My Belmont Heights - politics - Comments

Gay Marriage

Randal Kreienbrink — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 17:09:43 -0500

Thank you for voting Yes.

Too Restrictive

James — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 16:26:13 -0500

I agree, Mike- this ordinance is too restrictive and it seems as though once again the council is trying to placate severely parking impacted neighborhoods at the expense and freedom of other neighborhoods, namely ours.

There have been several times when I have loaded up a trailer, boat, truck, etc. the previous night and parked in front of my house for an early depature the following morning. Since the ordinance would now make that illegal, I hope my neighbors are heavy sleepers when what I used to do the evening before now happens at 6am.

City Council Agenda Item #29

Gary DeLong — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:49:00 -0500

I have not yet decided which way I'm going to vote on Agenda Item #29, so if you have an opinion, please let me know.

Gary DeLong
Councilmember, 3rd District

MY comments regarding council vote 10-10-06

Mike Stewart — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:17:31 -0500

In short, I am in support of Marriage Equality. done.

However, I STRONGLY oppose item b on Agenda item #29 - 6-1013 (item b). I have read the text, and can appreciate council members (Schipske, Gabelich) proactive response to a potential problem. However I do not like two aspects of this agenda item:

I find item b) too personally restrictive.
to a lesser degree, I'd rather the council work on existing problems versus "potential" problems.

More background on my postion

While in the process of researching marriage equality, I came across new parking restrictions and I am opposed to 6-1013 item b - Agenda item #29. Overall its a good concept, but item 'b) prohibit parking of any non-motorized or oversize vehicle on residential streets, between 2:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M. and by permit at other times;' stood out. I strongly oppose. I simply don't need restrictions preventing my ability to temporarily park my personal non-comercial DMV licenced property (e.g. Boat, trailer, etc.) in front of my house overnight.

I understand some people feel parking boats, RV's etc. is problematic, and I REALLY dislike the guy (gal?) that continually moves their boat around our neighborhood (rather than pay for storage or a boat slip). But I don't live in Irvine or Cypress... and I don't want to. As written, this restriction is too encompassing. Overnight is too restrictive, and too encompassing (citywide residential streets assumes all neighborhoods are equal), and I don't know what by permit means. (pay more money?!!?!). Most residential neighborhoods were developed prior to 1960. I am not on an impacted street... and if I'm going on vacation and want to be ready the night before so I can leave at 4am, this essentially prevents me. I don't like it. And I don't want a compromise to be by permit either, unless it's free and can be obtained via the LB website (or email).

Now comes the part where I share that I do not own a boat, trailer, an RV, or any other non-motorized or oversized vehicle. But it seems likely I may live here for a long time, (over a decade so far) and I may own such a vehicle in the future.

What is Marriage Equality?

Mike Stewart — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:07:24 -0500

I didnt know what this was. What is Marriage equality that the council is voting on? Here is the council agenda I found from the city website.

In the agenda item #38 relates to this post. Click the link below if you want to see te actual agenda item with a link to the text. In summarry, this is it:

Agenda Item #38 06-1051

Recommendation to request City Attorney to draft a resolution in support
of civil marriage licenses and any enactments which codify civil marriage
equality for all couples residing in California who are citizens of the
United States and requests our elected representatives in State and
Federal government to act with vigor to develop laws to allow marriage
equality for same sex couples, defend same sex civil marriages and
protect the fundamental liberties of all families.

COUNCILMEMBER SUJA LOWENTHAL,
SECOND DISTRICT; COUNCILMEMBER
BONNIE LOWENTHAL, FIRST DISTRICT;
COUNCILMEMBER PATRICK O'DONNELL,
FOURTH DISTRICT

Office or Department:
Suggested Action: Approve recommendation.

Marriage Equality

Gary DeLong — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 09:47:25 -0500

I am likely to vote in support of this resolution. Everyone I have spoken to in the last few days is supportive of this agenda item.

If anyone would like to provide me with their comments before Tuesday's meeting, feel free to use this site and I will check at least once before then.

However, if I may make a suggestion, some councilmembers generally do not like signs, banners, etc in the council chambers. Signs can sometimes be perceived as taking away from the thoughtful, intelligent remarks that are often being made "for" or "against" a topic.

Gary DeLong
Councilmember, 3rd District

litter

Shan — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:28:49 -0500

Totally agree. I emailed Gary's office a couple weeks ago about trash containers, particularly next to bus stops. People that ride the busses eat while they wait and then leave there trash behind. This particularly problematic along PCH by Marina Pacifica, Marketplace, etc. Someone from Gary's staff responded that they were working to address it but it can't hurt to provide a friendly reminder.

litter

Dianne Sundstrom — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 09:59:25 -0500

This may not be appropriate for this meeting since Gary's attendance will be short but I would like to know why the city can't do a better job with litter. Since one of the city's themes this past year was a "Litter Free" city, I suggest they place more trash containers in key areas and at key times (i.e. holidays) and pick up more frequently when the need dictates. I drove by the lagoon Tuesday morning (after Labor Day) and it was a mess -- trash cans overflowing and stuff all over the beach. I know that weekend was a busy time but I believe we can do a better job!

That's funny

Mike Stewart — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 18:37:20 -0500

not really. its been annoying me... but it's a bug in the web application.

Im not sure why its is doing that... it usualy shows events 9min after the hour... I really hope i get some time to investigate it / fix it soon

Hope to see you at 7pm!

Start Time 7:09 PM

Randal Kreienbrink — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:50:13 -0500

Is that the correct start Time? 7:08 pm

Hmmmmm must be a LBC thing??

website upgrade allows 'repeatable' events

Mike Stewart — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:22:49 -0500

Paul,

Thanks for the reminder, but I noticed this wasn't showing up as an event, so i changed the date/time of the event for today. But in the future, if an event is not showing up on the calendar, please edit the start/end date/time.

Also, since your original post I've upgraded the site to allow events to have "repeat" events. So in the future, it'll be easier to post an item that happens at multiple days/times.

Reminder: Public Meeting tonight - July 25th

Paul Murnane — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 15:11:22 -0500

Tonight is the last public hearing on the Port's Clean Air Action Program. Se previous post for details. Per http://www.cleanports.org/, the last day for public comment is July 28th- that's this Friday. They have a link on their website where you can send a customizable email.

Check out "How Port Pollution Impacts Our Health": http://dev.trellon.org/ccp/health. Pretty grim stats.

Paul

This is great thanks for all your hard work

GWoodruff — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:33:05 -0500

WOW!!!!! BHCA has a great Web site,tell your friends

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Thank you for your support.