Echo Park Neighborhood Council to Fill 2 Open Seats

Two open board seats will be filled Tuesday when  the Echo Park Elysian Neighborhood Council meets Tuesday night.

Tad Yanawine, who heads communications for the council, encourages candidates who want to represent either district 3 or district 5 to attend the meeting and make a brief presentation.

According to Yanawine, "Vacancies will be addressed during the meeting and new appointees will be seated immediately."

The meeting will take place at the Echo Park Recreation Center at 1632 Bellevue Avenue next to the Echo Park Lake.

GEPENC has met in an office space leased from the Bank of America at the corner of Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard for many years, now in limbo because of permitting issues.

The Echo Park Recreation Center building on Bellevue is perhaps the oldest city park building in the city and has been undergoing renovations in anticipation of the park's reopening next door.

The full agenda for the meeting is attached.

Many items are aspects of the financial reconciliation of past expenses the board has undertaken at the request of the city.

Newly elected board president Ari Bessendorf has made that a priority of his administration, along with community involvement.