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This is the official website of the Walnut Acres Neighborhood Association (WANA). Please check back here often for information about our neighborhood, scheduled events, local hearings about neighborhood issues, and more!

Are you interested in being a member of WANA? Check our Members page for details and a membership form.

Visit the Discussions page for local information. Check the Archive for documents, links and past agenda.

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EVENTS

PAST EVENTS

WANA Neighborhood Council Election

Do you live in Walnut Acres west of Woodlake?  Then you are in the Woodland Hills/Warner Center Neighborhood Council Area 4, which will be holding an election on Thursday, Nov. 8^th at the Pacific Boys Lodge at 4900 Serrania (at Serrania and Wells). 

WANA Meetings

Please plan to attend the next WANA meeting usually held at Woodlake Elementary starting time normally at 7pm, but please come anytime you can make it. Meeting schedule will be posted and updated as information becomes available.

The Committee on Association Formation has finished writing the Association’s By-Laws.  The document has been reviewed by a specialized attorney and revised in accordance with his recommendations.  It was presented for ratification at the May 14^th meeting and was duly ratified.  WANA’s Mission Statement was also adopted.

 Our membership continues to grow – we now have over 260 members!  Please encourage your neighbors to attend the meeting and join WANA.  We “flyered” the neighborhood this time around but will not be able to do so for the next meeting.  Neighbors will hear about the next meeting only if they provide contact information, by joining WANA (via the membership form) or at least providing an e-mail address. 

 Walnut Acres trick or treating

Our neighborhood is not the easiest for trick or treating.  Please carry flashlights and first aid for your little ghosts and goblins this Halloween! You really only need a couple of bandaids and first aid cream in case of the occasional skinned knee, those costumes can be "tricky" when running from door to door...

WANA Membership Renewal

It is time to renew your WANA membership!  WANA seeks annual voluntary donations of $25 per household.  You can send your renewal to WANA at P.O. Box 522, Woodland Hills, CA  91365-0522.  No forms, but if your contact information has changed, please let us know.  We will send you a receipt.  If you joined WANA after May 1^st, your membership contribution will be credited for the 2007-2008 membership year.  WANA’s membership year runs from July 1 st through June 30^th.  Thank you for your continued support of WANA!

WANA Safety Committee

Lynette Mathis, a member of the WANA Safety Committee, seeks volunteers to head up Neighborhood Watch groups in Walnut Acres.  If you are active in the Neighborhood Watch organization, or would like to form a Neighborhood Watch group in your area, please contact Lynette at lgm1217@yahoo.com.  Our goal is to have a Neighborhood Watch group established for every part of Walnut Acres.

WANA Board of Directors Nominations

Important News Regarding May 14th General Membership Meeting – At the May 14th meeting WANA will elect its first Board of Directors to guide us through our second and third years.  Seven Directors will be elected.  The by-laws provide that officers will be chosen from among the Board members.

We are looking for a group of highly motivated Walnut Acres residents who will participate actively in making policy decisions for the Association as it moves forward to preserve and protect the character of Walnut Acres.

 Members who wish to serve as Directors or nominate other members as candidates should respond to this email no later than Friday, May 4, 2007.  No one will be listed on the ballot without their prior consent.

 To self-nominate or to nominate another member as a Director candidate, please send email to both Donna Schuele at dcsclv@pacbell.net and Susan Klenner at wana@klenners.com.

 In advance of the meeting we will send an email that will contain the following attachments:  (1) Minutes of the 2/15 meeting, (2) Agenda for the 5/14 meeting, (3) Proposed By-laws of the Association, (4) Proposed Mission Statement and (5) Candidates for Board of Directors.

 The May 14^th Meeting will be very important, as it will include actions that will further establish WANA as a significant presence in Woodland Hills.  Please be sure to attend and urge your neighbors to do so as well.  New members are always welcome.

 Thank you for all you do to preserve and protect Walnut Acres.

Oasis Event Center news

As you know, the Woodland Hills/Warner Center Neighborhood Council held public hearings on whether to endorse the “concept” of the Oasis Event Center, a 10,000-seat arena proposed for Warner Center.  The neighborhood council then considered and adopted the following resolution at its meeting on October 18th (edited):

Whereas no specific site has been identified or secured in escrow and sufficient information, studies, reports and other mitigating details about key issues impacting the community in a concept of this magnitude have not been supplied by the developer; and

Whereas an approval in “concept” by either the PLUM committee or the full Neighborhood Council would mistakenly signal City agencies that the community supports this venue;

Be it resolved that the PLUM committee recommends a vote against the proposed concept of the Oasis by the full WHWC Neighborhood Council; and

Be it further resolved that, because this project is only in “concept” form and there is no specific site, nor plans studies, reports or other critical information available, PLUM or the Neighborhood Council does NOT make any recommendation to refer this issue to any other Committee, Council office or City agency.