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MINUTES
SAN LORENZO VILLAGE HOMES ASSOCIATION
MEETING NO. 1115
December 15, 2005
The regular meeting of the San Lorenzo Village Homes Association Board of Directors
was held Thursday, December 15, 2005.
1.1 CALL TO ORDER -- President Kathie Ready called the meeting to order at 7:31 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 Director Patrick Ledesma were all present.
2.O MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING -- Director Sheridan moved to approve the minutes from the November 17, 2005, meeting Number 1114. Director Pebelier seconds the motion. The minutes are approved unanimously.
2.1 Holiday Contest Winners -- The Administrator noted that this item was inadvertently left off of the agenda. The holiday contest winners were recognized and given prizes. See attachment A.
3.0 COMMENTS FROM PUBLIC AGENCIES
3.1 CHP Report -- The CHP gave the following statistics for the past month's tickets/citations:
CHP Statistics for November 2005
Total for
Infraction San Lorenzo Unincorp. area
Collisions 18 149
Tickets 132 1,951
Parking Tickets 33 265
Storage/Impounds 6 87
Stolen Recoveries 0 10
Traffic Complaints 26 194
DUI Arrests n/a 37
A resident mentioned that there are a group of young people who gather at Sam's Fast
Food Drive-in on the weekends and spin donuts with their cars in the parking lot. The
CHP stated that they would be increasing patrols during the holiday season with their
"Avoid the 21" campaign which should help with these kind of problems.
The CHP also stated that starting January 1, 2006 they will no longer be the agency enforcing abandoned vehicles on the street. The Sheriff's department will take this over. The money collected from this enforcement goes directly to the county.
3.2 Alameda County Sheriff's Dept. -- Deputy Franco reported the following (not available at the meeting):
Statistics for Alameda County Sheriff's Office November 2005
Change from
Crime Number last month Affected Streets
Stolen vehicles
Attempted Stolen Vehicles
Recovered Stolen Vehicles
Residential Burglary
Commercial Burglary
Auto Burglary
Grand Theft
Vandalism/graffiti
Robbery
Franco reported that the sheriff's crime suppression unity started November 21, 2005
with an extra night patrol. Thus extra unit has been successful in helping to pick up
crime throughout the area. The Sheriff's Citizen's Academy just graduated this past
month and the Department will have another academy to recruit in the Spring of 2006.
Director Ledesma encouraged people to contact the sheriff when they see any suspicious
activity in and around their neighborhoods. He noted that with the holidays, crime can
increase.
3.3 Supervisor Alice Lai-Bitker -- Staff member Kevin Dowling reported that the San Lorenzo Homes Association had a tree lighting ceremony at the end of November. This ceremony highlighted the work the Redevelopment Department and the Economic Development Committee have been doing for the past six months. Their collaboration has given San Lorenzo its first Business Directory which was mailed out to each resident in December.
Director Pebelier asked when the informational meeting for Medicare Part D would be held for the community. Dowling stated that he would look into this and report back.
3.4 Zoning Enforcement Report -- See Attachment B. -The Administrator stated that Zoning Enforcement Officer Bruce Babcock could not be present for the meeting. He left his monthly report for anyone interested.
Director Sheridan asked what the status of the Lorenzo Theater was. Director Ready noted that she had spoken to Babcock recently and the owner had pulled a permit which would give them a year to make repairs. The Administrator stated that she would contact County Zoning to see if the owner would expedite the repairs.
3.5 PUBLIC COMMENT -- None.
4.0 FINANCIAL REPORT
4.1 Approval of November 2005 expenditures, including payroll, and discussion of significant variances. Director Sherman moved to approve the November 2005 expenditures, Director Sheridan seconded. The motion carried unanimously.
The Administrator reported there were no significant variances. The water bill has increased due to the fact that the new lawns are no longer being watered by the well.
5.0 LIENS AND VIOLATIONS REPORTS -- The Administrator reported there have been six (6) liens released since the last Board meeting.
