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Meeting Report 

November 4, 2003

Meeting Schedule discussed. Some believe that quarterly meetings are more appropriate. Some believe that Eastwood should meet at least every other month to stay connected with one another. This organization will be dark in December and meet again at the regular date and time (First Tuesday of each month) and discuss the matter again. Meanwhile, Jered will work on a flyer and helping with outreach so that more people will be in attendance in the January 6, 2004 meeting. Jered will get a flyer to Al to post in his building. Ann Marie will make phone calls to members to encourage their participation. Tony will distribute to the neighbors on Wilton Place. K.C. will continue to distribute to his street – Gramercy as well as Garfield Place. 

Keh (Thai Community Council) gave a report on plans to build a Whole Foods store where the three lots on Garfield now provide parking. She heard this from Rene Weitzer in Councilman LaBonge’s office. She will contact the developer to see when they will be providing an open house for the neighborhood. Catherine Zarate wants to know what they plan to do regarding security and clean up in order to maintain their store and keep the community clean. 

KC told of the final installation of the Lighted Pedestrian Crosswalk at St. Andrews and Hollywood Blvd. Fran gave the history of the city’s reluctance to provide crossing guards or a light due to what the city considered a close proximity to the light on Western as well as the light on Wilton. Franklin-Hollywood Hills Community Council generated a document to DOT and the City Council office asking for parity – FHHCC insisted that Hollywood Blvd and St. Andrews be treated the same as Sunset Blvd and St. Andrews which has both a light and a crossing guard. Shortly thereafter, the crossing guard was added and plans went into gear to provide the light. 

Sprint Appeal: WE WON! The neighbors showed up. The letter that Josh wrote along with the many other letters were very affective. The Area Planning Commissioners were strong in their suggestion to Sprint that they meet with the neighborhood extensively next time. Sprint made no attempt to meet with the neighbors in or around the building that they proposed to install their antennae. Josh told the commissioners that, had Sprint met with the neighbors, they still would not have been given permission to install their facility on that building but that the neighborhood organization would have assisted Sprint in finding a more suitable and acceptable location. 

Fire Station 82: The Prop. F Administrative Oversight Committee sent out last months minutes that state their ability to purchase Florentine Gardens and their plans to identify that as their final location choice for the new Fire Station 82. We await receipt of the minutes from their meeting this week to see if that action was taken officially. 

Clean up projects will be undertaken in the future. 

Ann Marie and Tony have a problem neighbor with loud partying every week. Fran suggested they include Bill Kysella (City Attorney’s Neighborhood Prosecutor) in the discussion as he has ability to gather agencies together to resolve these kinds of issues. Catherine suggested that the senior lead officer become involved in this situation. 

Pierre mentioned that cars are now allowed to park overnight on both sides of Hollywood Blvd. As a result, no street sweeping occurs and the street is real messy. Ann Marie will find the phone number and contact name of the person in the city in charge of Street Sweeping. It was mentioned that this issue includes both CD4 and CD13 as well as the Department of Street Services, Department of Transportation (parking) and maybe Parking Enforcement. We will have to work on this from many angles to find a resolution. Perhaps Bill Kysella can help with this as well. 

Catherine announced Thursday, November 13, 2003 – Free Flu Shots at the church (Seventh-Day Adventist Church 1711 Van Ness at Hollywood Blvd.) from 9AM – 12noon. Those that are allergic to eggs or shellfish should not participate.

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 6, 2004