Atwater Village Neighborhood Council letter to Councilmember Tom Labonge (CD4)...
Re: Renaming of Atwater Village’s northern Industrial area to “River Glen”
November 12th, 2009
Dear Councilmember Labonge,
In 2003, you proposed that Atwater Village’s northern industrial area be renamed “River Glen.” At that time, the community responded to your proposal with a resounding and unanimous no. Today, the answer is still no.
The Atwater Village Neighborhood Council (AVNC) was created in part to protect and strengthen the integrity of the community’s boundaries and identity. Those boundaries are set in both our bylaws and the Los Angeles City Charter. At our August 13, 2009 meeting, the AVNC Board voted unanimously to continue this endeavor by rejecting your current efforts to rename our northern industrial area to “River Glen” or to another name for that matter. To put it simply, the AVNC will not accept the renaming and partitioning of any area of our community.
We understand your expressed intent to continue and pursue this name change, but until it clears official channels including community input and City Council vote, we are calling for you and your staff to stop referring to Atwater Village’s northern industrial area as “River Glen.” It is not “River Glen.” Our stakeholders and we know it as North Atwater Village. We also insist that you discontinue using “River Glen” in all CD4 publications (such as “Map & Guide of Griffith Park”), communications with the public or city agencies, and your online district map.
Lastly, we urge you to assist the AVNC in strengthening the integrity of the community’s boundaries and identity. As a first step, we hope that you can get “Atwater Village” community identity signs installed at intersections of Doran St. / West San Fernando Road and Brazil St. / West San Fernando Road.
Sincerely,
Leonora Gershman-Pitts, co-chair
Robert “Fixer” Smith, co-chair
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