MEETING MINUTES
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MINUTES EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING April 11, 2013 The meeting was called to
order by President Bobby Bluehouse at 6:00 pm. The other members of the
Executive Board present were: Marvin Jones, Frank Elizondo, John Forstrom,
Max Alavi, Sanne Berrig, Loree Scarborough and Julie Dean, as well as Vice
President Terence Endersen and Treasurer Robert O'Connor. Secretary Jeff Miller was absent. Secretary Jeff Miller requested to be
excused for his absence. A motion to
excuse the absence was raised and unanimously approved. 16
additional BSRA members and visitors were present. The
agenda was approved, once “New Business” was added, as were the minutes of
the March 14, 2013 meeting. Casey, a Library Assistant,
gave the Bay Shore Library minute, which included an announcement that April
is National Library Month. They will
have an Outreach for the next two Saturdays where they will be signing people
up for library cards. They now also
have free WIFI at all branches and they will be showing folks how to access
the library website and books online.
All residents need is their library card number and PIN. East Division Commander W.
Paul LeBaron gave the LBPD report. ·
3 fights – most
involved intoxication ·
Disorderly conduct
near a bar where the people were gathering for a fight but were arrested
before any assaults occurred ·
On a weekday
morning, an elderly woman outside of Starbucks on 2nd &
1.
City Prosecutor is
more than willing to sit down with parents of problem juveniles 2.
Officers
participate in an “Adopt a Crook” program to keep tabs on specific kids,
which has been successful 3.
Many of these kids
go to the continuation schools where they are in school for fewer hours than
at a traditional high school. The
Principal at one of these continuation schools is working directly with LBPD
to address the problems associated with truant juveniles. LBPD has provided the Principal with a list
of the juveniles who need to be monitored due to prior police-related issues.
At the beginning of each school day, the Principal reviews the roster and
immediately notifies LBPD of any absent individuals. ·
A robbery occurred
on St Patrick’s day where a man left a bar, and was apparently
assaulted. He woke up with an abrasion
on his head and was missing personal items. ·
There were a few
residential burglaries. In one
instance the perpetrator was arrested.
He was walking the neighborhood, checking doorknobs on 4300 block on
Ocean. A resident saw and called
police. The suspect was detained, and
after LBPD discovered a number of suspicious items in his bag and that he had
a prior arrest for burglary in November; he was arrested. ·
2 Garage
burglaries. The thieves are getting
into garages and stealing items from unlocked cars. Residents should remove valuable items and
lock cars even when in garages. ·
The 2014 Budget is
still being worked out. Plans are in
place to hire an academy class and they are moving forward at this
point. The Commander is hoping an
announcement will come out soon to make that official. ·
Residents advised
that a few people have been sleeping in beach parking lots, on bike path and
on the beach. The Commander advised
that daytime sleeping on the beach was lawful and that he will look into the
issue Dave Roseman, City Traffic
Engineer, made a presentation regarding traffic/crosswalk related plans for ·
The City received
a grant to conduct studies of traffic signals along Ocean and they found that
the intersection at Livingston Dr and 2nd Street has some odd
constraints/issues (ie: Insufficient ADA access, vehicular bottleneck,
inefficient traffic movement due to multiple pedestrian crossings, etc. ·
The City plans
include: o
Elimination of
crosswalk from SE to SW corners of Livingston/2nd which is the longest
distance for pedestrian travel and in addition, does not have sidewalk or
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Addition of new
crosswalk from existing
o
All equipment will
be changed, new ramps will be built and curbs will be modified to be
ADA-compliant, etc. ·
Dave Roseman
has met with the Parking Commission
who liked the solution and has generally gotten good feedback so far. He will be meeting this month with the
BSBA. ·
Design work to be
complete by the end of April. The plan
will then go out to bid and it should be in the construction phase by end of
year/early 2014 Julie Maleki from Third District
Councilman Gary Delong's office covered the following items: ·
Construction has
started on ·
A fish taco
proprietor will be going into the old Sweet Jill’s space at SE corner of
·
BSRA Boardmember
Frank Elizondo advised that Chase is now charging for parking in their lots
during the evening. ·
The
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An Electronics
Recycling and Shredding Event will take place on Saturday, April 20th
from 9am to noon at 5907 E o
Additional
information from the District 3 web page, not discussed at the meeting, but
helpful for residents: ·
The newly opened ·
BSRA President
Bobby Bluehouse spoke of complaints he’s heard from multiple kite vendors
stating that they are not allowed to participate in the Kite Surfari event
scheduled for the 1st week in May. o
Bobby requested
that Julie Malecki investigate and report if a permit has been issued for the
Kite Surfari event in May. o
BSRA VP Terence
Endersen stated that the Kite Surfari operating permit approved by City
Council specifically states that only sundry items can be sold, however Kite
Surfari is selling kite-surfing related equipment which appears to be in
violation. Request was made that Julie
investigate and report back to BSRA. o
Julie suggested
reinstatement of the BSRA Beach Sub-committee quarterly meetings to address
these types of issues. ·
Julie advised that
residents can contact the ABC, erik.sund@longbeach.gov, or julie.maleki@longbeach.gov
to inquire and/or express their support or opposition of alcohol licenses. o
A motion was made
by Frank Elizando to have the BSRA send a letter of support for Cal Shabu’s
(located between Corona and Covina) pending beer/wine alcohol license The
Board voted 5 in support (Bobby,
Loree, Marvin, Robert, Frank) and 5 opposed (Terry, Julie, Max, Sanne, John)
The motion did not pass. Eric Forsberg presented the
Parking Commission Report. ·
He advised the
group was very supportive of the ·
The Commission is
reviewing the 42 green 20-minute parking spaces in ·
Commission
investigating installation of new solar powered parking meters which will
take cash, debit cards and credit cards and be accessible via Smart Phone
apps; this means that city employees will not need to collect money as
frequently. Additionally, they are
discussing sensors that will zero out any dollar amounts on a parking space
once a car leaves. They are also
discussing the option to allow customers to increase the amount of time on a
meter via a Smart Phone app. There was no BSBA report. Treasurer Robert O’Connor
reported an account balance of $2414.20 and noted that each year in April the
Belmont Shore Residents Association has made a $300 donation to the To get through the agenda, the
President requested that residents and board members follow the meeting
rules. Due to a lack of time, the old
business and new business topics will be moved to the May meeting. There was no President or Secretary report
and no public comment. The
meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm. Submitted
by: Julie
Dean |
