Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association

MINUTES - Board Meeting of January 6, 2004

Highlights of meeting

Committee Reports:
Mike Deasy reported on the Canyon Service Station. Brian Clark is working with the current owners and so far there have been no acceptable offers on the property.
Potential Design Overlay. Jill Soffer was not present but it was reported that the committee has met twice so far. Consensus was reached that Floor Area Ratio (FAR) requirements was important. Mike will draft a report for the next newsletter. The committee is developing a survey to be sent to the community about what development issues in the canyon are important to them.


Newsletter:
The following were suggested for articles for the next newsletter; Marquez cemetery, Canyon Service Station, the Design Overlay Committee and How to keep your dog from barking.
Old Business
Prop K:
George reports that a meeting will be held at the end of February and that the park renovation work is to be started in February/ March with an expected completion within six to nine months.
Neighborhood Traffic Study Implementation:
No report.
Membership status:
316 paid membership at close of 2003.
Other business
Movie filming in the canyon:
Pacific Palisadean, Larry Jacobs, has become a liaison to the industry. Mr. Jacobs is looking for representatives from various community organizations including SMCCA.
New building permits on Amalfi.
Alex discussed the new building permits that were either approved or in the works for projects on Amalfi. The following addresses were listed; 216 Amalfi, 263 Amalfi, 318 Amalfi and 333 Sumac Lane.
After a lengthy board discussion about the problems associated with construction in this area, and the canyon in general, a motion was made by Mike Deasy, seconded and passed o be submitted to Cindy Misokowski’s office. The motion reads as follows:
We are concerned that the pending construction at four [4] locations in the Amalfi corridor [216, 263 and 318 Amalfi as well as 333 Sumac] on narrow, substandard, hillside streets will create severe parking, traffic and Public Safety problems for our Canyon Community and request that our City Council Office investigate, identify and implement solutions similar to those already agreed to for 216 Amalfi [flagmen, on-site parking only, remote staging, on-site dumpsters, reduced construction hours to facilitate safe travel for school children and others] to reduce the impact on the community. We are concerned further that this is not a specific Amalfi issue, but a continuing canyon-wide issue that should be dealt with.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:50

Next meeting February 3, 2004