The regular meeting of the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association Board of Directors was held Thursday, December 20, 2001.

1.1 CALL TO ORDER - President Jim Sherman called the meeting to order at 7:32 p.m.

1.2 SALUTE TO THE FLAG - President Sherman led the Board and the audience in the pledge of allegiance.

1.3 ROLL CALL - Directors Jim Sherman, Pat Pebelier, Enrique Barboza and Kathie Ready , were present, David Sloan was absent due to illness.

1.4 PRESENTATIONS

(A) Presentation to Supervisor Steele - Director Ready Presented a proclamation to Supervisor Steele for her work as Supervisor in San Lorenzo - see attachment A.

(B) Announcement of the Holiday Home Decoration Winners - The Administrator Announced the winners of the Holiday Home decorating contest for 2001 - see Attachment B.

2.O MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING

Director Pebelier moved to approve the minutes from the November, 2001, meeting number 1057, Director Ready seconds the motion. The minutes are approved unanimously.

3.0 COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC AGENCIES

3.1 CHP - Officer Plant stated that he did not have any statistics for this past month due to the CHP's participation in the "Avoid the 21" campaign.-He stated that these statistics would be available at next months' meeting.

Director Ready asked who was responsible for dealing with the semi trucks that are parked on Via Mercado. Plant stated that CHP is responsible and he will look into this. Another resident thanked the CHP for being more active on Bockman Rd in San Lorenzo, this has slowed down traffic. Officer Plant announced that tomorrow will be his last day in the unincorporated San Lorenzo/Hayward area.

Officer Plant introduced his Supervisor, Sergeant Marino and Officer Diamond who would be replacing Plant temporarily. Sergeant Marino stated that her department is looking for a replacement for Plant and assured residents that the new officer will be as conscientious as Plant. She encouraged residents to call her office if they have questions or problems.

Plant announced that as of Jan 1, 2002 a new child seat law goes into affect. All children must be in a booster seat or seat belt positioning booster who are either 6 years of age or 60 pounds. He stated that there will be no grace period or warning period- ticketing will be left up to Officer discretion. Plant said that most child car seats do not accommodate a child who is over 40 pounds in weight- a booster seat or seat belt positioning seat must be purchased.

3.2 Alameda County Sheriff - Technician Terri Langdon reported that Brian Frazer was unable to be present due to his participation in the "Avoid the 21" campaign. Langdon stated that she did not have the crime statistics for last month. She would forward them to the Association Office within the next few weeks. She stated that the neighborhood watch she helped to develop on Via Del Rey is going very well as well as the ticketing for street sweeping on Mondays in San Lorenzo.

Landgon announced that her unit has been involved in the grant for tobacco enforcement which is also going very well. She announced that the next Community Policing meeting would be held, Thursday, January 10, 2001 at Bay School. The focus of the meeting will be San Lorenzo residential concerns. All residents are invited to come and discuss problems they are having in their respective neighborhoods.

Sergeant Berge announced that the next citizens academy will be starting in the Spring 2002. He invited all residents to participate and stated that San Lorenzo had the largest number of residents participating in the last session.

Berge announced that the every Sheriff's Technician will be participating in a new program "CAP" or "Children's Awareness Program" which will target younger students prior to their introduction to the DARE program. The technicians will be teaching safety awareness/how to deal with strangers/ 911 calls etc to first graders. Every first grade class in Alameda County will hopefully participate.

3.3 Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker - Nick Aragon, Aide to Supervisor Lai Bitker, read a letter to the members of the Association Board which wished the Board a happy holiday and assured the Board that her office would continue to work with the Association staff and Board Members.

Aragon announced that Lai Bitker is helping to sponsor a booster seat give-away at San Leandro City Hall on Saturday January 19th. The only requirements are that the child be under 6 years of age or under 60 pounds.

