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MINUTES
SAN LORENZO VILLAGE HOMES ASSOCIATION
MEETING NO. 1064
March 21, 2002
The regular meeting of the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association Board of Directors was held Thursday, March 21, 2002.
1.1 CALL TO ORDER - President Kathie Ready called the meeting to order at 7:37 pm.
1.2 SALUTE TO THE FLAG - President Ready led the Board and the audience in the pledge of allegiance.
1.3 ROLL CALL - Directors Kathie Ready, Jim Sherman, Pat Pebelier, David Sloan, and Enrique Barboza were all present.
2.O MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING
Director Sherman moved to approve the minutes from the February 21, 2002 , meeting number s 1061, 1062 and 1063, Director Sloan seconds the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.
3.0 COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC AGENCIES
3.1 Alameda County Sheriffs Dept. - Technician Langdon reported that the Sheriff's department hosted "Tip-a-Cop" fundraiser in Castro Valley that netted the department over $2100. She also reported that the deputies hosted another community meeting at Bay Elementary this past month. The topic was Megan's Law. They did not have a large turn out once again and Langdon stated that many of those residents in attendance did not realize that there are over 34 registered sex offenders living in San Lorenzo. She announced that anyone who is interested in reviewing their files on these offenders can come into the sheriff's station. Langdon announced that the sheriff's department will also be participating in the San Lorenzo Little League parade and Opening Day as well as the Bobby Sox Opening Day. There is also a Pasta Fundraiser which will be held on April 13th. Deputy Brain Fraser reported on the following Crime Statistics for San Lorenzo in February 2002:
SHERIFF CRIME STATS FOR FEBRUARY 2002
CRIME # OF INCIDENTS Auto Burglary 7 Stolen Vehicles 9 Vehicle Recovery 5 Grand Theft 4 Graffiti 1 Commercial Robberies 7 Residential Burglaries 5Deputy Fraser stated that he does not have statistics on the Street Sweeping tickets at this time but will be reporting on these at the next Association Board meeting.
Sgt. Gary Berge reported that his department is working closely with county zoning to abate some of the problems in the San Lorenzo area. He invited residents to look at the monthly zoning report which was available for all residents. (See attachment A)
3.2 CHP - Officer Doule reported the following statistics for February 2002 (See attachment B)
CHP Traffic Statistics for February 2002
Type of Ticket # of tickets for entire # tickets in
unincorporated area San Lorenzo
Parking Tickets 316 81
Fix-It Tickets N/A N/A
Moving violations 573 103
Traffic Collisions 117 22
DUI N/A N/A
Vehicle Towed or impounded 82 15
Doule reported that the CHP is working with the sheriff's department to enforce the street sweeping signs in the San Lorenzo Village area. He said that last weekend the CHP hosted a Bicycle Rodeo at Grant Elementary which was very successful. The CHP will also be participating in the San Lorenzo Little League parade.Resident Barros questioned when the CHP is able to ticket a vehicle that is parked up on the sidewalk. How far can a vehicle be parked up onto the sidewalk and still be "legal". Doule stated that most of San Lorenzo has the "curved" sidewalks. If a vehicle is parked over the line onto the flat area so that a wheel chair or stroller is unable to pass, it is in violation. He invited residents to call the CHP's complaint line at 510-581-9028.
' 3.3 Supervisor Lai-Bitker - The Supervisor's Assistant, Nick Aragon reported on the status of the development of the Village Square. He stated that his office had sent out a newsletter outlining what the proposal was from Civic Partners to develop the area. They had received a lot of feed back regarding the development, both positive and negative. He stated that the biggest concern residents have had is that of adequate parking for the living and retail space shown in the plan. Aragon stated that additional newsletters are in his office and he will provide more to the Homes Association office for residents who did not receive one in the mail. Director Sloan asked whether Lai-Biker's office is compiling statistics on comments from residents on the development. Aragon stated that they have not started keeping statistics on these comments, but said that Lai Bitker will be hosting an open house related to the development, where she will listen to residents concerns. He stated that the Supervisor wants to make sure that the residents are behind the plan.
Director Ready questioned whether residents had any concerns regarding the number of housing units proposed for the development. Aragon stated that they had received calls from residents concerned with this issue. He noted that the development proposal is in its initial stage and a lot of the details need to be worked out prior to construction. Resident Keith Barros encouraged Lai Bitker's office to make it very clear to the San Lorenzo senior citizen's groups just what was in the proposal and how much housing was included.
Aragon stated that the Board of Supervisors will have its second reading on the proposal for a Zoning Adjustment Board. This reading will be done at the Supervisor's March 26th meeting. He stated that the San Lorenzo Homes Association had made a recommendation for an appointment to this committee, endorsing Frank Peixoto and he understood that Peixoto would be appointed. A resident questioned who the other members would be. Aragon stated that Ron Palmeri, Sharon Callahan, Dennis Botelho and one other unknown member would be the appointees to this Board. He stated that the Board would be convening sometime in late April or May.
3.4 Youth Advisory Commission - No report.
3.5 Public Comment - The Administrator introduced Thea Perrino from COMMPRE (Community Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems) who reported on the Deemed Approved Ordinance which was coming before the Board of Supervisors in the next few weeks. This ordinance would allow problems related to alcohol outlets to go before the sheriff department and would allow more review by the county on a local level (see attachment C). Language revisions for this ordinance would first go before the Land Use and Transportation committee and then to the Board of Supervisors. It was also noted that the Unincorporated Services Meeting would be reviewing the new language prior to its approval by the Supervisors. Perrino asked that the Association Board of Directors to support the idea of a Deemed Approved Ordinance.
