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November 2025 Management Report

11/17/2025

 
Compiled by Sherri Giles; edited by P.J.C.

Manager Sherri Giles updated the Board of Directors on topics including electrical upgrades; residential, administrative, and garage building maintenance; serpentine walls; roofing and balcony projects; SoCal Gas lines, lighting improvements; eUnify software; garage inspections, and security screen doors.

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July 2025 Board News

7/22/2025

 
Compiled by Patrick Comiskey
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The July Board meeting was held on July 22, attended by 36 people, including eight members of the Board, management, residents and guests. (Manager Sherri Giles was absent; Assistant Manager Maybeen Polanco delivered the Manager’s report). 

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June 2025 Board News

6/24/2025

 
​Compiled by Patrick Comiskey

The June Board meeting was held on June 24, attended by 35 people, including eight members of the Board, management, residents and guests, and included our new assistant manager, Maybeen Polanco, who introduced herself this evening.   

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January 2025 Board News

1/28/2025

 
Compiled by Patrick Comiskey 
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Forty-seven people attended a long and action-packed Board meeting on January 28, 2025, including all Directors, Management, and representatives from the new security vendor, Treston Security Services, who provided a brief introduction at the start of the meeting.

Other topics discussed include: the 2025 HOA Budget, potential Fractional CFO, roof inspections, water intrusions, replanting plans after building painting, planning for emergencies, and tree priorities.

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December 2024 Board News

12/10/2024

 
Compiled by Patrick Comiskey
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The December Board Meeting was held on December 10, attended by 41 people, including management, 9 board members, and guests. It was scheduled early in the month to accommodate the holidays.

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September 2024 Management Report

9/23/2024

 
Compiled by Sherri Giles; edited by P.J.C.

Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors on topics including electrical upgrades; garage, roof and balcony inspections; serpentine walls; garage court lighting; tree pruning; and residential building maintenance.

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August 2024 Management Report

8/26/2024

 
Compiled by Sherri Giles; edited by P.J.C.
Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors on topics including electrical upgrades; garage, roof and balcony inspections; serpentine walls; garage court lighting; tree pruning; and residential and garage building maintenance.

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July 2024 Board News

7/23/2024

 
Compiled by Patrick Comiskey

​July’s Board meeting welcomed 38 Zoom attendees including a full slate of Directors, management and guests. Homeowner comments weighed in heavily on the pressing issue of the day, sidewalk chalk.

Flood insurance and tree work orders were also discussed.
Chalk-sponge drawing of a lemon tree

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January 2024 Management Report

1/22/2024

 
C​ompiled by Sherri Giles; edited by P.J.C.

Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors on topics including the electrical upgrade project; building power washing, painting and insulation; garage restoration and painting; the search for a new laundry service; and the transition plan for a new Landscape Services Manager with GreenCrew Landcare, Inc.

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More December 2023 Board News

12/20/2023

 
Compiled by Patrick Comiskey

Additional topics covered at the Board Meeting on December 12, 2023 include an introduction to Green Knight Security, a request for a new Greencrew Lawncare manager, executive Board meeting sessions, and political canvasing on the Green.

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June 2023 Board News

6/27/2023

 
Compiled by PJC, photo by Zig
Thirty-five people attended the June Board Meeting held on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, including eight board members and the management team.

Topics discussed include the hiring of a horticulture and landscape manager and a new annual holiday schedule for VG employees.
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May 2023 Board News

5/23/2023

 
Compiled by Patrick Comiskey
Thirty people attended a relatively brief Board meeting on Tuesday, May 23, including all nine board members and the management team.

Two major points of discussion ensued, with the noisiest being a discussion about noise.  The other topic was the hiring of a consulting firm for the Master Planting Guidelines recommended by RIOS.
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Four Years Later: A Landscape is Reborn

5/19/2023

 
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By Lucy Fried, with appreciation to Teresa Thompson and Jessa Chisari

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On Christmas Eve in 2019, roots of an enormous ficus tree at the southern end of a Court 6 building damaged the underground electrical conduit and caused a dangerous outage that left electrical wires overhead for a year and an uncovered earthen pathway longer than that.

