The Los Cerritos Neighborhood Association (LCNA) will hold its first annual general meeting at the Expo Arts Center, 4321 Atlantic Ave., on Monday, Oct. 15 at 6:30pm. The Association, formed in 2011 by Los Cerritos neighbors, will present 8th District councilmember Al Austin and 7th District councilmember James Johnson to update the community on local government events, as well as a Long Beach Police Department officer to update the community on Los Cerritos crime statistics and prevention measures.
During the past year, the LCNA: became a licensed nonprofit organization with the State of California; established a website and a Facebook page; organized a city council candidate forum, a Union Station tour, Christmas caroling and concerts in the park; and collected more than 400 neighborhood email addresses of which 250 are accompanied with verified home addresses. There are a total of approximately 1,100 homes in the Los Cerritos neighborhood, including condos and apartments.
The first annual meeting will also include introductions to the interim LCNA Board and instructions on how to vote in the first Board of Directors election in which several Los Cerritos neighbors have been nominated. There are four committees: the Security Committee, the Volunteer Committee, the Nominating Committee and the “Friends of Los Cerritos” Social Committee. The LCNA elections seek to fill three Board of Directors positions for the Security Committee, the Volunteer Committee and the Nominating Committee.
The elections will take place in electronic format. In order to ensure a secure voting system, there will be one vote per household. Organizers of the election include: Rick Ivey, who has facilitated much of the LCNA’s growth; Bob Gill, interim vice president, who developed and manages the website; Robert Calhoun, who developed and will oversee the electronic election; and other LCNA members who distributed flyers to each household in Los Cerritos in attempts to include the entire neighborhood in the first LCNA Board of Directors election.
For questions or comments, call the LCNA at (562) 546-3216 or email elections@loscerritosna.org .
Source: LCNA
