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NORTHWEST SAN PEDRO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILMEETING MINUTESMarch 10, 2003 at 6:30 PM, Peck ParkBoard Members in Attendance James Smith Margaret Moilov Shari Hill William Upchurch Ray Patricio Shannon Day David L. Rivera John Greenwood Emily Rochte Guillermo Villagran Julia Parker Joyce Fischer Laura Hansen-Lara Diana Nave Board Members Absent Craig Byrnes (excused) Michael Nizetich (excused) Steve Druskovich ITEMS OF DISCUSSION AND RESULTING ACTION1. Meeting called to order and roll call taken. 2. Minutes of February10, 2003 approved. 3. Department Of Public Works update a. Assessment of NWSP area: The neighborhood council was given several copies of the Department of Public Works’ assessment of the NWSPNC area, pertaining to the service provided by that department. The City has already completed over two miles of resurfacing in the NWSPNC area, but due to lack of funds, there is no schedule for the next fiscal year to do any slurry seal coating. Slurry seal extends the life of the streets and is done in lieu of resurfacing, which is more expensive. b. Street Sweeping Pilot Program – City is conducting a three month pilot program in part of the NWSPNC area from April to June. Streets will be swept on the 1st Wednesday of the month during the hours of 8 am and 11 am. Purpose of program is to see how effective the sweeping will be without having posted . NWSPNC will be responsible for notifying the targeted community area of this program. c. Storm Drain at Patton: The Bureau of Engineering will construct wide cross gutters on Patton Avenue at Summerland Avenue and Amar Street. The gutters will intercept the majority of the flow of water prior to entering Peck Park and will cost approximately $15,000. This work will be completed no later than June 30, 2003. d. Maintenance Hole covers on Summerland, from Gaffey to Western – One and half years ago the Bureau of Sanitation was scheduled to redo the maintenance hole covers to complete the resurfacing project on Summerland. This was not done. The Bureau of Street Services will contact the Bureau of Sanitation to complete the work by March 19, 2003. e. Bureau of Sanitation Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Center - Scheduled to open on Gaffey April 1. The NWSPNC advised the Bureau of Sanitation that the community would like to see attractive landscaping around the Center to enhance the beautification of the community. The Bureau stated that they will be planting low maintenance native plants at the site. The hours of the center will be 9 am to 3 pm and open on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Flyers will be sent out to the community. 4. H2 Property, Center Street between 6th and 7th – Eleven developers responded to the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) request for proposals to develop the H2 site in downtown San Pedro. The H2 site is the vacant land between 6th and 7th, bordered by Centre Street. The finalist is expected to be announced in the coming weeks. The CRA is currently working with RTKL architects to develop design standards for the Pacific Corridor area. 5. North Gaffey Street Improvement Grant – The Bureau of Street Services has applied for an MTA grant for $2.l7 million for streetscape improvements on North Gaffey Street, between Westmont and O’Farell. 6. Operation Clean Sweep Neighborhood Matching Funds – This program promotes City partnership with community and provides up to $10,000 for revitalization of public spaces. The Community must provide matching labor, materials, or money to match the $10,000 provided by the City. Can apply for three separate matching funds within one cycle year for a total of $30,000. Projects include art programs, landscaping, and playgrounds. They must be one time projects; no ongoing programs. Maintenance of projects will not be provided by the City. Application is due April 17, 2003. Board Member Margaret Moilov will prepare an application for the Council. 7. Cable Franchise a. The Telecommunications Bureau of the Information Technology Agency (ITA) of the City of Los Angeles ensures local cable companies comply with federal laws, their franchise agreements, and represents the cable-related interests of the residents of the City. All cable companies are required to offer their customers a “basic service”. All subscribers are required to buy the basic service as a condition of buying any other cable channel or channel package. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations dictate the reasonable price for installation of cable service, converter boxes and additional outlets. Local government regulation is limited to franchise compliance, which enforces and regulates the basic tier service rates in accordance with FCC established guidelines. There are currently six cable companies in the City of Los Angeles. The City receives approximately $20 million from franchise fees from cable companies. (Contact: Roger Fernandez, Public Relations Manager, ITA, 213-473-6273) b. Stacey Burnett of the ITA stated that the City is currently renegotiating agreements with cable companies and is looking for ideas on how to improve communications within the City. Neighborhood Councils are encouraged to submit their recommendations. One suggestion might be to have the NWSPNC board meetings aired from Peck Park 8. Update from Councilwoman Janice Hahn’s Office a. Bus Bench Shelters – All twelve shelter sites recommended by the NWSPNC have been approved by the Council Office and will be entered into the City process for additional required approvals. b. Navy Property Reuse Plan – The City has received a letter from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on March 7, 2003, rejecting the City’s proposed reuse plan stating it failed to meet the requirements of the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994. The City now has ninety days from the receipt of the letter in which to submit to HUD and the Department of Defense a revised application that addresses this issue. Councilwoman Hahn will be holding another public hearing and asking the Navy’s assistance in interpreting HUD’s letter. (Copy of HUD letter will be attached to the file copy of these minutes and available upon request.) c. San Pedro Welcome Park – There will be a meeting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 15, at Peck Park, Club Room B, regarding a $25,000 grant received by the Council Office to develop a plan to improve Bandini Canyon and build a Welcome Park at the end of the Harbor Freeway (at Gaffey). Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative (LANI) has been chosen to oversee the planning process. Volunteers from the community are needed to serve on the steering committee, which will develop a conceptual plan for the park and canyon, select a landscape architect to design a conceptual sketch, monitor progress with the gas station clean-up, and pursue funding to build the park and improve the canyon. d. Tidelands Trust Act – The issue of changing the conditions of the Trust Act to utilize funds for community improvements will be on the ballot in the primary election in 2004. The cost to the City to do it any sooner than that would be $2.5 million 9. Stakeholder Comments: a. Ed Gardia (from Miraleste Pines Neighborhood Watch) – Has petitions from his neighborhood to put a four-way stop sign at Bynner and 9th. John Greenwood, President, stated he has seen the petitions and is aware of the community’s concern. Bill Upchurch, Treasurer and representative on the joint councils’ traffic committee, stated that he would be meeting with the Department of Transportation and other neighborhood councils on the traffic committee and would find out what needs to be done to get the stop sign at this location. MOTION TO SUPPORT ISSUE: (Made by Ray Patricio; second by Laura Hansen-Lara) Vote: Unanimous. b. A board member from Central San Pedro Neighborhood Council wants to create a joint Council committee addressing recreation and park issues. The issue was referred to Diana Nave as the co-chair of the Issues Committee, to identify a NWSPNC representative. 10. President’s Report – The next election of the NWSPNC board will be June 9, 2003. Eight seats will be available. The remaining 9 seats have one more year to complete their term. Only board members not running for re-election at this time may be on the election committee. Board Member Emily Rochte will chair the Election Committee. She will be assisted by Shannon Day, David Rivera and Jim Smith. 11. Outreach Committee – Seeking out professionals to help formulate a newsletter, targeted for distribution in late May, prior to the election. 12. Treasurer’s Report a. NWSPNC has a balance of $548.10. b. Treasurer requested NWSPNC make a formal request to DONE for $6,250, the maximum allowed. MOTION TO APPROVE REQUEST: Made by Emily Rochte, second by John Greenwood. Vote: Motion passed unanimously. 13. Issues Committee a. 1032 Elberon – For the most part, this property has been cleaned up. b. Storm Drain off Capitol – Issues Committee Member Joyce Fischer is still looking into this matter. Identifying which part of the government is responsible for the drain, is taking some time. c. Peck Park i. Margaret Moilov is the chair of the Peck Park sub-committee. She and Vice-President Craig Byrnes met with the Peck Park Advisory Board for possible collaboration with the NWSPNC. The Advisory Board has goals for the Park: An electronic marquee sign, a canopy for the pool area, replanting of the rose garden, and renovation of the auditorium (including a sound system). Out of this discussion came a partnership agreement with the NWSPNC and the Advisory Board: The NWSPNC would take the lead in getting a Master Plan for the Park, assist in writing grants, and ensure communications between the two groups. ii. The Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy is very interested in assisting with the development of a Master Plan for Peck Park in much the same way as was done with White Point. The first step would be to develop a feasibility study to determine the background of the property and then to acquire the authorization of the City Council to start working on a Master Plan, with their assistance. The NWSPNC will be asked to consider funding the feasibility study in its entirety. Once the feasibility study is completed, NWSPNC will probably want to seek additional partners to help fund the total cost of the Master Plan, which could cost up to 30,000. d. Leland Park (North Gaffey) – Tree planting has begun; 180 trees planted to date and 20 more to go. Recreation and Parks has committed to monthly cleanups. e. Community Cleanup – Completion of another community cleanup, on March 22 at Peck Park. With the assistance of the community, Operation Clean Sweep, GAP, and Peck Park Personnel, a lot of debris and leaves were removed from the baseball field and around the auditorium building. The goal was to get the Park ready for the baseball and t-ball season starting the following week end. 14. Reports from NWSPNC representatives a. PCAC (Mike Wheeler) –Mr. Wheeler submitted agendas and minutes of PCAC meetings to the Board. The Board and Mr. Wheeler discussed the difficulty in keeping the Board apprised of issues addressed by PCAC, due to the technical subject matter and need to vote on matters as they arise. Mr. Wheeler encouraged board members to attend meetings and to let him know NWSPNC viewpoints on PCAC issues to guide him in his voting on PCAC. b. Integrated Resources Plan – Joyce Fischer and John Greenwood are members of an advisory committee to the Integrated Resources Plan. This is an effort by the Department of Public Works and the Department of Water and Power to examine ways on how to be more efficient and effective on issues of water supply, sewage, storm drains, and use of recycled water. They will report back to the NWSPNC as necessary. c. Community Police Advisory Board (Guillermo Villagran) i. The Senior Lead Officer for the NWSPNC area is Jeff Williams (213-509-7229). ii. The Harbor Area has a new Gang Enforcement Task Force with 26 officers. iii. Mr. Villagran passed out Traffic Education and Enforcement Circular from the LAPD Traffic Coordination Section on Bandit Taxicabs (which are illegal taxicabs). The City of L.A. regulates over 2,300 taxicabs. Bandit cabs are not held accountable for poor service, do not pay City business taxes or franchise fees, do not comply with City regulations requiring commercial insurance, vehicle safety standards, inspections, rates, meter verifications, and various other standards, and operators and managers do not undergo any criminal background checks. Authorized taxicabs have a City of Los Angeles taxicab seal affixed to the front door of their vehicle. The LAPD, in cooperation with the community is making every effort to remove unauthorized taxicabs and drivers from the City streets. 15. Next Meeting – April 14, 6:30 p.m., Peck Park. MINUTES PREPARED BY: MINUTES APPROVED BY: DATE: Shari Hill, Secretary John Greenwood, President
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