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MINUTES
SAN LORENZO VILLAGE HOMES ASSOCIATION
MEETING NO. 1069
August 15, 2002
The regular meeting of the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association Board of Directors was held Thursday, August 15, 2002.
1.1 CALL TO ORDER -- President Kathie Ready called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.
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, Peggy Sheridan and Enrique Barboza were present.
2.O MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING -- Director Sherman makes a motion to approve the minutes of the July 2002 Board meeting number 1068, Director Barboza seconds the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.
3.0 COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC AGENCIES
3.1 Alameda County Sheriffs Dept. -- Deputy Langdon reported that Deputy Frazer would be at the meeting shortly. She stated that since the last Board meeting she has had several requests for neighborhood watch groups. She reported that National Night Out was a success. There were approximately 300 residents who attended the event in San Lorenzo at St. John's Catholic Church. Landon announced that the Sheriff's Department will have a booth at the upcoming Zucchini festival on August 17th and 18th. Other upcoming events include the Cop Shops annual barbeque on September 6th and a new session of the Citizens Academy which will begin on September 17th.
Langdon reported the following crime statistics for July 2002: She stated that there were two (2) grand thefts in the area, this is an increase of one (1) from the previous report. Langdon stated a grand theft is any theft worth over $400. Auto burglaries were up by six (6), with fourteen (14) in the area since last month. There were five (5) residential burglaries, up two (2) from last month and five (5), commercial burglaries. There were also two (2) reports of graffiti. Langdon stated that there was a recent series of shootings at the Washington Apartments in San Lorenzo. They occurred on the same day, one at 2 pm and one after midnight. No one was injured. She stated that numerous neighbors had called from surrounding streets about gun shots being heard.
3.2 CHP -- Officer Ham reported on the following statistics for San Lorenzo in July 2002:
# of tickets for entire
Type of Ticket unincorporated area # in San Lorenzo
Parking Tickets n/a 77
Tickets n/a 176
Traffic Collisions n/a 17
DUI n/a N/A
Vehicle Towed or impounded n/a 15
Telephone Complaints n/a 12
Director Ready thanked the CHP for recently ticketing cars that are parked illegally up on the sidewalk. She has noticed a big difference in the past two (2) weeks.
3.3 Supervisor Lai-Bitker -- Shawn Wilson, aide to Supervisor Lai Bitker, asked the Board to endorse the business license tax initiative and the hotel and lodging tax initiative on the upcoming voters ballots for the November elections. He apologized to the board for not getting this information to them sooner so that it could be agendized, but stated that he just recently received it and stated that the deadline for endorsements to get them on the ballot is tomorrow, Friday, August 15th. The Board could take a position on the items and vote on them at the next meeting, however the board's endorsement could not be part of the ballot. The Administrator stated that she just received the information today and asked the Board if it wanted to consider this as an emergency item in order for them to consider it for a vote. The Board could also wait and vote on the item at September's meeting and the Board's endorsement could be publicized in the newsletter. She mentioned that ballot arguments must be finalized by tomorrow. Director Sherman makes a motion to put these two items to vote as "emergency agenda" items, even though they were not on the agenda, Director Sheridan seconds the motion. The motion passes unanimously.
The Administrator noted that the business license tax has been in effect for 10 years and the money it generates is split between the library, the sheriff and county zoning (most for NPO enforcement). The Sheriff's department gets most of the funds and she noted that Sheriff Plummer had said that if the tax is not continued, they will have to reduce staff at the department. She noted that the Board has always supported this utility tax as long as the moneys generated by it went to the sheriffs, zoning and the library.
The Administrator stated that the transit tax (hotel tax) will bring in approximately $770,000 annually to the unincorporated area of the county, unless Castro Valley incorporates, then it will bring in $585,00 annually. This tax would help to sustain what benefits the unincorporated county already has and is just another way to raise revenue.
Director Sherman makes a motion that the Association Board support the hotel tax initiative on the November ballot. Director Pebelier seconds, the motion carries unanimously.
Director Sherman makes a motion that the Association Board support the business tax initiative on the November ballot, Director Pebelier seconds the motion. Directors Sherman, Pebelier, Ready and Sheridan vote in favor, Director Barboza votes against.
Shawn Wilson introduced Kevin Dowling who was hired as the new liason for Lai-Bitker for the San Lorenzo area. He also announced that Ray Grangoff was hired part time for the Supervisor to work with the San Lorenzo Youth Commission and the Youth Resource group.
Wilson stated that Lai Bitker is having a series of Senior Workshops, the first of which will be held on August 19th at the San Leandro Library at 10 am. Representative Pete Stark will be in attendance. There will be eight (8) of these workshops throughout the district. On October 1st there will be a workshop in San Lorenzo at the Community center. The topic will be prescription drugs and senior health care. There will be a booster seat give-away in the Mervyns parking lot on October 3rd from 4-7 pm. There are 75 seats for low income families.
Director Ready said that there was a meeting held with Shawn Wilson and Linda Garner regarding the Housing Element Plan. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss parts of the plan that the Board was unhappy with. The long-range plan is to have another meeting with Gardener and Jim Sorenson and go over the Housing Element article by article.
3.4 Youth Advisory Commission -- No report.
3.5 Public Comment -- None.
4.0 FINANCIAL REPORT
4.1 Approval of July 2002 Expenditures (including payroll) -- Director Sherman made a motion to accept the July 2002 expenditures (including payroll), Director Sheridan seconds, the motion carries unanimously.
