From oldeastdavis at omsoft.com Fri Jul 2 11:21:58 2004 From: oldeastdavis at omsoft.com (Old East Davis) Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:21:58 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] New Board / Meeting Mon. July 12th / Hearing Weds. July 7th Message-ID: Old East Davis Neighbors-- MEETING MONDAY, JULY 12 6:00pm (note earlier time!) This will be a board meeting, and all OEDNA members and associates are welcome. Esther Polito will speak about neighborhood and zoning options, and the earlier time is because this is the only time she could come. This will *not* be a potluck, so plan to eat before or after the meeting. The meeting will be at 223 J Street 6:00 - 7:30 pm. NEW BOARD Congratulations to our new board: Well over thirty people attended our meeting last week. We voted voted to increase the board size from four members to a minimum of five up to a maximum of nine. The next term of "office" is Sep. 1 2004 to Sep 1 2005. The new, seven member board will start two months early and serve July 1, 2004 to Sep. 1 2005. Congratulations to the new board of the Old East Davis Neighborhood Association: Alan C. Miller, 200 block of J Street Barbara Boehler, 200 block of J Street Ben Luna, 300 block of I Street Cathy Forkas, 300 block of K Steet (Treasurer) Darrell Peterson, 500 block of J Street (subject to acceptance) Michael Knepp, 400 block of J Street Valerie Jones, 400 block of J Street HEARING ON 532 J STREET, Weds. July 7th The next city meeting of interest will be at the Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday July 7, 7:00pm, City Council Chambers. Check city website for place in agenda. A neighborhood meeting was held on this project on June 22. There was concern expressed about the mass of the structure by immediate neighbors. Most in attendance found the replacement structure was attractive, met design guidelines, and was well below the square footage allowed. No one in the audience expressed concern over demolition of the existing structure. B STREET THREAT Though not in our neighborhood, the razing of a house on the west side of B Street between 3rd and 4th is of major concern to us. One reason is the developer was one of the major opponents of the "Design Guidelines." This house is proposed to be razed and replaced by four high-density dorm boxes. The historical commission found THIRTEEN violations of the Design Guidelines related to this project. We must kill this project. If we do not, the door is open to all similar projects if the speculators believe that the practical strength of the design guidelines is nil. Many of us spent much time working on the Guidelines, believing they would help protect our neighborhood character. We are now entering the phase where the strength of "Design Guidelines" are being put to practical test. What we have are multiple threatened structures and several proposed lots of ILLfill. That's were the DG's can be pushed to, but was that the intent? MONEY Several large contributions from fellow neighbors have reinvigorated our non-profit bank account at the Yolo Credit Union. If you can help with a contribution of $10, $15, $20, $25, $50, $100 . . . whatever you can give would be helpful. There will be duplicating, informational, and legal costs as we move to protect our neighborhood from "ILLfill." Checks should be made out to OEDNA, 336 K Street, Davis, 95616. FLYERS & EMAILS We have a team of eight distributors who passed out flyers to about 170 addresses in the neighborhood, and our email list now has nearly sixty addresses. The communication net is in place! ALLIES We are finding allies from Old North Davis Neighborhood Association, University Neighborhood Association (proper name?) and Davis Historical Society. We share many common interests and goals.