Elder-Care on Northridge South Agenda Thursday

An elder-care facility proposal for a property in the midst of a single-family residential Sherwood Forest neighborhood will be discussed Thursday night at the Northridge South Neighborhood Council Board meeting, 7 p.m., at Northridge Middle School, 17960 Chase St.

The 140-unit elder-care facility slated for the corner of Parthenia Street and Shoshone Avenue failed to win the support of the Neighborhood Council's land use committee. A mass meeting of the Sherwood Forest Homeowners Association voted unanimously to oppose the project.

The Chatsworth Neighborhood Council's land use committee last week voted to support the Homeowners Association. A similar project has been proposed in Chatsworth.

Councilman Mitch Englander joined with the Chatsworth land use committee to oppose the proposed 99-bed elder-care facility on DeSoto Avenue. He said that project didn't fit the surrounding neighborhood of horse-keeping properties. However, he has declined to take a stand on the Sherwood Forest project, saying it is a "long-standing policy of our office to respect and support this process, and to allow projects to proceed along their prescribed course without being influenced by our presence."

Read more about elder-care in Northridge and Chatsworth:

• Neighbors Protest Proposed 99-Bed Elder-Care Facility in Chatsworth
• Sherwood Forest Homeowners Vote Down Plans for Elder-Care Facility
• Englander Joins Neighbors to Oppose DeSoto Ave. Elder-Care Facility [Video]
• Sherwood Forest Elder-Care Facility Fails to Win Support of Land Use Committee
• Why Englander Declines to Take a Stand on Sherwood Forest Elder-Care Proposal