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Department of Neighborhood Empowerment Grievance Form

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First Name

Sonia

Last Name

Tatulian

Please identify your role within the Neighborhood Council system:

Stakeholder

Phone Number

(818) 384-9670

Email Address

thefoothillrecord@gmail.com

Mailing Address

10326 Samoa Avenue, Tujunga, California 91042

Neighborhood Council

Neighborhood Council Bylaws

Specific Violation Alleged

Failure to indicate the nature of your alleged Grievance will result in the dismissal of your Grievance.

Neighborhood Council Bylaw

Article Number

Section

Los Angeles Administrative Code

Section

Plan for the Citywide System of Neighborhood Councils

Section

Board of Neighborhood Commissioners Policy

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Department Policy

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* - Any other City code, executive directive, rule or regulation applicable to Neighborhood Councils.

Date of Alleged Violation

07-16-18

A Grievance must be filed within 30 days from the date of the event giving rise to the Grievance. Any Grievance alleging a violation relating to Neighborhood Council funding must be filed within 90 calendar days of the date the expenditure is made.

Please state below

Land Use Committee was told at June 13th meeting by STNC that they were going to have a special meeting to address the biased letter for the project bellow. On July 16th with agenda posted on July 14th they proceeded to discuss the project without both parties being present. Every meeting that this project was discussed, there were multiple members of the community for and against this project, yet only negative comments keep showing up in the recommendation letter. Please see the explanations bellow,
Dear STNC Executive Committee:

On May 21, 2018 the Sunland-Tujunga Land Use Committee, after many meeting with the application and community voted unanimously to write a letter sharing both pros and cons regarding the project.

On June 10, 2018, the Sunland-Tujunga Land Use Committee put a discussion of my project on the agenda, last minute without notifying me about it and proceeded to have a meeting as to discuss the car wash without me present but had notified approx. 15 neighbors. I happen to walk into the meeting and was stunned to see what was going on. I spoke to Cindy Cleghorn before the meeting started and told her she cannot speak about a previously voted item. She told me "we are just gonna discuss it a little. During the meeting I had to raise my hand and put the LUC on notice, per there rules and guidelines on the agenda it states, "Comments from the public on agenda items will be heard ONLY when the respective item is being considered." The public comment did not happen.

On June 13, 2018, I attended the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council meeting in which the Sunland-Tujunga Land Use Committee had forwarded a letter for approval by the board.   At that meeting the letter was read aloud to the public and it was so one sided, the public and I challenged it. During the meeting, we were asked if we would go back to LUC one more time and we said no because of unfair treatment and bias.    I was then asked to give a redline version of our concerns.

On June 17, 2018, we send our redline version for STNC to review.

On July 3, 2018, I attended the Executive meeting of STNC and asked what happen with the letter. The executive meeting stated they would like to have a "Special meeting with STNC and LUC" on July 10, 2018. There was certain time restraints regarding my team and my self attending therefore a special joint meeting as scheduled for July 10, 2018.   I was later confirmed the meeting will happen on July 10, 2018. On July 10, 2018 in the afternoon everyone was notified of cancellation to the special meeting. Everyone at the Executive STNC meeting on July 3, 2018 was aware of my time restraints with respect to my teams availability and myself.

Today, July 14, 2018 it has been brought to my attention the car wash project has been put on the Land Use agenda for Monday, July 16, 2018. I was not aware of the car wash was to be put the agenda, no one contacted me or advised me, I did not ask to be on the Sunland-Tujunga Land Use Committee agenda nor do I want to go back to the Sunland-Tujunga Land Use Committee as I clearly stated at the June 13, 2018 Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council meeting. My team has not been notified of this meeting, some members are out of town as previously stated at the STNC Executive meeting and I will not be able to attend nor will I be able to represent myself. I am requesting this item be removed immediately from the agenda and/or do not discuss the car wash as it is a violation of my due process. There is clear evidence of violations to equal representation and bias towards my project by one or more of the Sunland-Tujunga Land Use committee members.

Executive committee: After speaking the my team and Neighborhood Empowerment, we are asking for the Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council to approve "as is" and forward the existing letter which you received from the LUC for the express car wash on June 13, 2018 at the next regular STNC meeting on August 8, 2018.

Thank you

Armen Kazangian

Applicant for proposed Express Car Wash

Please specify the exact rule and explain the facts of the alleged violation.

Under Brown Act it talks about an item that is voted on cannot be discussed again by the LUC department, yet it was violated on July 16th by Sunland Tujunga Land Use Committee.

Remedy

There are various remedies available. Please select from the list below the remedy OR remedies you are seeking.
Please be advised that the Department has sole discretion in determining whether your remedy conforms with your Grievance.

From the list below, which remedy or remedies are you seeking?

1) Warning to the Neighborhood Council board, individual board member, or, members.

2) Required corrective action of the Neighborhood Council.

3) Mandated training for the Neighborhood Council, individual board member, or, members.

4) Required mediation for the Neighborhood Council board, individual board member, or, members.

5) Suspension of Neighborhood Council board until mandated trainings are taken by board, board member, or, members.

6) Temporary suspension of Neighborhood Council Funding.

7) Placement of the Neighborhood Council board under control and supervision of the Department.

8) Suspension of individual board member or members.

9) Initiation of de-certification process or process to declare board seats vacant.

Please state why you are seeking the above mentioned remedy or remedies.

Cindy Cleghorn needs to be removed off the Neighborhood Council board and removed as the Chair of Land Use Committee. She only allowed the anti project members time to speak and would cut short the pro project speakers. She also with her friend Liliana Sanchez call LAPD with false accusations of out of order conduct to remove the pro project members.

Witness Information

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You can find the Witness Statement form here.

Witness 1 Contact Information

First Name

Sonia

Last Name

Tatulian

Email Address

thefoothillrecord@gmail.com

Phone Number

Witness Statement

Witness 2 Contact Information

First Name

Sonia

Last Name

Tatulian

Email Address

thefoothillrecord@gmail.com

Phone Number

Witness Statement

Witness 3 Contact Information

First Name

Sonia

Last Name

Tatulian

Email Address

thefoothillrecord@gmail.com

Phone Number

Witness Statement

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Supporting Documents

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Supporting Document

Agenda.pdf

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

By checking this box and typing my name below, I am electronically signing this form.

Sonia Tatulian President of Sunland Tujunga Business Association

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