From winterety at sbcglobal.net Sun May 29 21:05:18 2005 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 21:05:18 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] ONDNA 31 March 2005 Minutes Message-ID: Old North Davis Neighborhood Association Meeting 31 March 2005 Minutes ? President Winterhalder called the meeting to order at 7:32 Board members in attendance B. Winterhalder, A. Willson, D. Braunschweig. S. Tracy, D. Dingemans, D. Quickert. Board members missing: A. Wallace Minutes from February 24 were not approved as written. Treasures Report: No changes from last month $303.94 Announcements and Additions to the Agenda (none) Old Business Some changes were requested in street markings for parking district. Some spots still need to be fixed. The width of parking spaces should be 18 feet adjacent to driveways, otherwise 20 feet. Street sweeping. Public works said no signs until petition of neighborhood. John Lofland said public works has no authority to with hold sweeping-he will forward to Bruce the minutes of the city council meeting. We will also look at water quality issues. 5th and F Streets. Bruce and Steve went to Walnut Creek for a session with the engineers who did the traffic modeling. Using requested changes, the model worked. Pat Fitzpatrick still intends not to change his negative recommendation on our traffic calming proposal. DDBA meeting to share info-final run not done but city will not make any changes anyway. Proposed Signal at D to fix safety also add to median on 5th at C. A memo was sent to Bob Weir and mayor-about public hearing not being enough; no reply. Political issue now -- even though model works. DNC. April 4-5 meeting for neighborhood organizations to work together. John Lofland proposed addressing accidents and split phase lights, but will need 6-12 months to gather data. Steve Tracy suggests asking DNC about pedestrian bicycle coordinator in safety process. Alley service. BW reports no progress, as other issues have had priority. Should we hold off because of sewer replacement and find out when is replacement planned for? Steve Tracy will report on budget allocation for replacement. Waiting to press for alley service will make it less likely in the future. Dan Quickert said alley vertical clearance like that for garbage trucks will be needed for sewer replacement equipment. We have to keep in mind that sewer replacement was on budget in order to be removed. Zoning and infill Dan Quickert was the only ONDNA board member at the most recent B street visioning workshop. Two alternatives were presented, both with 3 story buildings. It appears that alternative B was there to make Alternative A look acceptable. HRC expressed doubts on both. Bruce Race held 2 visioning meetings with >100 people at the first. For the 2nd meeting the low density preservation alternative was dropped. Developers not satisfied with density of alternatives A or B and may intend to develop B street from 2nd to 8th. All material from visioning is available on web. HRC submitted enterprise editorials regarding options A and B. Tim will investigate raising profile of historic buildings. MOTION A motion was presented to write City Council and the Planning Commission to request that alternative B be set aside and that A be brought to within design guidelines as a basis. Seconded and passed. The Davis Joint Unified School District is considering disposition of the headquarters block, the southwest corner of Old North, between A and B Streets from 5th to 6th. Board members apparently lack of awareness of ONDNA; several are up for election. MOTION. Distribute memo to school board, city council, city manager clarifying the position of ONDNA and requesting a seat at the table in discussions of disposition of development. Seconded and passed unanimously. MOTION. We should coordinate further decisions regarding school district disposition of property with DNC groups. Seconded and passed. MOTION. BW can purchase John Lofland?s book when necessary for ONDNA goals, for instance to photocopy for School Board Members. Seconded and passed. Street signs. John Lofland wants authorization to study separate signs for neighborhood versus piggy backing on top of existing signs and color, designs, etc. MOTION. We authorize John Lofland to set up group to study L (above). Seconded and passed. Fences and Street Safety. Steve Tracy noted disadvantages of tall, continuous front yard fence like that on the corner of 8th and B, wondering if we shouldn?t pursue zoning changes to address safety and speeding issues. Tracy will draft a