The Blair Hills Community Meeting
Minutes - October 18, 2011
Annie Wilson opened the
meeting at 7:00 p.m. The minutes were read by B. Carson. Correction made: The bougainvillea
that overhang on La Cienega behind the apartments and houses need to be cut back
in addition to the ones behind the condos. The minutes were approved as
corrected.
Jon made a report on the
following topics:
·
Disaster Drill - He urged everyone to prepare a disaster kit and to practice your disaster
plan. If everything is okay after the drill on October 20th, place your OK sign
in a location visible from the public right-of-way. Signs will be checked by
volunteers after 7:00 p.m. For home preparation, bolt cabinets, no glass or
heavy objects over beds, secure pictures to walls, and have ledges to prevent
books from sliding out of book cases.
·
Solar Power - Jon
shared information about the solar panels that are on his roof. His electric
bills were about $170.00 per year
compared to $280.00 per month before
the panels were installed.
·
He
volunteered to have the BH meetings at his house. He can accommodate 35 people.
·
Mailbox on Lenawee- A petition is being circulated to reinstall the box here for safety
reasons. There have been reports of mail being taken from the box on Holdrege
Street.
Beautification - Floretta stated that we need to be concerned about the
upkeep of our individual homes. For concerns in the Business areas call (213)
580-1300. Identify yourself as a BH resident and request that they clean up the
building. This is important because Grainger has vacated its location and also
the business at Bowcroft and Lenawee has left. Floretta learned from the chairperson of the
Lawndale Beautification committee that their project is a community wide
effort. With this in mind, Bobbi said
that the BH Block Captains list needs to be updated. We need to ask for volunteers for Block
Captains and also volunteers to sign up for the Beautification committee. Mary Ann will ask Hazel for the Block Captains
list. Ernest Winters volunteered to help
with landscaping.
The first guest speaker was
David McNeil who represented the Conservancy.
He stated that the goal of
the on-going Park to Playa project is to construct a 13 mile continuous trail
from the Kenneth Hahn park to the ocean.
It is very likely that the
Conservancy will be able to purchase the Ohr Eliyahu site. For
safety reasons, the school building there would probably be demolished. At this time, the use of the property has not
been determined.
A grant has been submitted to
Culver City for funds to make improvements at Jefferson and Hetzler
Road which will include a traffic signal, metered parking, crosswalks, a bike
lane, and medians to prevent U turns.
Diane Friese,
the second speaker, talked to homeowners about landscaping their property. She distributed flyers with information about
reducing water usage in your garden, native plants that are easy to grow, and non-toxic insect and plant disease control. She can be contacted at her business e-mail
which is customscapes2@aol.com, or called at (310) 712-1248.
Burglaries / Safety in the
Area- Ray Winston reported a recent
burglary on Howard View Court. Several burglaries have been reported on Perham
Street. Mary Ann stated that there were
nine people living next door to her in a so called vacant house. She said that she will bring a copy of the Squatters Law in
California to the next meeting. Jon
suggested the formation of a task force to come up with solutions for safety in
the community. He also suggested the
removal of any louvered windows as well as bushes and fences that hide
visibility into the house. In addition,
flood lights and/or an alarm system could be installed.
The meeting was adjourned at
8:55 p.m. The next meeting is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2011
at 7:p.m. at the KH Park Community Room.
Submitted
by: Barbara Carson