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Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council Governing
Board Meeting Minutes
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| Whereas the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council is in the
process of developing a vision for North Gaffey Street; and
Whereas part of the draft vision includes the creation of a regional sports complex that would include the existing Field of Dreams and new baseball diamonds, in addition to open space, on land currently owned by the Sanitation Department of the city; and Whereas the draft vision also includes a consistent setback of at least 20 feet on the west side of Gaffey; and Whereas the Eastview Little League may be required to move as a result of the commercial development at the former DiCarlo site; and Whereas the Eastview Little League has received $250,000 towards moving costs as a result of the settlement with Interstate Baking Company; and Whereas creation of baseball fields on the East side of Gaffey would reduce the parking, traffic, and safety problems that exist at the present site; and Whereas the re-location of the ball fields is currently under discussion with Target and the Eastview Little League and action may be required prior to the formal adoption of the Vision for North Gaffey by the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council; Now therefore, the Northwest San Pedro Neighborhood Council requests Councilwoman Hahn to explore with the Little League, Bureau of Public Works and Target the feasibility of creating baseball fields on a portion of the Sanitation Yard. MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE NWSPNC BOARD October 10,
2005 |
B. Parking Lot. The Issues Committee discussed the PCAC motion regarding a parking lot at Westmont & North Gaffey St. and passed the following motion unanimously.
| Consistent with the proposed vision for N. Gaffey, we support
the PCAC motion, requesting the Port to look at the feasibility
of constructing a parking lot at the Southeast Corner of Westmont
and North Gaffey.
MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE NWSPNC BOARD. October
10, 2005 |
C. JCC Homes: The Issues Committee also reported that JCC Homes are getting frustrated after their talks with the City Planning Dept. and several changes need to be made. Look for an update in the future.
D. Ponte Vista: There was discussion as to engaging a consultant for up to $2400 to review the Ponte Vista project . The following Motion was passed unanimously by the NWSPNC Board.
| MOTION RELATED TO ENGAGING CONSULTANT FOR PONTE VISTA PROJECT
In order to have professional assistance with the Ponte Vista proposal, the NWSPNC will engage the services of Mott Smith at $120 per hour for up to 20 hours (a maximum of $2400) to assist the Neighborhood Council in analyzing the proposed Ponte Vista development. MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE NWSPNC BOARD. Oct. 10, 2005 |
E. Community Workshop. It was discussed that planning a community workshop would give everyone time to make comments on Ponte Vista Project. Planning committee is being asked to put that together. EZ Smog and Floyd’s Ornamental Iron were invited to Issues Committee meeting but did not attend.
9. Peck Park Committee Motions
A. Community Beautification Grant. The following motion was submitted
to the Board by the Peck Park Canyon Subcommittee:
| MOTION FOR NWSPNC FROM THE PECK PARK CANYON SUBCOMMITTEE
Whereas earlier this summer the NWSPNC allocated $10,000 for
the installation of design dumping barriers along the rim of Peck
Park Canyon; and MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE NWSPNC BOARD. Oct. 10, 2005 |
B. Motion regarding Goats. The following motion was passed unanimously
by the board.
| MOTION REGARDING GOATS FOR WEED AND BRUSH CLEARANCE
The pastoral landscape of Peck Park Canyon has long been a visual treasure for adjacent neighborhoods and for all the Northwest San Pedro community – a legacy of a more open and rural California. To a great extent this atmosphere was enhanced by the livestock and farm animals maintained by Mr. Hernandez until his passing some years ago. The pilot program on the old Hernandez Ranch this past summer demonstrated the success of using goats for week and brush clearance, and the Department of Recreation and Parks has announced its intention to expand the program next year. The goats were also very popular with the community who were thrilled by the sight of livestock once again grazing in our canyon. The pilot program was limited to only a few acres, and there is substantial more acreage in Peck Park Canyon and other park property in the area that requires seasonal weed and brush clearance. Therefore be it resolved that the NWSPNC requests the City Department of Recreation and Parks to use Peck Park Canyon as a permanent year round home base for goats to provide weed clearance in Peck Park and other nearby park properties. MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE NWSPNC BOARD. Oct. 10,
2005 |
C. Contract with LANI. The following motion was passed unanimously by the board.
| MOTION TO INCREASE CONTRACT WITH LANI
It was moved to add an amount not to exceed $10,000, paid at the rate of $85 per hour, to the contract between the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative in order to continue the services of Shannon Jaax relative to the Peck Park Canyon Master Plan. MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE NWSPNC BOARD. Oct. 10, 2005 |
10. Port Committee.
A. Draft NOP Comment Letter. Phil Nicolay gave a report and presented
a Draft NOP Comment letter regarding the Bridge to Breakwater project
and Master Plan Development for the San Pedro Waterfront and Promenade.
