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NORTHWEST SAN PEDRO NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILMEETING MINUTES - August 8, 20051. The meeting was called to order at 6:47 PM by President John Greenwood. 2. Roll Call of Board Members: The following board members were present: John Greenwood, Andrea Adleman, Bonnie Easley, John Mavar, Hoshang Pavri, Esther Espinoza-Ek, Dan Dixon, Jody James, and Ray Patricio. Excused were Diana Nave, Philip Nicolay, Patricia Polcuch, Capt. George Thompson, John Vladovich, Sanni Wehbe and Chris Wickers. Allie Tollivar was absent. 3. Approval of Minutes: The July 2005 Governing Board Meeting Minutes were approved as presented. 4. LAPD report. No representative present. 5. Report from Councilwoman’s office. Caroline Brady from Councilwoman Janice Hahn’s office had no report but was available for any questions from the community. 6. Report from LA Unified, Mrs. Roberta Jones Booker, Outreach Department. Mrs. Booker gave an update on the new school construction project. The kick-off meeting was held on July 20th. She reported that the 2nd meeting will be held on Thursday, August 18, 6:30pm, at Narbonne High School Auditorium. All members of the community are welcome. They will be discussing new sites for high schools in the area. Community comments were as follows: Dan Dixon commented on the Barrywood Avenue neighborhood which is being considered as one of the possible sites for the new high school. Neighbors from that community were present and had received notification about their neighborhood being a possible site. Several of those community members also oppose the Target project. Homeowners United representative, Bonnie Christensen, said the Association is absolutely opposed to the school district building their school in the DiCarlo area, the same group is also opposed to the Navy Housing area as a possible school site. Brian Emer, the Real Estate Department representative from LA Unified was present and talked about the need for those community members to be present to discuss the potential sites. In the first meeting there was a handout asking for alternative sites that the school district might not be aware of. They are looking for a site of about 15 acres that will have the least impact on the community. Currently they are looking at the Navy Housing site, the Di Carlo Bakery site combined with the World Port Business Center commercial area, and the Di Carlo Bakery site along with the adjoining residential area. 7. Public Comment. A. Sherry Thomas, representative from Los Angeles World Airport, commented that she is available as the liaison to the 87 neighborhood councils. She can answer questions or concerns about the following airports: LAX, Ontario, Palmdale and Van Nuys. She is the contact person and community members can communicate with her at the following email address: sthomas@lawa.org. B. Announcement from Betty Karnette’s Office: Rob Simpson, representative from the office of Assembly Member Betty Karnette announced an upcoming Town Hall Meeting on Port Security to be held Thursday, August 25, 2005, 7pm-9pm at Peck Park. The purpose of the meeting is to examine security at the Port of Los Angeles and to learn from U.S. Coast Guard Captain Peter Neffenger, POLA Homeland Security Director George Cummings and other port officials and first responders about homeland security and how you can best prepare your family in the event of a disaster. Call (562) 997-0794 if you have any questions. C. Community concern: One community member commented that he felt the business at 2027 Capitol Drive is becoming a nuisance. Also, there were comments on problems at the Harbor Highlands Park and a request for a traffic signal change (left turn arrow suggested) when heading North on John Gibson and turning left on Channel. This stakeholder was referred to Councilwoman Janice Hahn’s representative, Caroline Brady. 8. North Gaffey Project Report: Dan Dixon talked about the Steering Committee which is charged with the idea of “making Gaffey Street look and work better than it does now.” Last week they had a meeting which included Caroline Brady, representing Janice Hahn’s office. The number one concern has shifted from beautification to traffic. The general attitude is for the East side of Gaffey to be recreational and West side to develop commercially. Dan is very pleased with the response of the Council woman’s office. At the next meeting there should be a list of recommendations of what should be done with North Gaffey Street. They are planning to have a full presentation showing the integrated plan. A community member asked if anything is being done about the graffiti and was referred to the Councilwoman’s office, specifically to call 310-732-4515 and ask for Cindy Fowler who handles graffiti problems. 9. Committee Reports & Assignments A. Port Committee Report. Report by John Greenwood. A motion was presented relating to the Bridge to Breakwater Lower Density Alternative as follows: ------------------------------ Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council The three San Pedro neighborhood councils, working with Harbor Department staff, developed a Lower Density Alternative to be included as part of the Bridge to Breakwater master Plan CEQA environmental review. In cooperation with the Harbor Department and City Councilwoman’s office, the three Neighborhood Councils held a community workshop on June 4, 2005 to solicit comments on the initial draft of a Lower Density Alternative. At this forum comments concerning the proposed Lower Density Alternative were received and later incorporated into the Lower Density Alternative, figure attached. The Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood council reaffirms its support for evaluating the Lower Density Alternative (see attached) as part of the Bridge to Breakwater CEQA Environmental Review. Furthermore, we expect that the Port will adhere to its commitment to: 1. Coequally review and analyze the Lower Density Alternative as an alternative to the overall San Pedro Waterfront and Promenade Master Plan Environmental Impact Report. 2. Provide the resources and data needed to describe and depict the Lower Density Alternative during Notice of Preparation Meetings to be held by the Port and United States Army Corps of Engineers. 3. Ensure that the Lower Density Alternative is fully consistent with the objectives in the final San Pedro Waterfront and Promenade Master Development Plan from Bridge to Breakwater Project Description. 