Live Chat: Follow Patch for Real Time Updates From Tonight's HHPNC Meeting

When the meets on Thursday evening, board members spend the bulk of the lengthy agenda discussing how to distribute their limited budget.

The HHPNC--which has approximately $40,000 to spend in their 2011/2012 budget--will be considering $13,500 in requests during Thursday evening's meeting.

Nearly $8,000 of those requests would be distributed in the form of neighborhood purposes grants. The requests include:

• $1,500 to support a community garden at

• $1,500 for a trip to the State House in Sacramento for students

• $1,500 to support the annual Lummis Day celebration.

• $1,500 to help cover the cost of the Memorial Day celebration.

• $300 to help pay for food for the Hathaway-Sycamores youth leadership camping trip and another $300 to pay for food for a leadership seminar. 

• $300 to help pay for the 2011 Hathaway-Scyamores Veterans Day Parade

• $500 for a tutoring program at Luther Burbank Middle School

• $500 to support the Luther Burbank Middle School drill team

• $250 to support Luther Burbank Middle School's drum line 

The HHPNC will also be considering $5,350 in outreach expenses, $4,000 of which would go toward buying eco-friendly promotional tote-bags and $1,000 that would help pay for the annual holiday party.

A full agenda can be downloaded from the box on the right.

Readers who can't attend Thursday's meeting can follow the discussions through our live chat, which we'll launch at 7 p.m. Highland Park-Mount Washington Patch will be providing live updates throughout the event. You can also submit your questions, which we'll be happy to answer, through our chat module.