Belmont Shore Residents Association
MINUTES
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
April 14, 2016
The meeting was called to order by President Terence Endersen at 6:00 pm. The other members of the Executive Board present were: Aileen Colon and Julie Dean as well as Treasurer Robert O'Connor. 28 additional BSRA members and visitors were present. and Executive Board member Ray Bradford were absent and excused. Max Alavi
The Executive Board was unable to vote for the agenda for this meeting and the minutes of the March 10 meeting due to lack of a quorum.
Bay Shore Librarian Debi Vilander gave the library moment announcing:
With National Library Month, Bay Shore Neighborhood Library offers training for adults in a Visual Programming Language called Scratch. This step-by-step guidance allows adults to learn to code computer games.
Also, a reminder that the first Saturday of each month is Craft & Movie day at 3pm at the library, free of charge.
Long Beach City Traffic Engineer Eric Widstrand gave an update on the Ocean Blvd Traffic Study and answered general Traffic Engineering questions as follows:
Third District Councilwoman Price’s office updates from Jack Cunningham included:
Belmont Shore Business Association update:
Resident reported on the SEASP (previously SEADIP) Open House:
President’s Report:
Treasurer’s Report:
Public Comment:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm
Submitted by:
Julie Dean, Executive Board
MINUTES
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
April 14, 2016
The meeting was called to order by President Terence Endersen at 6:00 pm. The other members of the Executive Board present were: Aileen Colon and Julie Dean as well as Treasurer Robert O'Connor. 28 additional BSRA members and visitors were present. and Executive Board member Ray Bradford were absent and excused. Max Alavi
The Executive Board was unable to vote for the agenda for this meeting and the minutes of the March 10 meeting due to lack of a quorum.
Bay Shore Librarian Debi Vilander gave the library moment announcing:
With National Library Month, Bay Shore Neighborhood Library offers training for adults in a Visual Programming Language called Scratch. This step-by-step guidance allows adults to learn to code computer games.
Also, a reminder that the first Saturday of each month is Craft & Movie day at 3pm at the library, free of charge.
Long Beach City Traffic Engineer Eric Widstrand gave an update on the Ocean Blvd Traffic Study and answered general Traffic Engineering questions as follows:
Third District Councilwoman Price’s office updates from Jack Cunningham included:
- SEASP (previously known as SEADIP) EIR is available online & ready for comments and will likely come before City Council in the early fall.
- Jack will begin sending the list of city events (film shoots, events on beach, etc.) on a weekly basis, as Julie Maleki did.
- A citywide ban of motor home parking is being considered.
- Tuesday, May 3rd, 5pm: City Council study session on Infrastructure Investment Plan
- Tuesday, May 3rd, 630pm: City Council meeting
- Tuesday, May 10th, 5pm: City Council meeting, recommendation to the Board of Health & Human Services to research Leaf Blowers and asking for a report from the City Manager regarding issues that residents and the City have experienced since the transfer of assets from Verizon to Frontier Communications
- Wednesday & Thursday, May 11th & 12th, 530-9pm: 2nd Street will host Stroll & Savor
- Wednesday, May 25th, 12pm: Third District Community meeting will be at the Long Beach Yacht Club, 6201 East Appian Way
- Thursday, May 26th, 6-8pm: "Truths & Trends", A Community Forum about underage drinking, trending drugs and public safety at McBride Park, 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
- Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day) is a Federal and City Holiday. There will be NO street sweeping and parking meters will NOT be enforced. Refuse and Recycling collection WILL occur as normal.
- 100 Days of Summer is a partnership of the City's Parks, Recreation and Marine Departments and the Long Beach Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Go to www.100daysofsummer.org, which lists hundreds of free or low cost summer events, programs, and activities that are offered throughout the City. Events include, movies on the beach, concerts in the park, museum and historic site programs, recreational swimming sessions, El Dorado Nature Center activities, the Long Beach Sea Festival, and performances by the Long Beach Municipal Band, just to name a few.
Belmont Shore Business Association update:
- No BSBA representative
- The Belmont Shore Employee Bus Pass Program is being used by 500 employees per month.
- The Parking Commission is sensitive to watering median plants and is working on that.
- The HD Security Cameras are strategically located on 2nd Street but are not yet fully working due to city infrastructure currently in place (wireless and hard wire). The city is still trying to define the full problem. Note: work was completed in-house, not contracting out.
- The Parking Commission will probably remove all 2nd Street trash cans and replace them with Big Belly Solar Cans because people are still digging in the trash cans; people won’t be able to access the trash in the Big Belly Solar Cans.
- Resident Question: The trees on 2nd St need attention from someone who knows trees; there are more dead trees than live ones. Answer: A Parking Commission team spent 4 hours recently looking at trees, tree wells, root upheaval and identified issues to be addressed.
- Q: Ocean Blvd palm fronds fall and are dangerous. A: Please call public works.
Resident reported on the SEASP (previously SEADIP) Open House:
- SEADIP is now SEASP (SouthEast Area Specific Plan), which runs from Loynes to the Orange County border. SEASP Open House was held on March 26th.
- There have been SEASP committee meetings with representation from home owners, commercial property owners and city staff, however no one from the BSRA, Naples or Peninsula resident associations (the associations in the East that are closest to and most affected by the SEASP area) participated, although these communities are highly impacted by the 2nd St and PCH intersection.
- On discussion were the height of buildings (currently maximum is 35 feet/3 stories). The SEASP draft plan shows a maximum of up to 7 stories.
- Team understands that already impacted traffic at PCH & 2nd will grow, but they say it will be mitigated by people taking buses, biking, walking.
- Next steps are Draft EIR, planning commission hearing, city council hearing.
- Teams are saying community input and residents helped to create the Vision Statement but home owners overwhelmingly did not want high buildings at 2nd and PCH due to already existing congestion and blockage.
President’s Report:
- None
Treasurer’s Report:
- Balance: $3851
- None
Public Comment:
- Residents and Business Owners, please go online and fill out survey on Draft EIR for SEASP
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00pm
Submitted by:
Julie Dean, Executive Board