4. Work together with the Neighborhood Councils and the Port Community Advisory Committee during the environmental review. We also request that none of the planned Waterfront Enhancement Projects that potentially conflict with the Lower Density Alternative be implemented until the conclusion of the Bridge to Breakwater EIR process. Approved by the NWSPNC at its meeting on August 8, 2005. ----------------------------------- Jan Green Restock from the Port was present to comment that the EIR process will start with a scoping period which is a public comment period. Scoping meeting dates are currently scheduled for: September 15 (Thursday), September 29 (Thursday), and October 11 (Tuesday). Within the Notice of Preparation and Notice of Intent they look at all the issues such as reduced development alternative, maximum density alternative, no project alternative, and what the Port can do without permits from the Army Corps. Jody James made some comments on the plan. The motion was seconded and all board members present voted yes except for John Mavar who voted no, and the motion passed. John Greenwood then presented a second Motion to Support AB1406, the Port Security Bill and talked about its contents. The motion was seconded and was passed unanimously by the board members present: --------------------------------- Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council Assembly Woman Karnette has introduced AB.1406, which will require the California State Office of Homeland Security to report on methods for assessing the states ongoing port security needs. As residents who live in neighborhoods near the Port of Los Angeles, we are concerned about the lack of Federal and State support to meet the post September 11, 2001 security requirements at the Port of Los Angeles. We, as the Northwest Neighborhood Council, support the passage of Assembly Bill 1406 and the: 1. Development of an integrated statewide strategic port security plan for California. 2. That the California State Office of Homeland Security take an active role in the preparation of this plan. 3. That the State Office of Homeland Security and California legislative work to increase the federal security grants received by California, since over 40% of our nation’s imports occur through the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Approved by the NWSPNC at its meeting on August 8, 2005. ---------------------------------- B. Issues Committee. Report by Esther Espinoza-Ek regarding Averill Park. A suggestion has been made to declare Averill Park a Special Events location which would allocate more security etc. to handle the location. Caroline Brady made a comment that she has worked with the residents in that area. They came up with a solution that a special event would pay a fee to cover the cost of a park official. She commented that the Issues Committee is requesting that the Park and Recreation Dept. have a full time security person. The committee would also like them to recognize an Advisory Committee. A motion was presented as follows: ---------------------------------- Issues Committee Motion Relating to Averill Park Due to the recent animal cruelty act which occurred at Averill Park with the malicious draining of the pond and the ongoing problems of lewd acts, littering of condoms and needles in addition to vehicles driving through the park and double parking at events, we request that the Department of Recreation and Parks:
Approved by the NWSPNC at its meeting on August 8, 2005. --------------------------------------- The motion was passed unanimously. A second motion was presented by the Issues Committee to allocate funds from the City Community Beautification Grant for the Peck Park Barrier project to control dumping. After several comments from members of the board, the motion was passed unanimously by those board members present. The motion is as follows: ------------------------------------------- Motion Relating to Barriers at Peck Park The Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council supports the allocating of approximately $10,000 through the City Community Beautification Grant for the Peck Park project which involves the installing of barriers to control dumping. Approved by the NWSPNC at its meeting on August 8, 2005. -------------------------------------------- C. By-Laws Committee. Jody James and Bonnie Easley gave a report on the proposed revisions to the NWSPNC By-Laws. In Roberts Rules it is recommended that voting be by a simple majority and that abstentions should not be counted. A motion was made to change the Bylaws on Pages 8 and 9 as follows: ---------------------------------------------- Motion to Change Wording in By-Laws The Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council supports the following change to its By-Laws on Page 8, Section XIII, Paragraph C to read as follows:
The NWSPNC also supports the change on Page 9, Section XV. Paragraph to be changed to read: Amendments may be proposed by any Board Member and may be adopted at the next Board meeting by a two-thirds roll-call vote of members present, provided there is a quorum and exact wording of the proposed change(s) is included in the agenda of the required notice of the meeting. All proposed changes in the bylaws are subject to approval by DONE. Approved by the NWSPNC at its meeting on August 8, 2005. -------------------------------------------------- The above motion was passed unanimously by all board members present. A separate motion was made to change the Definition of Stakeholders from “Anyone who has an active interest in the NWSPNC area…” to “A citizen of voting age who has an active interest in the NWSPNC area…” There was a discussion by the board and comments regarding a previous board member who was a high school student not of voting age who performed her duties as a board member exceptionally and also comments from Mark Lewis of the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment who explained the position of the City Attorney opposed to this change. . The Motion did not pass, (6 votes no and 3 votes yes). Regardless of their position on this motion, the board members agreed that high school students are welcomed and encouraged to participate in their Neighborhood Councils The final motion related to the By-Laws was a requested change in Eligibility on Page 7 which would not allow a board member on the NWSPNC to also sit as a board member on another neighborhood council. Mark Lewis again commented that this would be against the position of the City Attorney and would most likely be rejected once it was submitted to DONE. The motion was rejected, 6 votes no and 3 votes yes. D. Budget & Finance—There was a motion to approve the corrected sum of $1117 for Website fees to Lee Uran for 2005-2006. This motion was approved unanimously. 10. Reports from Outside Meetings. John Greenwood announced that the three San Pedro NC Presidents meet monthly with the Council office. They will schedule a joint meeting on legislation involving all three Neighborhood Councils. If any board member or stakeholder is interested in being involved with this joint committee of the NC’s they should contact John Greenwood. 11. President’s Report. John Greenwood announced the date for the Board Retreat will be Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005. 12. Next Meeting, September 12, 6:30 p.m. 13. The meeting was adjourned at 8:59pm. Respectfully submitted, |
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