FRIENDS OF SUNSET PARK
Board/Membership Meeting
AGENDA
Thursday, August 21, 2008 -- 7 to 9 PM
Mt. Olive Church, 14th & Ocean Park Blvd.
 
(All members are welcome. If you need to arrive late or leave early,
it's okay, we understand and appreciate your participation!)
 
1. Approve minutes from June and July meetings.
 
2. Treasurer's report; approve expenditures
 
3. Election of board officers
 
4. Santa Monica Airport
   a. Assembly Joint Resolution 37 - it's now passed the State Senate         
   b. FAA hearing - update
   c. Status of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case
   d. Airport Commission -- City Hall, August 25th, 7:30 PM - Agenda at
                 http://www.smgov.net/airport/ , click on "SMAC Agenda" 
   e. Airport Noise Hotline: 310-458-8692 
   f. More info posted at www.friendsofsunsetpark.org, click on "SM Airport"  
 
5. Land Use and Transportation
   a. RIFT (Residents' Initiative to Fight Traffic) - www.smRIFT.com 
   b. LUCE - www.ShapeTheFuture2025.org 
   c. Ocean Park Blvd. re-striping -- email comments to 
       Beth.Rolandson@smgov.net
   d. Zoning - possible violations on Ocean Park Blvd. 
 
6. Santa Monica College
   a. Big Blue Bus issues near the main campus 
   b. $295 million facilities bond measure on the Nov. ballot
   c. Parking enforcement near the main campus -- Report problems
       to Campus Police Dispatch at 310-434-3000 (they can issue parking
       tickets from 14th to 23rd, and from Delaware to Ocean Park Blvd.)
 
7. UUT - Utilities Users Tax on the November ballot
 
8. Public safety
   a. Two residential robberies since the July FOSP meeting -
       report on community meeting with SMPD
   b. Residential and auto burglaries - residents need to secure homes
       and cars at all times, keep valuables out of sight.
   c. Reminder: SMPD Neighborhood Resource Officer -- 
       Artis Williams -- 424-200-0687
   d. Phone 458-8474 for a free residential security survey
       to safeguard your home against burglaries,
       and/or for help in forming a Neighborhood Watch group.  
   e. Graffiti hotline: 310-458-2231
 
9. Trees -- Concerns about safe pruning and how to legally
    clean up debris; reports of city tree roots invading water lines  
 
10. Visual blight - Real estate signs 
 
11. Updates from Board members -- Neighborhood Council, 
     Santa Monica College, Social Services Commission, Virginia
     Avenue Park Advisory Board, Santa Monica Conservancy, et al.
 
12. Other concerns
 
13. Calendar:
 
      a. August 21 - Board of Education - District Office - 5:30 PM
      b. August 23 - Neighborhood Council - Ken Edwards Center - 10 AM
      c. August 25 - Airport Commission - City Hall - 7:30 PM
      d. September 8 - FOSP Board/Membership meeting - Mt. Olive - 7 PM