November 2005 Violation Report
Number Violation # of Letters 1/19 Inoperable Vehicles in driveway 7 2/22 Recreational veh/trailer in driveway 5 6 Lack of General Maintenance 1 10 Lawn Height 21 11 Dead Trees 0 12 Overgrown Vegetation 1 13 Holiday Lights 0 14 No signs 0 15 Building Exterior 1 16 Dirt Accumulation 6 17 Attractive Nuisances 0 18 Lean/miss fence 0 20/7 Unpaved parking 4 21 Working on vehicles 2 23 Dogs/Cats more than 2 0 24 Barking dogs 2 25 Prohibited animals 0 26 Excess noise 2 27 No Home Business 1 28/99 Other/ comments 2 99 Multiple violations 10 Total 65
6.0 HEARINGS AND VARIANCE ISSUES
6.1 Hearing Dispositions
1) 17330 Hesperian Blvd. -- Multiple Violations; vehicle parked on dirt/no lawn in front
yard. Vehicle is no longer being parked on lawn; giving owner 60 days to submit
landscaping plans.
2) 568 Via Acalanes -- Trailers stored in front driveway. Owner will be referred to
attorney.
3) 16033 Via Media -- Lack of General Maintenance/Inoperative vehicle in driveway.
Owner is to remove all debris and show registration of vehicle by December 30, 2005; if
all violations are not corrected will be referred to attorney.
4) 922 Hacienda -- Trailer/jet skis in driveway. Owner removed the trailer. Closing.
5) 998 Bockman -- Multiple violations. All violations have been cleared; Closing.
6) 1836 Bockman -- Lack of General Maintenance. Revisit the front yard condition .Asking
owner to submit landscaping and giving her 30 days to clear all violations and submit
these plans.
7) 1851 Bockman -- Dirt Accumulation/Lack of General Maintenance. Owner was present
and agreed to clear all violations within 30 days.
8) 15966 Corte Angelo -- Lack of General Maintenance, Lawn, and stored vehicles. Owner
has now maintained lawn; referring vehicles to the county and revisit in 30 days.
9) 2062 Bandoni -- Lack of General Maintenance, Maintenance of Lawn. Lawn is still a
problem. Administrator to contact new homeowners who have been there for a little
over two months. Revisit in 30 days.
6.2 Variances approved/disapproved at the work session
A) 15763 Via Sorrento -- Shed variance. Owner was approved two sheds in a larger than standard lot. One shed to be 8x10, the other to be 8x12 with a 2 inch set back from the back fence which abuts the railroad. Both sheds no higher than 8 feet at the peak.
B) 16021 Via Pinale -- Shed in the back yard with a 3 ft set back from the fence lines.
Shed setback approved by the board. Dimensions of the shed fit with shed policy; no
more than 10x12 in dimensions, peak no higher than 8 feet.
C) 369 Hacienda -- Front yard fence -- Continued for 30 days. Owner wants to be present.
Director Sheridan moves to approve the Hearings and Variance decisions. Director Pebelier seconds, the motion carries unanimously.
7.0 ADMINISTRATORS REPORT
7.1 Informational Items -- The Administrator reported that for the past three (3) years the Association has had problems with the Oro Loma recycling cans being left in the street. This is especially evident in Friday's area which conflicts with our street sweeping schedule. Oro Loma has agreed to meet with the Association in January to discuss putting signs on the cans to inform owners to place the cans out of the gutter.
The Administrator announced that the Eden Area Draft Plan is finally out and copies are available in the Association office. There will be meetings regarding the draft plan and anyone who is interested can attend. The Board will bring this item back for discussion in January or February 2006.
8.0 OTHER BUSINESS
8.1 Proposed By-Law change (See Attachment C) -- The Administrator noted that there has not been an election for Directors in five (5) years. This prompted some of the directors to ask that a few items be added to the By-Laws. When the Administrator discussed with the Association Attorney, he noted that there are a few things that need to be added in the by-laws to conform with the new changes of 2006 in the Sterling-Davis Act.
The Administrator noted that these changes must go through two (2) readings before the board in order to be ratified. First they must be published in the newsletter for the public to review and comments to be taken into consideration. Once the changes are adopted they must be sent to each member/homeowner by first class mail.
The Administrator recommended that the Board direct her to send these proposed changes to the Attorney for consideration. In conjunction with these changes the attorney would also make recommendations for updating the by-laws to conform with the current Sterling-Davis laws.
