September 10, 2005 Meeting
Preparation
An e-mail was
sent to each member who has provided a contact e-mail address.
Susan Chu and
Laura Ellersieck phoned
each other member who has provided a contact phone number plus a few
e-mailees known not to read their e-mail often.
Acknowledgments
Susan Chu brought cookies and juice.
Attendees
9 residents attended the meeting
Meeting
Agenda
Items:
- park
status update
- ice rink
project status
- disaster
preparedness
- anything
else attendees wish to discuss
The meeting began about 11:20 am in Hastings
Branch
Library's meeting room.
- opening
delayed until at least April - excuse that undergrounding wires took
longer then expected
- new
towers are up with remainder of lines from wooden poles moved on to
them and wooden poles coming down
- Councilman
Haderlein
says there will be a pedestrian entrance further south on Avocado ready
in time for the park opening
- park name
- heard
from Kathy Woods of Parks and Natural Resources in late August
- provided
background information on our request for Viña Vieja
- Public
Works is doing research for park name recommendation
- She
said they like the proposed name
- renaming
is not on the Parks and Rec Commission agenda for September however
- collected
additional signatures for rename petition
- ice rink
project going forward
- heard
from Councilman Haderlein that architect is getting started and expects
to make
contact soon for arranging a meeting/workshop to take input from
residents
- otherwise
no new info since last month's meeting
- trash
container audit and RFID tagging
- City is
going to hire firm which will send people around to count each regular,
recycle, and landscape waste container at each address and attach an
RFID tag (radio frequency identification) to each one. All the
info will be put in a database.
- Trash trucks
will be outfitted with scanners and locaters so that the city will have
a record of each container picked up, where and when, and every
movement of the trash trucks.
- Apparently
many bills have not been correctly reflecting the containers that have
been being serviced - the billing is to be corrected
- Trash
truck routes are to be adjusted to be more balanced and efficient
- disaster
preparedness
- only a
little discussion
- get to
know neighbors and who could take care of pets etc if caretakers are
stuck away
- discussed
a little bit people's experience with different types of emergency
lights. Dead batteries and crank devices.
- Suggestion
was made that we put together a list of what emergency items people
have found that actually work and maybe also duds to avoid
- discussed
emergency alert pendants - particularly good idea for people living
alone
- anything
else attendees wish to discuss
- a brand
new resident of the neighborhood attended and shared his enthusiasm for
the proposed new park and the character of the neighborhood
Next meeting is October 8, same
time, same place.
Adjourned about noon