Friends of Sunset Park
Board/Membership Meeting
AGENDA
Thursday, July 16, 2009 – 7 to 9 pm
Mt. Olive Church, 14th and Ocean Park Blvd.
 
1. Approve minutes from May 30 Annual Meeting and June 18 meeting  
 
2. Treasurer's report; approve expenditures 
 
3. Correspondence
 
4. Approve letters - Sec'y of Transportation Ray LaHood 
 
5. Presentation - Garden Partnership Registry Program
 
6. Community Corporation of Santa Monica - report on June 24th
Community Design Workshop re 4-story affordable housing project at 2802 Pico 
 
7. Santa Monica Airport 
 
   a. Update on C and D ban - "On July 8, 2009, the FAA issued its Final Agency Decision and Order as the concluding component of a long-running Part 16 dispute between the FAA and the City of Santa Monica (Docket No. 16-02-08) over needed safety enhancements at Santa Monica Airport. The Part 16 dispute arose from the City's attempt to implement an Ordinance (No. 2251CCS) banning high-performance Category C & D aircraft from operating at the Santa Monica Airport as part of a proposed Aircraft Conformance Program designed to improve the overall safety of the Airport.
"The FAA determined that the Ordinance is invalid, ruling that airport owners, including Santa Monica, may exercise their proprietary authority, but that authority does not extend to a ban on classes of aircraft; so the Ordinance is preempted by federal law. The FAA further ruled that the Ordinance constitutes unjust discrimination against operators of Category C and D aircraft and is not necessary for the Airport’s safe operation." 
   b. Airport Commission - next meeting  - July 27th, 7:30, City Hall
 8. Public safety
   a. Crime update hand-out
   b. National Night Out Against Crime - Aug. 4, 6 to 8 PM, 333 Olympic Drive   
9. Land Use and Transportation 
   a. Report on July 7th "Taking Charge of Our Future" workshop 
   b. Current projects list posted at: http://www01.smgov.net/planning/planningcomm/currentprojectsplanning.htm 
10. Transportation management - Proposed letter re collection of traffic count data, both in general and as it affects analysis of new development projects such as 2802 Pico and evaluation of pilot projects such as the Ocean Park Blvd. re-striping pilot project. Re OPB, Transportation management staff have stated that they "do not have the counts and percentages compiled for Pearl, Oak, Hill and Ashland...[and they] do not have accident data for streets other than Ocean Park Boulevard."
11. Santa Monica College - Director, Police and Safety Services -
Dr. Albert Vasquez 310-434-4300 - Vasquez_Albert@smc.edu 
 
12. Big Blue Bus - www.bigbluebus.com - Additional bus service for
Santa Monica College will be added in September.
 
13. Survey re earthquake drill materials
 
14. Report on 3rd annual July 4th Main Street parade
 
15. Follow-up to June presentation re nurses at St. Johns Medical Center.
 
16. SMMUSD: July 31st deadline to apply for Measure R parcel tax
Senior Exemptions - www.smmusd.org - Homeowners 65 and older are
eligible to apply - Phone 310-450-8338 ext. 269 for more information.  
 
17. Welcome packets for new neighbors - (contact info for city offices,
check-off list for utilities, BBB schedules for #7 and #8, info about
local schools, coupons from local stores) - we need volunteers to
put these together and distribute them  
 
18. Other concerns and updates
 
19. Calendar:
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Event websites:
 
City meetings - http://vsapps.smgov.net/public_calendars/default.aspx?id=0 
Arts and cultural activities - http://www01.smgov.net/ccs/palette
Convention & Visitors Bureau calendar - http://www.santamonica.com/events-calendar/
S.M. Public Library events - http://www.SMPL/org/libraryevents.htm 
S.M. Airport events - http://www01.smgov.net/Airport/SMART/SMART.htm 
SMC campus events - http://events.smc.edu/SMCevents.html 

 
July 11 - 26 - "Lyle, Lyle Crocodile" - Morgan-Wixson Theatre's Y.E.S. program -
                    2627 Pico (park at 2509 Pico) - 828-7519 - Saturdays & Sundays at 11 AM