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URB.TPOA
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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives
Title: Tarzana Property Owners' Association Collection
Creator:
Tarzana Property Owners' Association
Identifier/Call Number: URB.TPOA
Extent:
5.68 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1961-1993
Abstract: The Tarzana Property Owners'
Association was formed in 1962 from several existing neighborhood groups in the interest of
furthering community growth and development. The collection documents the San Fernando
Valley's historical development, and the Tarzana Property Owners' Association's attempts at
lobbying for legislation. It includes meeting minutes, community planning studies,
correspondence, complaints, fact sheets, environmental impact studies, maps, petitions,
resolutions, site plans, treasurer's reports, and Association newsletters. Correspondence
files include letters by Board members to Mayor Tom Bradley, Councilman Marvin Braude from
the 11th District and Councilwoman Laura Chick from the 3rd District.
Language of Material: English
The Tarzana Property Owners' Association was formed in 1962 from several existing
neighborhood groups in the interest of furthering community growth and development. In the
late 1960s the group worked to establish park lands, and open spaces due to rapid commercial
growth in Tarzana. Other issues the group dealt with included the disparity between acreage
requirements in the Master Plan for Tarzana vs. requirements for Tarzana Developers,
especially regarding the keeping of horses and the need for buffer zones between commercial
and residential properties contiguous to Ventura Boulevard.
With the expansive growth of the San Fernando Valley during the 1970s and 1980s, the
Tarzana Property Owners' Association worked to negotiate infrastructure upgrades, growing
crime rates, the expansion of the Los Angeles Police Department's San Fernando Valley
Division, changing traffic patterns, zoning, construction, and other issues. Their influence
grew as the Board became better acquainted with the larger political machinery within Los
Angeles, and the Association became an active intermediary between Tarzana and the City of
Los Angeles. The Association also became a facilitator for progressive legislation to
"protect a desirable lifestyle which is in some danger from continued development." As one
of the first neighborhood associations in the San Fernando Valley, this grass-roots
organization inspired many local communities to become involved in local politics and
community planning.
The
Tarzana Property Owners' Association Collection consists
of meeting minutes, community planning studies, correspondence, complaints, fact sheets,
environmental impact studies, maps, petitions, resolutions, site plans, treasurer's reports,
and Association newsletters. Correspondence files include letters by Board members to Mayor
Tom Bradley, Councilman Marvin Braude from the 11th District, and Councilwoman Laura Chick
from the 3rd District. The oversized map files contain street maps of proposed developments
and zoning permits within the Tarzana area. The collection contains information about the
San Fernando Valley's historical development and the Tarzana Property Owner's Association's
attempts at facilitating legislation in their own interests. The collection is arranged into
two series:
Administrative Files (1963-1993) and
Project Files (1961-1991).
Series I,
Administrative Files, includes correspondence,
minutes, newsletters, and treasurer's reports. The files are arranged in alphabetical order
by type and in chronological order within each file folder.
Series II,
Project Files, documents issues of importance to
Tarzana homeowners including city planning, fire safety, flood control, height limitations
for commercial buildings, maintenance and repair of streets, rapid growth, traffic safety
and various zoning concerns. Projects are documented through building codes, city
ordinances, and planning studies, correspondence, environmental impact reports, fact sheets,
handbills, legal case documents, maps, memoranda, newspaper clippings, news releases,
petitions, permits, public hearing notices and reports, resolutions, schematic designs, site
plans, and related records. Files are arranged in alphabetical order.
Series I: Administrative Files, 1963-1993
Series II: Project Files, 1961-1991
Digital reproductions of selected items in this collection are available electronically as
a part of the
San Fernando Valley History Digital Library
.
Related Material
The collection is open for research use.
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s) of
this collection has not been transferred to California State University, Northridge.
Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.)
beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners.
Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the
copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Tarzana Property Owners' Association, 07/15/1993
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Robert G. Marshall and Sandra Souleles
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