He went over each of the comments in the letter and then a motion was
made for the NWSPNC to support the Comment Letter to be sent to the
US Army Corp of Engineers and the Port of Los Angeles. There were comments
from several board members, in addition to June Smith, the Chair of
the Coordinated Plan Subcommittee of PCAC and also Pat Nave. The motion
was passed with all board members present voting yes, except for John
Mavar who voted no.
B. Motion Re: Toll Bridge. A motion was made instructing our PCAC rep to vote yes on the following: At such time as the Terminal Island Bridge toll district is established and tolls are set, that all vehicles with two axles be exempt from said tolls. Motion passed unanimously.
C. Motion Re: Green Space. There was a motion asking our PCAC rep to vote yes on the following:
| MOTION REGARDING CREATION OF GREEN SPACE
Whereas CEQA laws were conceived to address and mitigate negative impacts to communities adjacent to projects such as the Port of LA, and affirming that accumulated negative impacts do and have existed beyond the formation of PCAC, The Port Master Plan Subcommittee recommends to PCAC that PCAC recommend to the Board of Harbor Commissioners that they instruct Port staff to acquire land or to rehabilitate Port land adjacent to the Harbor Communities to create green, landscaped open space in the acreage equal to that created by the China Shipping landfill and Pier 400’s current and planned future landfill. The object of this landscaped open space is to create a buffer zone directly between Port operations and residential communities to reduce dust, noise, traffic, engine exhaust, unwanted light, and to address increased heat from landfill versus water in Harbor Communities. We further recommend that this green landscaped open space buffer acreage be divided equally between San Pedro, and Wilmington and that adequate money be put aside to maintain this buffer. MOTION WAS NOT PASSED AS WORDED ABOVE, SEE SUBSTITUTE MOTION
BELOW. |
John Greenwood abstained from voting and stated that he felt the motion was ridiculous because there is no land available to create green space which he would be in favor of if it where there. John Greenwood proposed a substitute motion to instruct our PCAC rep to explore an alternative which would be possible to implement which would ask the port to create as much green space/buffer zone as possible. This motion passed with 13 yes votes and 2 no votes.
It was also moved that if the substitute motion fails we instruct the
original motion to be voted on yes by our PCAC rep. This motion passed
unanimously.
D. Motion Re: No Net Increase Plan. A motion was made to support the PCAC motion to direct the Port to immediately implement the voluntary and incentive based measures identified in the No Net Increase Plan. The motion was passed unanimously by the board.
11. Treasurer’s Report – Sanni Wehbe presented the Treasurer’s Report and was thanked by Pres. Diana Nave for his efforts in paying past debts outstanding when he took over as Treasurer. He was asked to make a correction on the Treasurer’s report to reflect the amount of $10,000 for barriers and not $6,000 as stated in his report.
12. President’s Report
A. USC Collaborative Learning Project Goals. Report by John Greenwood.
B. Review of Retreat
C. Committee appointments – Diana Nave proposed that the neighborhood
council separate the Planning and Land Use Committee. A printout was
provided showing the proposed NWSPNC committees and other Council representation.
D. Motion to approve designees. A motion was made to approved Diana
Nave and Kristina Smith as designees for reporting on Community Impact
Statements. The motion was approved unanimously.
E. Mayor’s Budget – Survey is on the DONE website. Each
member of the council will receive a copy to fill out survey. (Include
in newsletter to get feedback from community). We will need to come
up with a group position.
13. Next Meeting, November 14, 6:30 p.m.
14. Meeting was adjourned at 9:04 pm.
Respectfully submitted, Kristina Smith
Administrative Asst to NWSPNC
ksmith@klct.com
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