Extending the discussions he inaugurated last year with residents about community priorities, City Manager P. Lamont Ewell has scheduled a new round of conversations.

At these neighborhood meetings, Ewell will present an update on the ways in which City Hall has responded to the community’s concerns, as well discussing Santa Monica’s needs and priorities as the 2008-09 budget cycle begins.

The meetings will be held on Thursday, November 1 in the John Muir Elementary School Auditorium, 2526 6th Street, on Tuesday, November 6 at the Montana Avenue Library, 1704 Montana, on Monday, November 12, at Virginia Avenue Park, 2200 Virginia Avenue, on Monday, November 19, at the Ken Edwards Center, 1527 4th Street, and in Tuesday, November 20, in the Grant Elementary School Auditorium, 2368 Pearl Street. All meetings will begin at 7:30 p.m.

These gatherings are co-sponsored by Friends of Sunset Park, North of Montana Association, Ocean Park Association, Pico Neighborhood Association and Wilshire-Montana Neighborhood Association.

All locations are wheelchair accessible. For additional disability-related accommodations, or for more information about these meetings, please call 310-458-8281.