Aragon reported on the San Lorenzo Sycamores. He stated that last week Lai Bitker sponsored a forum to discuss how PGE was trimming the trees away from the power lines in San Lorenzo. There was much discussion about what could be done. The final outcome was that PGE does have a responsibility to cut the trees however, Aragon stated that Lai Bitker has a responsibility to her San Lorenzo constituents. The Supervisor has given an ultimatum to PG&E which stated that either it grant a moratorium so that the county can figure out an alternative way to cut the trees or the Supervisor will take the necessary steps needed to make sure that PG&E does not cut the trees at all for very much longer. Aragon stated that the Supervisor is intent on getting this issue resolved in a timely fashion. This is one of her top priorities and she wants to see it resolved quickly.

Aragon announced that on January 17th the issue of the status of the development of the Village Square will be discussed at the Board meeting. The Bohannon's and the interested developer would both be in attendance. He urged all residents to attend.

The Administrator announced that there would be a meeting on January 9th for the redevelopment committee of San Lorenzo. The meeting would be held in the Community Hall and would be open to the public.

3.4 Public Comments

The Administrator asked Dave Miller of the San Lorenzo Rotary to speak about his proposal. Miller stated that his club is proposing a Flower, Wine and Beer Festival for San Lorenzo at Mervyn's Morris Park on Grant Ave. All proceeds from the festival would go toward local community events, public projects and local schools. Miller stated that his club has gotten approval from HARD and the San Lorenzo School District as well as San Lorenzo Little League. Parking would be across the street in the Arroyo High parking lot which would accommodate about 400 cars. There would be craft and food booths, and a flower exhibition. Director Sherman asked who would be handling the Security. Miller stated that they would be utilizing both the Alameda County Sheriffs Department as well as a private agency. He stated that security would be present from Friday evening to the following Monday morning for 24 hour periods. There will also be a chain link fence around the premises so that they can charge admission and secure the premises. Director Sherman asked how parking would be directed to the Arroyo parking lot. Miller stated that they would have controls to direct the parking to that area.

Director Pebelier makes a motion to support the Flower and Wine Festival proposed by the San Lorenzo Rotary for Mervyn Morris Park on July 13th, Director Ready seconds the motion. The motion carries unanimously.

4.0 FINANCIAL REPORT

4.1 Approval of Nov 2001 Expenditures - Director Barboza moved with a second by Director Ready that the Board approve the expenditures for Nov 2001. The motion was passed unanimously.

4.2 Discussion of Significant Variances - The Administrator said that transfer fees have more than doubled from $4,000 to $12,000.

5.0 LIEN AND VIOLATION REPORT - The Administrator reported that there have been no liens released this past month, and currently there are 521 cases open; 32 letters have gone out.

November 2001 Violation Report

Number  Violation                         # of Letters
1/19    Inoperable Vehicles in driveway         9
2/22    Recreational veh/trailer in driveway    1
6       Lack of Gen Maintenance                 0
10      Lawn Height                             3
11      Dead Trees                              0
12      Overgrown Vegetation                    0
13      Holiday Lights                          0
15      Building Exterior                       5
16      Dirt Accumulation                       4
17      Attractive Nuisances                    6
18      Lean/miss fence                         0
20      Unpaved parking                         0
21      Working on vehicles                     0
23      Dogs/Cats more than 2                   0
24      Barking dogs                            1
25      Prohibited animals                      0
26      Excess noise                            0
28/99   Other comments                          3
        Total                                   32

6.0 BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT COMMITTEE REPORT - See attachment A (Minutes of the BCDC).

6.1 Business Development Committee recommendations - Recommendation of approval of Gindlsberger Bar-B-que take out facility at the old Bertola's Restaurant. The Administrator stated that although there were not enough members in attendance to vote on the issue, however there was unanimous consent from those members present to approve the business.

Director Ready makes a motion to approve the Gindlsberger Bar-B-Que /take-out facility at the old Bertola's Restaurant site. Director Pebelier seconds the motion. The motion carries unanimously. The Administrator announced that there would be no BCDC meeting in January. The next meeting would be held, Thursday February 7th.

7.0 ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT

7.1 EBMUD Project - The Administrator reported that EBMUD is still working on the number of responses they have received. They will not be ready to have another public meeting until March or April of 2002 after which it would take the issue to its Board Members.

