FRIENDS OF SUNSET PARK
Board/Membership Meeting
Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 7 to 9pm
Mt. Olive Church, 14th & Ocean Park Blvd.
 
AGENDA
 
1. Welcome & introductions
 
2. Minutes from Feb. 14th meeting
 
3. Treasurer's report -- request for donation from Samohi "Grad Nite" Committee
 
4. Membership report
 
5. Nominating Committee report
 
6. Presentation by SMPD Detective Maury Sumlin -- Protecting yourself against identity theft and fraud
 
7. Presentation from the Pier Restoration Corporation -- Update on proposals for the Pier Ramp
 
8. Former Planning Commissioner Kelly Olsen  -- Discussion of the possible effects of traffic from the proposed expansion of the City trash transfer station. 
 
9. Annual Meeting - May 19, 2-4pm, Mt. Olive Church -- speakers, volunteers
 
10. Santa Monica Festival - May 20, Clover Park -- volunteers 10am to 6pm (sign-up for one hour
 
11. Unity Resource Fair -- "Creating a Culture of Success for All Community Youth" -- April 22, 1-6pm, Virginia Avenue Park -- table/donation
 
12. Santa Monica Airport -- Update on the current Runway Safety Areas (RSAs) and EMAS proposal: Atlantic Aviation, a subsidiary of Macquarie, planning to take over the Supermarine FBO lease; next Airport Commission meeting on march 26th, 7:30pm, at City Hall.
 
13. Planning Department outreach -- "Shape the Future 2025" Community Meetings -- "Placemaking: The integration of planning and people to create a place that is ideal in which to play, work, and live" -- 3 community meetings at 7 to 9pm:
 
March 26th at Virginia Avenue Park (parking entrances on Pico and on Virginia Avenue),
March 28th at the Lincoln Middle School cafeteria (14th & California), and
April 5th at the Olympic High School Cafeteria (NW corner of Lincoln & OPB, parking entrance on Pine St., one block north of OPB)
 
14. Santa Monica College -- Transportation and Shuttle Parking Community Meeting -- Thursday, March 15th, 7pm, at John Muir elementary School, 6th and Ocean Park Blvd. SMC President Chui Tsang and City Manager Lamont Ewell will attend. Report on the move of the shuttle lot from the beach to Exposition Blvd. between Centinela and Stewart/28th, the replacement of the shuttle bus with the "Sunset Ride," the new SMC Commuter line, free ridership on the #11 Crosstown for SMC students, staff, and faculty, etc. 
 
15. Report on Big Blue Bus Community Meetings - The new SMC Commuter (http://www.bigbluebus.com/busroutes/map/index.asp?routeid=101) is now running from Westside Pavilion to the Main Campus (3x in the morning, 2x in the afternoon), the Crosstown #11 line now runs every 15 minutes from 7am to 6pm, rather than every 30 minutes (both are free for SMC students, faculty, & staff, to encourage less car traffic).
 
Proposed:
 
1) Crosstown Ride (formerly #11 - Pearl, 14th, Montana, 20th, Ocean Park Blvd. 17th to Pearl),
2) Sunset Ride (SMC shuttle to Main Campus, Bundy Campus, Academy of Entertainment &
        Technology Campus, and shuttle parking lot on Exposition), 
3) Pico Market Ride on Saturdays (Cloverfield, Ocean Park Blvd., 14th St., and Colorado Blvd.), 
4) Tide Ride (Ocean Ave. to Marine, Main St. shopping district, 4th to Wilshire, 7th, Broadway), and
5) Downtown Market Ride (Arizona Ave., 6th to San Vicente, Ocean to Montana, 4th to Arizona).
 
All these will be "Mini Blue Buses," currently Thomas buses (30-foot, as opposed to 40-foot) registering 95 decibels, ca. 15 decibels louder than cars and 7 decibels louder than delivery trucks. The next round of vehicles for Mini Blue Service (not sure when that would be) will be shorter than 30 feet and "should have a maximum decibel level of 70." 14th, 20th, and Ocean Park Blvd. would have buses passing approximately every 8 minutes M-F.
 
EZ Transit Pass -- "No more fussing with transfers or fumbling for exact change!" Ride almost any bus or train in LA County (including Big Blue Bus, MTA, and Culver City) all month for $58. Call 1-800-COMMUTE for the nearest sales location. 
 
16. Other updates and concerns