[OldNorth] New Board / Meeting Mon. July 12th / Hearing Weds. July 7th

[Old East Davis]

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.