7.2 Other Informational Items - The Administrator reported that at the last meeting the Board approved the application to have a gas station at the Washington/Grant site. However it was noted at the zoning hearing the plans did not indicate that the whole area would not be used as a gas station/car wash, part of the area would be left open. The Administrator stated that she has not seen these new plans but noted that when the plans were brought before the Association Board they indicated that the entire plot would house the gas station/car wash. The item would be heard again before the Zoning Administrator at the end of January 2002. Director Sherman stated that if the plans are for only part of the parcel he would be against approving them, since the Board's approval was for usage of the entire area not a partial area.

Resident Howard Beckman stated that the construction proposal for this project was for only 30 percent of the lot. This would leave open the other area and would question what the owner intends for the remainder of the lot. Beckman stated that if the owner intends to sell the rest of the plot there would have to be some process that he would have to go through. Director Sherman assured residents that this is not what the Board approved when the item came before them and he would be opposed to any other plans.

8.0 OTHER BUSINESS

8.1 Oakland Pallet Co-motion to approve/disapprove wood grinder - The Administrator reported that she, Director Pebelier and Director Ready toured the property earlier this month. Director Ready reported that the business seems to very neat and clean. The site appears to be a very good use for the recycling of pallets it is far away from any residents. Ready stated that the company does a good job of recycling pallets by taking usable wood in the pallets and cleaning and stripping it to make new pallets as well as recycling the other wood for use in fire logs and other items. The owner also predicted that there will be less trucks in the area due to the fact that they will no longer haul out the pallets from the area. He predicted 40 less trucks for the area.

The Administrator stated that she would be getting an independent report on the facility that zoning required the owner to do with respect to noise levels and other issues. A resident asked what the hours of operation would be. The Administrator reported that the conditions for the permit were from 7 am to 7 pm and no later at any point of the year. The owner had no objections to these conditions.

Director Pebelier made a motion to approve the Oakland Pallet Woodgrinder facility, Director Ready seconds the motion. The motion carries unanimously.

9.0 PUBLIC COMMENT

Resident Howard Beckman pointed out that when the Washington/Grant proposal was being discussed at the zoning hearing the Zoning Administrator, Daryl Gray pointed out that he thought it would be appropriate to not permit any construction on that corner. Gray stated that due to the fact that the Association had requested a land-use study for the area it would be appropriate not to permit any construction on that corner because he felt that area was connected with the industrial zoning as far as traffic circulation and accidents. Beckman thought that this was an interesting idea.

Director Ready questioned whether any proposals already in development could be stopped, her understanding was that the Planning commission put the moratorium on any new development, not development that was already in the process of being considered.

The Administrator stated that she could request clarification from the zoning administrator and his staff about this issue and could ask for a continuance on the item from the zoning administrator if clarification was not forthcoming.

Beckman also noted that this past month he has smelled a burnt coffee smell in the air in and around San Lorenzo and wondered if other residents had noticed it. Other residents in the audience stated that they had noticed a strange smell. Beckman stated that he would look into the smell and see where its point of origin is.

10.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS

10.1 Airport Committee - No report.

10.2 Council on the Prevention of Drinking and Driving - No report.

11.0 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS - Director Ready thanked all residents who attended the meeting. Director Sherman thanked the Association Office Staff for its hard work throughout this past year.

12.0 ADJOURNMENT - President Jim Sherman adjourned the meeting at 8:30 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Pat Pebelier
Secretary-Treasurer

Recorded & Transcribed By: Kathleen Harrigan, Sr. Admin. Assistant
Reviewed By: Kathie Ready, Board Member & Nancy Van Huffel, Administrator

Board work session 12/20/01, variances from CC&Rs: A. 1200 Via Nube - Back yard chain link fence - (yard abuts SLZ Duck Park) - Approved.

B. 16181 Via Primero - appeal of 3 foot front yard enclosed yard fence - Homeowner did not appear.

C. 17200 Via Melina - 12' wide Chain link gate for front/side yard - Denied.

D. 638 Via Acalanes - 4' high side yard fence with 7 foot set back - Approved with conditions.