Blair Hills Association
Meeting, May 21, 2019
(minutes prepared by
Angela Arnold)
Minutes of the Blair Hills Association, Culver City, California,
held at the Stoneview Nature Center at 7:00 p.m. on the 21st day of May 2019.
I. CALL TO
ORDER
Kerri Payne-Lui
called the meeting to order at 7:13 pm.
II. ROLL CALL OF
OFFICERS
Present:
Annie Wilson, Kerri Payne-Lui, Angela Arnold, Antoinette Lowe
Absent:
III. APPROVAL OF
THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING (April 19, 2019)
Motion by Antoinette, seconded by Kerri to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 2019,
Motion Carried
IV. Current
Financial Condition
V. Announcements
·
Stoneview
Nature Center
o Mindfulness Class on Sundays
o Meditation Class on Saturdays
o Sumer Camp – Openings for
kids age 8-12; Please donate magazines and egg cartons and cotton dryer lint
·
Citizen’s
police academy – 10-week course on Wednesdays at the police department,
applications available now, starts June 26
·
Summer
Concert Series is starting soon – can pay for reserved seating upfront
·
Beautification
Committee – Would like to revitalize the block captain program in the
neighborhood so that we increase participation in the monthly meetings
·
Agenda
items for the next meeting:
o Establishing a plan to
collect dues
o Updating our online presence
and neighborhood emails
·
Park
to Playa construction on La Cienega has been delayed, but window for work runs
through July.
VI. New business
·
Ashley
Hefner, Advance Planning Manager, Community Development Department
o General Plan is a city’s
blueprint, or constitution, for future development. Plans what you want the
city to look like in 20 years. The zoning code is the implementation tool of
the General Plan.
o Why update it now? Parts of
the existing document date back to 1968. It’s a state requirement to update it
regularly.
o Steps for General Plan
Update: prepare background data, establish vision, explore scenarios, prepare
the General Plan, adoption and implementation
o Advance Planning department
was initiated two years ago. Culver City looked at West Hollywood, Santa
Monica, Pasadena to understand their General Plan process.
o Existing elements to update:
Housing, Land Use, Circulation, Open Space, Noise, Public Safety, Seismic Safety,
Conservation
o General Plan advisory bodies:
City Council, General Plan Advisory Committee, Technical Advisory Committees,
Planning Commission, Other commissions as needed
o Culver City Speaker Series:
June 19, Housing Affordability at Antioch University; July 17, Innovation Zones
and High Capacity Urban Parking at Helms Design Center
o How to get involved: Attend
GPAC meetings, Take part in technical advisory committees, engagement toolkits
+ project ambassadors, pop-up workshops + events, tactical urbanism
demonstration projects, online surveys
o Culvercity.org/generalplan
§ Information on the general
plan, including who is on the general plan advisory committee, how to sign up
for further information
VII. Old business
·
None
Kerri made a motion to adjourn
the meeting at 8:53pm. Seconded by Annie. Motion Carried.