The Administrator asked the Board whether it would send a letter in agreement supporting the idea of a Deemed Approved Ordinance for Alameda County. The Board of Directors concurred that it would send a letter in support of Alameda County adopting a Deemed Approved Ordinance.
Resident Jim Spears thanks the Board for the new hall floor. He also wanted the Board to consider putting a stop sign west bound near the Association driveway on Paseo Grande. He stated that he had already spoken to Bob Preston regarding this issue, however Preston is not in favor of the idea. Preston stated that if Spears gave him a community letter in support of the idea he would consider it. He asked residents in attendance to support his idea and communicate it to other neighbors in the area.
4.0 FINANCIAL REPORT
4.1 Approval of February 2002 - Expenditures (including payroll) - Director Sherman makes a motion to accept the February 2002 expenditures (including payroll), Director Pebelier seconds the motion. The motion carries unanimously.
4.2 Discussion of Significant Variances - The Administrator stated that these would be discussed in the Draft Budget report.
5.0 LIEN AND VIOLATION REPORT - The Administrator reported that there have been 7 (seven) liens released since the February 2002 Board meeting.
February 2002 Violation Report
Number Violation # of Letters
1/19 Inoperable Vehicles in driveway 42
2/22 Recreational veh/trailer in driveway 12
6 Lack of Gen Maintenance 0
10 Lawn Height 9
11 Dead Trees 1
12 Overgrown Vegetation 2
13 Holiday Lights 27
15 Building Exterior 8
16 Dirt Accumulation 11
17 Attractive Nuisances 8
18 Lean/miss fence 3
20/7 Unpaved parking 0
21 Working on vehicles 0
23 Dogs/Cats more than 2 1
24 Barking dogs 1
25 Prohibited animals 2
26 Excess noise 0
27 No Home Business 2
28/99 Other comments 2
Total 135
6.0 BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT - The Administrator reported that due to illness no one was present to report on this past months meeting. There were no motions to take action on at the BCDC's last meeting.7.0 ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT
7.1 Specific Plan Update - The Administrator reported that she had hoped the Board would be able to meet with the developer prior to this month's Board meeting, however due to scheduling problems the Board would not be meeting with the developer until Friday, April 5th. Some of the Board members concerns were as follows:
The Post Office had not been negotiated with when drafting the plans;
The fact that the Homes Association currently has 15,000 square footage of building and rental building space with over 100 parking spaces. The proposed development gives the Association only 5000 square feet of building space and 10 parking spaces.
8.0 OTHER BUSINESS
8.1 Presidents Report for 2001 - Former President, Director Jim Sherman gave the President's report for 2001. (see attachment D)
8.2 Draft Budget for FY2002-2003 - The Administrator stated that the Board had reviewed the draft budget (see attachment E) and the assessments for 2003 will remain at $65.00. She announced that the transfer fees have increased by $8, 000 this fiscal year and she projected that the legal expenses will increase next year due to CC&R enforcement and legal fees related to the proposed development of the Village Square area.
8.3 Redevelopment Report Pat Pebelier - Director Pebelier stated that on March 13th the first meeting was held for the Redevelopment Committee. Officers were appointed and By-Laws were adopted for the committee. Staff for the project stated that 20% of funds collected under the redevelopment area must be set aside for rehabilitation of affordable housing. Members were also updated on the TLC Planning Grant which is in the MTC transit plan, were updated on the 2001/02 county budget and discussed the proposed county budget for 2002/03. The next meeting for the Redevelopment Committee would be held on Wednesday, May 8th and is open to the public.
Resident Keith Barros questioned whether the 20% that was set aside for affordable housing could be used to help low income families purchase a home. Pebelier stated that this 20% is for the refurbishing of homes that people are currently dwelling in. Barros questioned whether there would be a portion set aside so that a person could buy affordable homes. The Administrator stated that there would be a significant amount of money available for low income individuals to purchase a home.
Director Ready stated that the one decision agreed upon at this meeting which would benefit the community was that any decisions for projects in the area costing more than $20, 000 had to come to the committee first for its input and recommendations prior to going before the Board of Supervisors.
The Administrator noted that the MTC Grant which the Association helped write and get funded has had no input from the San Lorenzo Community. She stated that the county has already done an RFP on the grant without consulting the San Lorenzo Community as to how it wants to see these funds directed.
9.0 PUBLIC COMMENT - None.
10.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS
10.1 Airport Committees - None.
10.2 Council on the Prevention of Drinking and Driving - None.
11.0 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS - The Board members thanked all the residents in attendance for participating at the meeting.
12.0 ADJOURNMENT - President Ready adjourned the meeting at 8:33 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pat Pebelier, Secretary-Treasurer
Recorded & Transcribed By: Kathleen Harrigan, Sr. Admin. Assistant
Reviewed By: Nancy Van Huffel, Administrator
Variances from CC&Rs considered at board workshop meeting 3/21:
17635 Via Segundo -- Replace 6 ft side fence (which is partially chain link) with 6 foot redwood fence. Approved.
15762 Via Corta -- Front yard side step fence (6ft to 3 ft) with a 9 foot set back. Approved.