March 20 -- Airport Art Walk -- 1 PM
April 6 -- SMC Board of Trustees -- 7 PM
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Friends of Sunset Park
Board Meeting
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Mt. Olive Church, 14th & Ocean Park Blvd.
AGENDA
1. Approve minutes of the February meeting
2. Treasurer’s reports; requests for reimbursement
3. Correspondence
4. Approve letters: Comment on Draft EIR for the Draft LUCE
5. U.S. Census 2010 - brief presentation by Bob Riedy
6. Super-high-speed Internet in Santa Monica - brief presentation by Rachel Waugh
7. L.A. Marathon - March 21 - Some of the 25,000 runners may park at SMC between 2 and 6 AM,
then catch shuttle buses to Dodger Stadium for the 7 AM start of the race.
The race ends at Ocean Avenue & Santa Monica Blvd. www.smgov.net/LAmarathon
8. Santa Monica Airport
a. Councilmember McKeown's request re enforceable toxicity standards -- update
b. Update on city's ongoing legal battle with the FAA
c. FAA pilot program - Since December, piston planes using instrument flight rules (IFR) are heading
toward Santa Monica Pier after they take off, rather than flying over PenMar Golf Course. If you have
complaints, please phone the Airport at 458-8591.
d. 2015 marks the end of the 1984 Agreement -- A history of S.M. Airport and a summary of the 1984
Agreement is posted at: http://www.smgov.net/Departments/Airport/Airport_History.aspx
e. Airport Commission
i. Next meeting on March 22
ii. Report on Annual Environmental Review at the February meeting
9. Planning and Land Use
a. Parking complaint on 29th St.
b. 20th and Cloverfield streetscape meeting - March 15 - Virginia Avenue Park - 7 PM
c. Bundy Village and Medical Park - March 11 hearing in Los Angeles
d. Draft EIR for Draft LUCE - The comment period is over.
e. DA "float-ups" - Bergamot Village, Paseo Nebraska, Agensys, and 7 others
f. 2834 Colorado Avenue Creative Studio Project - The Draft EIR comment period is over.
g. Expo Maintenance Yard - proposed land swap with SMC (Olympic Shuttle Lot for Airport land)
h. Playa Vista Phase 2 - one more approval is still required
i. Current projects: http://www01.smgov.net/planning/planningcomm/currentprojectsplanning.htm
10. Public safety
a. NRO Artis Williams is recovering from knee surgery. Scott.Pace@smgov.net
b. Complaints include UPS packages stolen from a porch, an inebriated homeless man blocking
someone's doorway, items stolen from outside/inside of parked cars, and off-leash dogs.
c. SMPD bulletin re "Vehicle Theft" - posted at www.SantaMonicaPD.org/Content.aspx?id=13254
9. Santa Monica College -- Spring semester began Feb 16th. -- Pico buses and bus stops are over-crowded.
10. Big Blue Bus -- The proposed fare increases are posted at www.BigBlueBus.com/meetings/bbb-cmm-mtng-v2.pdf on pp. 49 - 63. Comments can be emailed to Bus-Info@BigBlueBus.com
11. Membership -- City to send out letters with membership forms and prepaid envelopes,
perhaps on March 12th. Don't throw them away!
12. Neighborhood Council - Report on February meeting -- Next meeting on March 20
13. Environment -- UFMPTF meeting on March 10 at Virginia Avenue Park
14. Calendar review:
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March 13 -- Santa Monica Symphony -- 7:30 PM -- Santa Monica
Civic Auditorium -- Free concert featuring Tavis Smiley narrating
Copland's Lincoln Portrait -- $8 for parking, or take the #7 Big Blue Bus
on Pico Blvd. - www.SMsymphony.org
March 15 -- Task Force on the Environment -- 7 PM -- Ken Edwards Center --
http://www.smgov.net/Departments/OSE/categories/content.aspx?id=4888
March 15 -- 20th St. and Cloverfield Blvd. streetscape (from 10 freeway to Pico) -
Virginia Avenue Park - time?_______________________
March 16 -- Mozart Requiem -- 7 PM -- Barnum Hall on the Samohi Campus,
600 Olympic Blvd. -- The award-winning Santa Monica High School Choirs
will perform Mozart's monumental Requiem. [Note from Zina: If you saw
the movie Amadeus, this beautiful music will be very familiar.]
Free parking is in the North Lot (from 4th St., drive east on Olympic, turn right
into the alley next to the gas station, just before Lincoln Blvd., then right again
into the student parking lot). Free handicapped parking is in the Barnum Hall lot
off of Olympic (from 4th St., drive east on Olympic, then turn right into the
entrance next to the play field and tennis courts).
March 17 -- Planning Commission -- 7 PM -- City Hall --
http://www01.smgov.net/planning/planningcomm/planningagendas.htm
March 20 -- Neighborhood Council -- 10 AM -- Ken Edwards Center --
All Santa Monica residents are welcome to attend.
March 20 -- Annual Airport Art Walk -- 1 to 5 PM -- 2800 to 3100 Airport Ave. --
Art galleries, studios and theatre open house with displays, demonstrations,
music and theatrical performances.
March 21 -- SMC Emeritus College Band Concert -- 3 PM --
SMC Broad Stage, 11th & Santa Monica Blvd. -- Free!
March 22 -- Airport Commission -- 7:30 PM -- City Hall --
http://www01.smgov.net/airport/
March 23 -- City Council -- 6:45 PM --
http://www.smgov.net/departments/council/
March 25 -- L.A. Chamber Orchestra -- 7 PM --
SMC Broad Stage, 11th & Santa Monica Blvd.
March 26, 27 -- SMMUSD "Stairway of the Stars" concerts --
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
April 6 -- SMC Board of Trustees -- 7 PM -- Business Building,
Rm. 117, Main Campus
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Resources:
SMPD Neighborhood Resource Officer – Artis Williams: 424-200-0687
SMPD Non-Emergency Dispatch: 310-458-8491
SMPD free residential security surveys: 310-458-8474
Crime mapping – http://www.SantaMonicaPD.org/CrimeMapping – Beat 7
Graffiti Hotline: 310-458-2231
Airport Noise Hotline: 310-458-8692
S.M. Animal Shelter – 310-458-8594
Event Web Sites:
City events – http://calendar.smgov,net/city/eventcalendar.asp
Convention & Visitors Bureau calendar – http://www.santamonica.com/events-calendar/
S.M. Public Library events – http://www.SMPL.org/January2010Calendar.pdf
S.M. Airport events – http://www01.smgov..net/Airport/SMART/SMART.htm
SMC campus events – http://www.smc.edu/apps/agenda.asp?Q=0&C=agenda
S.M. YWCA – www.smYWCA.org
S.M. Red Cross – www.RedCrossofSantaMonica.org
