 Public Parks"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="16 Schools"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="2920" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Glendale Narrows Getting Two Bridges [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2922" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_column_text] Including One to Griffith Park [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="50px"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Army Corp. Alternative 20 Vision Glendale Narrows [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2923" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_single_image image="2924" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Current Conditions [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2938" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Existing Plans [/vc_column_text][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Glendale Bicycle Master Plan approved 2012 – The Arroyo Verdugo ranked as a top project"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="LA County Bicycle Master Plan approved 2012"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="LA River Master Plan approved 2007"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="2013/2014 Army Corp. LA River Revitalization Alternative Analysis"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Vision for the Future [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2940" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text] What would the benefits, concerns and opportunities be for local residents, the city and interested stakeholders? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Cherry Creek Trail – Denver, CO [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2943" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2944" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Benefits [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Recreation"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Transportation"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Connectivity"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Health"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2954" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2953" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Economic"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Storm Water Recapture"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Water Infiltration"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Habitat Restoration"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="CO2 Emissions Reduction"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Heat Island Reduction"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Habitat and wildlife passage"][icon_text box_type="normal" icon_pack="font_awesome_5" font_awesome_5="fa fa-file-pdf" icon_type="normal" icon_position="left" icon_size="fa-lg" use_custom_icon_size="no" separator="no" link="http://atfiles.org/files/pdf/lindseypropvalues.pdf" link_text="Rail-Trail and property values in Indiana" target="_blank" link_icon="yes"][icon_text box_type="normal" icon_pack="font_awesome_5" font_awesome_5="fa fa-file-pdf" icon_type="normal" icon_position="left" icon_size="fa-lg" use_custom_icon_size="no" separator="no" link="http://www.sehsr.org/trails/mass_home_sales.pdf" link_text="Property values and rail-trails in MA" target="_blank" link_icon="yes"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2952" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Potential Funding Sources [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="City Prop C or Measure M Local Return Funds"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Measure M Subregional Grant Funds"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="SB 1 Cap and Trade Funds"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Active Transportation Program Funds"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Strategic Growth Council Grant Funds"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="American Trails Funding Program"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="SB1 Transportation Planning Grants"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="SCAQMD- Mobile Source Pollution Reduction Committee AB2766 Discretionary Fund Program"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Caltrans Planning Grant Program"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Local Examples [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2962" img_size="full" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] City of Burbank Channel Bikeway [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_single_image image="2964" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Next Steps [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]We are requesting the City of Glendale authorize a feasibility study of the Verdugo Wash. The study should examine opportunities to provide nature-based and watershed management in alignment with community needs and feedback such as:[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Safe public access"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Open space, naturalization and habitat connectivity"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Educational, cultural and arts opportunities"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Recreation"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Transportation"][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_column_text]all consistent with the reduction and management of flood risks to communities. Click Here to see the Petition Link[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text] Supporters [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="16px"][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Oakmont/Deer Canyon HOA"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Montrose/Verdugo City/Sparr Heights Neighborhood Association (MVSNA)"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Verdugo Woodlands HOA"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Northwest Glendale Homeowners Association"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Supervisor Kathryn Barger"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Assemblymember Laura Friedman"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Senator Anthony Portantino"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Glendale Community College"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="GCC Associated Student Body"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Glendale Beautiful"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Glendale Parks and Open Space Foundation"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="V.O.I.C.E. (Volunteers Organized In Conserving The Environment)"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Sierra Club, Crescenta Valley Chapter"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Crescenta Valley Town Council"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="North East Trees"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Trust For Public Lands"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Friends of the Los Angeles River"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Crescenta Valley Community Association"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Arroyos and Foothills Conservancy"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="LA River Revitalization Corporation"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Glendale Environmental Coalition"][icon_list_item icon="fa-angle-right" icon_type="transparent" title="Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell, 13th District"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

05 June, 2020