4.2 Discussion of Significant Variances -- The Administrator reported that the Board would be getting a copy of the audit in four to eight weeks and she will discuss any variances at that time.
5.0 LIEN AND VIOLATION REPORT -- The Administrator reported that there have been no liens released since the last Board meeting.
Number Violation # of Letters 1/19 Inoperable Vehicles in driveway 29 2/22 Recreational veh/trailer in driveway 28 6 Lack of Gen. Maintenance 2 10 Lawn Height 22 11 Dead Trees 1 12 Overgrown Vegetation 3 13 Holiday Lights 10 15 Building Exterior 6 16 Dirt Accumulation 9 17 Attractive Nuisances 7 18 Lean/miss fence 2 20/7 Unpaved parking 11 21 Working on vehicles 1 23 Dogs/Cats more than 2,0 24 Barking dogs 2 25 Prohibited animals 1 26 Excess noise 0 27 No Home Business 1 28/99 Other comments 12 Total 147
Director Ready suggested that the committee meet for the Association Board on an "as needed" basis-as items and issues come up related to business and the community that the Board wants reviewed. She did not see the need for them to continue to meet on a monthly basis.
Director Sherman made a motion to direct the BCDC to meet on an "as needed" for the Association Board as items/issues come up. Director Barboza seconded the motion. The motion carried unanimously.
7.0 ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT
7.1 Miscellaneous Items -- The Administrator had nothing to report.
8.0 OTHER BUSINESS
8.1 Update of the Specific Plan and the Housing Element Plan -- Director Ready stated that a resident had asked that the Board get some assurances that the businesses that are currently in the proposed area have priority to be relocated in the area prior to going through with the plan. She stated that it is not clear what the businesses will do while the area is being developed. She pointed out that many of these businesses are not in the position to close down and "wait" while the project is being developed and some of these businesses will be forced to move elsewhere. She noted that when the developer was questioned about how these businesses would survive during the reconstruction of the area, they replied that the businesses "would come back" to the area once it was built, but offered no concrete assurances of how this would be accomplished.
The Administrator agreed that the Board should ask for these assurances and suggested that the Board create a "package" of questions and concerns about the project and give it to Civic Partners to review and respond to.
Kevin Dowling noted that with the new Albertsons' development in Hayward all the existing businesses were given the option to relocate. Director Sherman asked whether the businesses had to wait to relocate or whether they were given places prior to having to move due to the new development. Dowling stated that some were given this option but not all.
8.2 Policy decision on political candidate ads for the newsletter -- The Administrator reported that she has already had a request from a school board candidate to run an ad in the Association newsletter. She stated that there are eight (8) candidates running for the school board position as well as the two (2) candidates that are running for County Supervisor. The Administrator suggested one-quarter page for each school board candidate and 1 page each for the Supervisor candidates. She stated that there are no other elections other than these.
Director Sherman made a motion to allow for one-quarter page ads for San Lorenzo School Board candidates and 1 full page for each Supervisor candidate in the next Association newsletter, Director Pebelier seconds. The motion passes unanimously.
8.4 Selection of Auditor for FY2001-2002 -- The Administrator recommended that the Association use the same auditor its used for several years, Levy and Company. In the past the Board had requested other bids from other companies, but those bids came in higher than this auditor and those companies did not have the expertise that Levy and Company have.
Director Sherman makes a motion to hire Levy and Company as auditor for the 2001-02 audit. Director Sheridan seconds the motion. The motion passes unanimously.
9.0 PUBLIC COMMENT -- None.
10.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS
10.1 Airport Committees -- There were no meetings and thus no report was given.
10.2 Council on the Prevention of Drinking and Driving -- No report. The Administrator announced that the group is still looking for a new meeting place and asked the Board if they would agree to allowing the group to use the Association office's back meeting room. There were no objections from the Board.
10.3 Youth Resources -- The Administrator reported that Supervisor Lai Bitker's office has taken over the main responsibility for the group. Sandra Scott from the San Leandro Girls Club is the new chair and is doing a good job in helping pool resources and identify the needs of youth in the area.
11.0 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS -- Director Sherman thanked all residents in attendance. Director Pebelier invited the CHP to attend the next Youth Resource Group this coming Monday, August 19th at Supervisor Lai Bitker's office on Hesperian Blvd. She apologized for not contacting them sooner and urged someone from their office to participate.
12.0 ADJOURNMENT -- President Ready adjourned the meeting at 8:35 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pat Pebelier
Secretary-Treasurer
Recorded & Transcribed By: Kathleen Harrigan, Sr. Admin. Assistant
Reviewed By: Nancy Van Huffel, Administrator, Kathie Ready, Board President
Variances from CC&Rs considered by the board at its work session August 15:
1689 Via Mesa -- front yard 5 ft redwood fence, replace existing. Postponed.
1934 Via Rancho -- 8x12 ft. shed, 7 ft. high with 3 ft side yard setback. Approved.
997 Hacienda (corner lot) -- 6 ft. redwood fence coming off the side of the house with 5 ft setback from the street; 3 ft. high wooden fence around the front of the propety. Denied.
17249 Via Alamitos -- second story and first story addition (bedrooms and extension of kitchen). Approved with condition that there are no objections from neighbors by August 23, 2002.