Valley Village Neighborhood Council Supports City-Wide Sign Ordinance, Rejects Bullet Train Proposal

The Neighborhood Council Valley Village voted in favor of the City-Wide Sign Ordinance proposal and discussed several transit-related issues during their board meeting Wednesday night at Colfax Charter Elementary School. 

The City-Wide Sign Ordinance would replace traditional billboards with electronic ones, and the council supported the proposal pending the removal of three exceptions relating to sign variances, adjustments and districts. Councilmember Sandy Hubbard commented that the signs would be “put in undesirable places” if the three provisions were allowed to stay.

The council voted not to support the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s latest L.A.-to-San-Francisco bullet train proposal, citing the project’s higher-than-expected construction costs. Though the state transit agency released a revised plan Monday which set the price lower, the NCVV still rejected the $68.4 billion proposal, stating the decreased cost still did not hit the amount originally approved by voters.

NCVV voted to support Proposition 29, which would add a $1 tax to cigarette packs to go towards cancer research. They also announced a letter of approval was sent in support of the .

The council briefly mentioned the Department of Transportation’s proposed Chandler Boulevard speed limit increase to 45 miles per hour. 

“We are very opposed to that, we’ve made that very clear,” said NCVV President Tony Braswell, who encouraged residents to attend the issue's  next Wednesday, May 2 at 7 p.m.

The meeting, usually held at Colfax Elementary School from 6:30 to 9 p.m., was shortened to one hour to make time for the 46th Assembly Candidates Forum.

The NCVV general board meetings are held the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at ’s auditorium. For more information, visit myvalleyvillage.com.