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Eastwood Coalition Me July 1, 2003 Purpose of the meeting: To gather input from
neighbors about areas that need attention in the neighborhood. K.C. Schmidt chaired the meeting with Fran
Reichenbach recording the comments coming from the neighbors. There were
many new faces and we thank each one for attending and for their
participation. We look forward to seeing everyone again next month –
Tuesday, August 5, 2003 at 6PM – Seventh Day Adventist Church of
Hollywood. Issue
number 1: Trash dumped on streets. Issue
number 3: Illegal vendors Stacy Glazer said that she and her
neighbors know who is doing the majority of the dumping. They have placed
signs in several languages saying “Please Don’t Dump Your Trash”.
They want to see if the “shame tactic” will be affective. Specifically
she is complaining about trash in small grocery bags. Stacy filed a
complaint with Street Services but hasn’t gotten a response but she did
get a service request number and is following up. The major offender is
outside the parking lot on Garfield near Hollywood as well as in front of
the bungalows next door. (Michelle suggested that Stacy contact
LaBonge’s office with the case number and ask them to follow up.) Katherine Etzel suggested that the
neighbors organize a clean up. She also suggested that we make a request
of more than one organization like Clean & Green so that cleaning is
taking place all the time. Councilman LaBonge’s deputy, Michelle
Fleenor took the Clean & Green manager (Sylvan) around the streets in
the neighborhood so that he could include the area in their program and
basically become more familiar with it. Someone suggested getting signs and
flyers made in several languages as a public service instructing people
not to litter. Missy suggested going to Freetranslate.com to get the
translations done. Michelle
says that Daniel Brummer handles all Housing and Bldg and Safety related
matters – go to him regarding this. Stacy
will call Daniel and write to him about the property (bungalows) asking
that they look at it after public service announcements (signs) and
routine clean ups from Clean & Green have taken place for a while. Fran
will get the Operation Clean Sweep information to Stacy who will identify
problem areas in the neighborhood so that Clean & Green can come and
do their work. People
seem to want a solution to this on-going problem. They want permit parking
and/or a parking structure or two in the area. A study is required
to find out if either are feasible. Regarding a parking structure: Michelle
can submit a request to DOT but she doesn’t think that it will happen
for a long time because of the money situation. She suggested that we consider
approaching a private developer regarding any vacant lots to make it a lot
for the city. If vacant lots could be converted to parking structures,
that would solve a whole lot of problems. Permit parking is an option that we should explore. Issue
number 3: Illegal vendors Stacy also mentioned illegal vendors and how
she was working with Rory Fitzpatrick to address the problem but nothing
came of it. The people are just over it and still hear the horns honking
in the morning. Kevin suggested that a person actually
approach the offender. Stacy says that there are violent crimes in the
neighborhood and approaching a person wouldn’t be a good idea. These
violent acts come out of parking spaces and road rage, etc. Fran will e-mail Stacy with the
Senior Lead Officer’s information to explore noise abatement. She will
also talk with Jordan from Q-topia to see if we can borrow his sound meter
to record the level of noise in the morning. Additional
note: Michelle submitted the following area as low to moderate census
tract for sidewalk repair: from Bronson to Western & Hollywood to
Franklin. However, the budget has been cut and even resurfacing is being
cut back as resources are being spread all over the council district. She
doesn’t expect much street resurfacing to happen for us any time soon. Merchant’s Committee: Russell Brown is making an effort to organize the merchants on Hollywood Blvd. He invited neighbors to participate with him in this endeavor. |