letter to the city. Consensus among board members that such fences detract from community; suggest bringing it up at DNC meeting. Davis Lumber properties are up for rezoning. Meeting at HWM next Thursday (April 7th). MOTION. Cyndi Marshall will head nomination committee, in anticipation of summer picnic and elections, 22 May. Seconded and passed. President, Bruce Winterhalder (758-3990); Vice President, Dan Quickert (756-0575); Secretary, Angela Wilson (757-6683); Treasurer, Dan Braunschweig; At- Large: Steve Tracy (756-4921), Dennis Dingemans (753-5959), Andy Wallace (web-site). http://www.oldnorthdavis.com/ Neighbors: Using white paint on the curbs, the Department of Public Works currently is marking spaces for our new ON parking district. Please scrutinize the work in your vicinity and let a Board member know if you see any layout problems (e.g., a restricted space set across a legal curb cut, a short space that will tempt parking that overlaps a drive or sidewalk entrance, etc.) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 6306 bytes Desc: not available URL: From winterety at sbcglobal.net Sun May 29 21:26:32 2005 From: winterety at sbcglobal.net (sheryl lynn gerety) Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 21:26:32 -0700 Subject: [OldNorth] ONDNA 28 April 2005 Minutes Message-ID: <55c495f3b6195d59e683ad14cce8979a@sbcglobal.net> Minutes Old North Davis Neighborhood Association Meeting; 28th April 2005 I. Meeting was called to order by D. Braunschweig at 7:37 pm Board Members attending: B. Winterhalder (late), A. Willson, D. Braunschweig, S. Tracy, D. Dingemans. Absent: A. Wallace. D. Quickert Old North Residents: D. Szumski, Kathleen Groody, Heather Richardson, Tony Martin, Cyndi Marshal, T. Allen. Minutes from March meeting were not available for approval. II. Treasure Report: D. Braunschweig reports there is $324.94 in the account. III. Announcements & Additions to Agenda: a. Nomination Committee: Cyndi reported that K. Groody and G. Frantz assisted with the committed. Those currently on the board likely will remain with one change. If elected, Tony Martin will replace Angela Willson b. Neighborhood Association election, June meeting & picnic/potluck party will be held on May 22nd at 5 PM at the well lot. Flyers will be distributed ASAP. Dan Szumski will do his normally wonderful job of organizing us. IV. New Business. a. Co-op would like to change some of their parking spaces to diagonal rather than parallel; they are seeking our input. b. S. Tracy at the last meeting reported his concern about high fencing around front yards. In an update, he notes that there had been a theft at the church on the corner of 8th and B St. which is directly across the street from such a fence. He stated that a fence like this allows more freedom for those who are liable to speed, steal or engage in vandalism. c. 637 F is on the market and 602 D has just sold. d. There was a question regarding the process to report yards that are not mowed and are presenting a hazard as well as looking tacky. This was called a ?blight? issue and it was suggested these homes be reported to City Planning. e. There was discussion about the home on E street that is adding a second story (the addition is within Guidelines) and how it may cause privacy issues. While this was brought up at meetings on the guidelines, no one appeared to be concerned at that time. V. Old Business. a. Parking District. Markings have been placed on C street. The signs are not up and there has been no notification on how one is to purchase the permits. There is no information on when the rest of the neighborhood would be completed. b. Street Sweeping. Public works has agreed to the alternate side of the street sweeping. The days will be Thursdays and Fridays from 6-10 am. This should occur in about 3-4 weeks. c. Fifth & F Streets: S. Tracy reported on the upcoming, May 12th presentation of the PW and ONDNA proposals to the Safety Advisory Commission. He urged residents to turn out and speak about their concerns. d. Alley Garbage Service: There are no changes to report. e. Zoning & In-fill. There was continued discussion of the implications for Old North of the proposals for B Street, and sentiment to be fully supportive of U/Rice Lane residents resistance to high density in-fill along this corridor. f. Historic Old North Neighborhood Street Signs. Nothing new to report. VI. Sub-Committees (relevant information contained in earlier categories). VII. Adjournment at 8:50 PM. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 3330 bytes Desc: not available URL: