Mary and Michael O’Neill from out of state …
Mary and Mike lived in the Triangle with their three girls for years. They still have their house because Mike is in the movie business and needs a place to stay when he is on location in Los Angeles. This is from Mary:
Thanks for keeping me updated. Let me update you on Michael.
We hope everyone saw the clip of “Dallas Buyers Club” at the Oscars featuring the Triangle’s own Michael O’Neill. I’m in town for parties. Michael is at our house and shooting a new TV series with Halle Berry called “Extant.” He will be all over “Bates Motel,” season 2 as well.
Douglas Fay, environmental activist …
The Oxford Basin Project was explained in greater detail to us today by the County. the proposed dredging (removed sediment) and offset loss of storage due to the experimental berm would result in a net gain of 1 acre foot of flood storage capacity. Where they gain the most storage capacity is by going up. If the 2-foot high concrete parapet wall along Washington Blvd is constructed and the facility by the pump house raised 1- 1/2 feet, they can get a maximum 16 acre feet of storage capacity.
My concern was the potential danger to residents of the low lying adjacent neighborhoods-Silver and Oxford Triangles if there was a failure. I asked the County project planner if the City engineers have reviewed their plans. He indicated they have not.
It would be in your best interest to contact Mike Bonin and voice your concerns. Request that he and a City engineer review the County’s proposed project and get back to you. I’m not going to stop the project based on this concern if the community has faith in the increased storage capacity design.
I no longer live in the house on Howard St. that will be flooded if there is a failure. I live on a hill in Santa Monica. It seemed like a good idea, especially after surviving the Asian tsunami in 2004. Mike.bonin@lacity.org.
Nancy Marino of Marina …
Re:DCB Special Night Meeting – March 26
Burton Chace Park Community Room, 6:30 pm
In the interest of time, I have added the reference info, and bcc’d a few people from Marina Peninsula Residents Association and two or three of the Marina Strand Colony condos, as well as other areas of the Marina, so hopefully most are now aware of both the meeting and your campaign. It is my policy to maintain the privacy of individuals, so they can opt into another network or delegate to others, as desired.
It would be constructive for the coordinators to meet in advance of March 26. Night meetings are rare these days, and we need to make the most of it. Organizers need to understand the scope of what the DCB can, and cannot, do.
The DCB can achieve a short delay–and another local hearing–by requesting revisions to a project (to preserve bird habitats, maintain more of the project’s woodsy ambience, move or re-design the retail stores or parking, for instance. If memory serves, the max is 90 days–otherwise the next step is an RPC hearing downtown on a weekday morning, which is really hard to get people to.
The DCB cannot make changes to entitlements (the added retail space in the renovation); that power was yanked from them a few years ago after they unanimously rejected a project for being too big and intrusive. That said, we can appeal to the DCB’s sense of fair dealings. The county has stalled the Fisherman’s Village project because it is out of sync with its new “Vision Statement” report, even though the current LCP (law) allows it.
If the report trumps existing LCP entitlements for Fisherman’s Village, then it should apply equally to any Mariner’s Village entitlements in the newly envisioned “Residential Zone.” The DCB could ask for (not demand) a written clarification from County Counsel on whether the LCP or Vision Statement standards take precedence BEFORE this project is submitted for their design review–which could gain us 30-60 days, but should stop the clock meantime (which a project revision does not do).
Please note: Even if you could convince the DCB to reject this project on the 26th, that would actually speed-up this project toward its approval hearings downtown, at the Regional Planning Commission and then the Board of Supervisors. That’s what the 2009 LCP Amendment gutting the DCB’s authority accomplished!
Glenn Buswell of Triangle
Glenn Buswell here again regarding my daughter’s bus. Look, I understand you may have to wait behind the bus as Mighty gets in and you may be feeling antsy, possibly late for work, I get it. However, to the woman in the 2-seater silver Mercedes that was laying on your horn, why?
Would you lay on your horn if you were waiting behind an Ambulance or a Fire Engine? If not, then why blare your horn behind a Special Needs bus?
You can turn down Howard, which you did while performing the big LA passive/aggressive move of tearing down Howard while laying on your horn. Everyone hears that in our neighborhood. You think you are getting in the last word on the bus situation but you’re just speeding through the neighborhood acting like a child.
This kind of thing has a cumulative affect where the more the kids get negative reinforcement on day to day activities they then begin to suspect that what they are doing is somehow wrong. Waiting for the on-bus helper to buckle Mighty in she hears someone blaring their horn and she cannot understand what the problem is. Let’s give Mighty a break and just listen to the radio for 2 minutes longer than normal.
Again, we are at 2924 Thatcher Ave and my wife and I would love to answer any complaints you may have.
Kari Peck of Triangle
I’m writing on behalf of concerned neighbors in the Oxford Triangle. I have lived on Oxford Ave for five years. In that short time I have watched parking become impossible due to the increased businesses that have shot up around the Triangle. I’m not opposed to progress, but I’m opposed to restaurants not caring for the neighborhoods they move into… And proceeds to violate our parking spaces. I myself have experienced no parking and when my children visit, I have no choice but to let them park in front of my driveway…which I know is not legal. My granddaughter’s car was totaled while parked at a curb, a drunk driver, he took off and we were left holding the bag.
This brings me to the business at hand, giving SCOPA extended space and operating hours is only going to add to the problem already existing in our neighborhood. Please consider this when you plan to hear their request. DO THEY REALLY NEED TO STAY OPEN TILL 2:00AM?
This is a residential neighborhood, we like to feel safe, not have drunk people roaming our neighborhoods, unsafe driving…… Need I say more?
Barbara Broide, W Los Angeles Activist
Barbara Broide provided a link to a story that makes one wonder about some City doings.
http://www.citywatchla.com/lead-stories-hidden/6538-la-s-city-council-campaign-cash-is-king
Ryan Wolfe of Triangle
Join us for a family-friendly neighborhood movie night of Disney’s “Up!”
930 Oxford Ave. March 8 @ 6:00 PM.
We’ve held back on neighborhood brunches during the winter, but wanted an excuse to gather neighbors together. Then we remembered that our buddies on the corner of Oxford & Berkeley have a sweet outdoor movie set up. We asked and they graciously agreed to host a neighborhood movie night next Saturday night. We’ll start the screening at 6:30, but feel free to come at 6 to socialize a little.
We picked Disney’s “Up” so that it would be fun for kiddos and adults alike. All are welcome. We’ll bring a little popcorn maker and some snacks. Feel free to add to the pile yourself with snacks, kid friendly beverages, or adult friendly beverages.
We’ll be in the backyard, so just come through the gate to the right of the house. There will be some chairs, but you can also bring a blanket for you to get comfortable.
If you have any questions, email Ryan Wolfe at vandywolfer@gmail.com.
Reta Moser
Doug Fay’s story regarding the Duck Pond having only a four-foot fence around the perimeter is not adequate to keep animals from entering. What dog, cat, wild animal is not going to jump that fence to get a bird, a duck. Good grief. Maybe he will kill such in front of children or me. Just not good planning. Look at Admiralty Park where dogs are let loose to chase squirrels. And yes, I know dogs should be leashed. Homeless would love a place to hide in area.
The two-foot retention parapet means that the duck pond water level will be 2 feet above what is possible now and/or two-feet above Washington Blvd.
1) What happens to all the shrubbery, trees during that time?
2) What happens to Silver and Oxford Triangles if there should be a break in the dam?
Regarding “It’s the Wheel of Whimsy of Yester-Year” story, the names of Bunny Lua and Sandor Caplan were misspelled. They are the owners of the Green House Smoke Shop on Abbot Kinney.
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Comments–8 March 2014
Mary and Michael O’Neill from out of state …
Mary and Mike lived in the Triangle with their three girls for years. They still have their house because Mike is in the movie business and needs a place to stay when he is on location in Los Angeles. This is from Mary:
Thanks for keeping me updated. Let me update you on Michael.
We hope everyone saw the clip of “Dallas Buyers Club” at the Oscars featuring the Triangle’s own Michael O’Neill. I’m in town for parties. Michael is at our house and shooting a new TV series with Halle Berry called “Extant.” He will be all over “Bates Motel,” season 2 as well.
Douglas Fay, environmental activist …
The Oxford Basin Project was explained in greater detail to us today by the County. the proposed dredging (removed sediment) and offset loss of storage due to the experimental berm would result in a net gain of 1 acre foot of flood storage capacity. Where they gain the most storage capacity is by going up. If the 2-foot high concrete parapet wall along Washington Blvd is constructed and the facility by the pump house raised 1- 1/2 feet, they can get a maximum 16 acre feet of storage capacity.
My concern was the potential danger to residents of the low lying adjacent neighborhoods-Silver and Oxford Triangles if there was a failure. I asked the County project planner if the City engineers have reviewed their plans. He indicated they have not.
It would be in your best interest to contact Mike Bonin and voice your concerns. Request that he and a City engineer review the County’s proposed project and get back to you. I’m not going to stop the project based on this concern if the community has faith in the increased storage capacity design.
I no longer live in the house on Howard St. that will be flooded if there is a failure. I live on a hill in Santa Monica. It seemed like a good idea, especially after surviving the Asian tsunami in 2004. Mike.bonin@lacity.org.
Nancy Marino of Marina …
In the interest of time, I have added the reference info, and bcc’d a few people from Marina Peninsula Residents Association and two or three of the Marina Strand Colony condos, as well as other areas of the Marina, so hopefully most are now aware of both the meeting and your campaign. It is my policy to maintain the privacy of individuals, so they can opt into another network or delegate to others, as desired.
It would be constructive for the coordinators to meet in advance of March 26. Night meetings are rare these days, and we need to make the most of it. Organizers need to understand the scope of what the DCB can, and cannot, do.
The DCB can achieve a short delay–and another local hearing–by requesting revisions to a project (to preserve bird habitats, maintain more of the project’s woodsy ambience, move or re-design the retail stores or parking, for instance. If memory serves, the max is 90 days–otherwise the next step is an RPC hearing downtown on a weekday morning, which is really hard to get people to.
The DCB cannot make changes to entitlements (the added retail space in the renovation); that power was yanked from them a few years ago after they unanimously rejected a project for being too big and intrusive. That said, we can appeal to the DCB’s sense of fair dealings. The county has stalled the Fisherman’s Village project because it is out of sync with its new “Vision Statement” report, even though the current LCP (law) allows it.
If the report trumps existing LCP entitlements for Fisherman’s Village, then it should apply equally to any Mariner’s Village entitlements in the newly envisioned “Residential Zone.” The DCB could ask for (not demand) a written clarification from County Counsel on whether the LCP or Vision Statement standards take precedence BEFORE this project is submitted for their design review–which could gain us 30-60 days, but should stop the clock meantime (which a project revision does not do).
Please note: Even if you could convince the DCB to reject this project on the 26th, that would actually speed-up this project toward its approval hearings downtown, at the Regional Planning Commission and then the Board of Supervisors. That’s what the 2009 LCP Amendment gutting the DCB’s authority accomplished!
Glenn Buswell of Triangle
Glenn Buswell here again regarding my daughter’s bus. Look, I understand you may have to wait behind the bus as Mighty gets in and you may be feeling antsy, possibly late for work, I get it. However, to the woman in the 2-seater silver Mercedes that was laying on your horn, why?
Would you lay on your horn if you were waiting behind an Ambulance or a Fire Engine? If not, then why blare your horn behind a Special Needs bus?
You can turn down Howard, which you did while performing the big LA passive/aggressive move of tearing down Howard while laying on your horn. Everyone hears that in our neighborhood. You think you are getting in the last word on the bus situation but you’re just speeding through the neighborhood acting like a child.
This kind of thing has a cumulative affect where the more the kids get negative reinforcement on day to day activities they then begin to suspect that what they are doing is somehow wrong. Waiting for the on-bus helper to buckle Mighty in she hears someone blaring their horn and she cannot understand what the problem is. Let’s give Mighty a break and just listen to the radio for 2 minutes longer than normal.
Again, we are at 2924 Thatcher Ave and my wife and I would love to answer any complaints you may have.
Kari Peck of Triangle
I’m writing on behalf of concerned neighbors in the Oxford Triangle. I have lived on Oxford Ave for five years. In that short time I have watched parking become impossible due to the increased businesses that have shot up around the Triangle. I’m not opposed to progress, but I’m opposed to restaurants not caring for the neighborhoods they move into… And proceeds to violate our parking spaces. I myself have experienced no parking and when my children visit, I have no choice but to let them park in front of my driveway…which I know is not legal. My granddaughter’s car was totaled while parked at a curb, a drunk driver, he took off and we were left holding the bag.
This brings me to the business at hand, giving SCOPA extended space and operating hours is only going to add to the problem already existing in our neighborhood. Please consider this when you plan to hear their request. DO THEY REALLY NEED TO STAY OPEN TILL 2:00AM?
This is a residential neighborhood, we like to feel safe, not have drunk people roaming our neighborhoods, unsafe driving…… Need I say more?
Barbara Broide, W Los Angeles Activist
Barbara Broide provided a link to a story that makes one wonder about some City doings.
http://www.citywatchla.com/lead-stories-hidden/6538-la-s-city-council-campaign-cash-is-king
Ryan Wolfe of Triangle
Join us for a family-friendly neighborhood movie night of Disney’s “Up!”
930 Oxford Ave. March 8 @ 6:00 PM.
We’ve held back on neighborhood brunches during the winter, but wanted an excuse to gather neighbors together. Then we remembered that our buddies on the corner of Oxford & Berkeley have a sweet outdoor movie set up. We asked and they graciously agreed to host a neighborhood movie night next Saturday night. We’ll start the screening at 6:30, but feel free to come at 6 to socialize a little.
We picked Disney’s “Up” so that it would be fun for kiddos and adults alike. All are welcome. We’ll bring a little popcorn maker and some snacks. Feel free to add to the pile yourself with snacks, kid friendly beverages, or adult friendly beverages.
We’ll be in the backyard, so just come through the gate to the right of the house. There will be some chairs, but you can also bring a blanket for you to get comfortable.
If you have any questions, email Ryan Wolfe at vandywolfer@gmail.com.
Reta Moser
Doug Fay’s story regarding the Duck Pond having only a four-foot fence around the perimeter is not adequate to keep animals from entering. What dog, cat, wild animal is not going to jump that fence to get a bird, a duck. Good grief. Maybe he will kill such in front of children or me. Just not good planning. Look at Admiralty Park where dogs are let loose to chase squirrels. And yes, I know dogs should be leashed. Homeless would love a place to hide in area.
The two-foot retention parapet means that the duck pond water level will be 2 feet above what is possible now and/or two-feet above Washington Blvd.
Regarding “It’s the Wheel of Whimsy of Yester-Year” story, the names of Bunny Lua and Sandor Caplan were misspelled. They are the owners of the Green House Smoke Shop on Abbot Kinney.
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