There was much discussion about how the by-laws should be changed with respect to board members and missed meetings. The Administrator noted that she would check with the attorney to see if the by-laws could be changed to state that a Board member could be dismissed if he/she missed two (2) consecutive meetings and/or 25% of the total meetings in a twelve (12) month period.
The Board directed the Administrator to forward the Board's recommendations to the attorney and to bring this item back to the Board meeting in January and February. This item would be published in the Jan/Feb 2006 newsletter for homeowners to review.
8.2 Redevelopment Appointments -- The Administrator reported that the Association has the right to appoint two (2) permanent members to the Redevelopment Committee that has been meeting formally for the past three (3) years. She noted that both Director Ready and Director Pebelier have been active members on this committee. She recommended that they be confirmed to these positions. If Pebelier is not re-elected in February 2006, another Board member would be recommended. The alternate for this has been Anne Brichacek, and we need to determine if she is still interested.
Director Ledesma made a motion to appoint Director Ready and Director Pebelier to the Redevelopment Committee, with an alternate to be recommended at a later date. Director Sheridan seconds the motion carries unanimously.
Dowling noted that Christy of Christy's Flowers, who was the business representative is moving out of the area. A new business person needs to be considered. Director Ready suggested Sung Le from Hesperian Cleaners as a representative. Dowling stated that he would approach Le to see if he is interested.
9.0 PUBLIC COMMENT
The Administrator noted that last month the Board met with the BRAC (Bockman Redevelopment Action Committee?) and they had agreed to obtain three (3) commercial brokers to review the commercial viability of the area. The funds for these brokers would be no more than $10,000, which the Olson Company agreed to pay. A three-page letter has been drafted to the County Planning Commission on this project for EIR considerations by the Board. (See Attachment D).
The Administrator stated that since that meeting the BRAC committee had met again and had contacted her to state that they never were in agreement with that plan. The Administrator had invited the BRAC to the December Board meeting to discuss this issue. Kelly Pena, resident and member of the BRAC, spoke on behalf of the committee. She stated that the committee had several concerns. First it was concerned as to why the Olson Company had commercial developers at the EIR hearing when to her knowledge, nothing had been decided upon at this point. Secondly, the committee never agreed as to which members would be part of the sub-committee to review the brokers. The committee needed to appoint its own members by a vote of its members. When the BRAC met recently, member Pat Hoke was absent and thus another member was considered as part of this sub-committee. Third the BRAC is not convinced that the brokers will be paid by the Olson Company.
The Administrator indicated that the Board was not aware that brokers would be attending the Planning Commission meeting, but indicated that part of this process is to determine if commercial/retail development is viable for the Center. Also, it was their understanding when the Board and the BRAC met, that the committee was in agreement of both Hoke and Pena to represent it on the subcommittee. Lastly, the Olson Company, at the November Board meeting, agreed to pay for the commercial brokers. There has been no correspondence to reflect otherwise.
BRAC Acting Chair, Pat Hoke noted that she was not informed about the last meeting of the committee and she is concerned with some of the things the BRAC is doing at this point and time. The Board noted that it has many of the same concerns as the BRAC and it is concerned about some of the misunderstandings in and from the committee. It wants to work with the BRAC with the development of the Bockman Center. It thanked Pena and other BRAC members for coming to the Board meeting and openly discussing the committees concerns.
Resident Keith Barros stated that he had two (2) traffic concerns. First he wanted to see what happened to changing the intersection of Via Rodriquez/Via Segundo and Paseo Grande. This item had been discussed last year and appeared to have been dropped. Secondly, he went to the School Board meeting where the Lewelling Project was discussed. It appears the school district is not making any recommendations for the traffic in front of the San Lorenzo High School once they widen the street to four-lanes. He is concerned with the speed of traffic and the amount of children in that area during school hours. He will continue to follow this item.
10.0 COMMITTEE REPORTS -- There were no reports this month.
11.0 COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS -- The Directors thanked all in attendance for staying for the meeting and wished everyone a Happy New Year.
12.0 ADJOURNMENT -- Director Ready adjourned the meeting at 9:45 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Pat Pebelier
Secretary-Treasurer
Recorded & Transcribed By: Kathleen Harrigan, Sr. Admin. Assistant
Reviewed By: Nancy Van Huffel, Administrator , Kathie Ready, Board President