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Court 10 Chinese Elm Uprooted

5/9/2023

 
Tree photos and caption by Zig, uproot damage photo by Don Dongallo
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In early May, a Chinese elm was uprooted in Court 10 with limbs falling onto a resident’s exterior wall. Photo 1 below is a picture of the uproot damage. Photo 2 shows several limbs with cables attached to a neighboring tree to prevent any further damage to the building until the tree can be tactically removed. In Photo 3, all but one of the cables have been removed.

To enlarge the images, click each one.

Tags: Photo Stories, Trees & Landscape, ​Online-only Stories

April 2023 Board News

4/25/2023

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried and Patrick Comiskey

The April Board of Directors meeting had a slim agenda with only three resolutions to consider, and they passed all three.

​The resolutions and other topics discussed include a lien, an audit, protecting archival blueprints and documents, operating funds, and letters submitted to the Board for consideration.
BABY OWL “The crows alerted 
me that this taloned fluff was in a
small tree just outside our door.”

Karen Bragg, 4/21/23, Court 14
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April 2023 Management Report

4/24/2023

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried and Patrick Comiskey

Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors on topics including the electrical upgrade project, building maintenance, garage inspections, laundry machine maintenance, landscaping work, an increase in the cost of Wynstan security screen doors, metal window frame replacements, and LADWP lamp replacements.
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March 2023 Board & Management News

3/28/2023

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried and Patrick Comiskey
The Board of Directors and Management updates at the March 28th Board meeting were extensive. Topics included the master planting guidelines from RIOS, major building maintenance, the electrical upgrade project, garage inspections, serpentine wall repairs, and laundry machine maintenance.
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fEBRUARY 2023 BOARD NEWS

2/28/2023

 
Compiled by P.J.C.
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The February 28 Board meeting drew 38 people, including the nine Board members, staff, residents, and guests Gina Fields and Kathy Guyton from the Empowerment Congress West Area (ECWA).

Topics discussed include our new Facilities Engineer, serpentine wall repair, landscape restoration along Sycamore Ave., and more!
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February 2023 Management Report

2/27/2023

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried

Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors on topics including garage inspections, laundry machine maintenance, an evaluation of VG's energy use by LADWP, window repairs and replacements, and our electrical upgrade project.

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January 2023 Board News

1/24/2023

 
Compiled by P.J.C.

Thirty-two people attended the January Board meeting, including Management and eight directors.  Topics included RIOS' proposal for overhauling the irrigation system, noise guidelines, Highlights newsletter, Sycamore corridor rehabilitation, and gophers. 
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January 2023 Management Report

1/23/2023

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried

Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors on topics including: laundry machine maintenance, the electrical upgrade project, AT&T land-line service, garage inspections, residential building maintenance, and updates on our grounds.

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December 2022 Board News

12/13/2022

 
Compiled by P. J. C. 

Thirty-four people attended the Board Meeting on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, held early in advance of the holidays. They included eight board members as well as staff and representatives of our electrical contractors and consultants, Hariton and Triple C. As meetings go, it was action-packed.

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December 2022 Management Report

12/12/2022

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried
Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors at the December meeting, which was early in the month because of winter holidays.  Topics included: washing machine replacements, building and garage maintenance, and the Village grounds.

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November 2022 MANAGEMENT REPORT

11/14/2022

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried
Manager Sherri Giles’ updated the Board of Directors on topics including: washing machine maintenance, landscaping, the Sycamore Ave. Regeneration Project, and progress on building and garage projects.

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October 2022 Board News

10/25/2022

 
Compiled by Lucy Fried
Seven directors and 19 guests attended the October 25 Board meeting, with president Laura Civiello and director Haleh Shoa excused. After approving September’s meeting minutes and four resolutions, the Board considered two less than comfortable items: a 7% HOA dues increase beginning in 2023 and a discussion of outside-facing window coverings.
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